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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I wish members a good morning. We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness to the committee. Before we proceed, I have a few housekeeping matters to go through, as follows. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that in order to participate in public meetings they must be physically present within the confines of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Do members wish to comment on any of those?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: The Deputy may raise questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I agree with that. We will have officials from the Department of housing at our next meeting. We can look at scheduling again after the summer recess, if that is agreeable?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: It is probably short notice at this point. We have also invited representatives of Peter McVerry Trust to the meeting. Maybe will get clarity from the Comptroller and Auditor General on the matter. Have other members comments to make?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: We will get clarity from the Comptroller and Auditor General on the matter raised. While awaiting clarification from the Comptroller and Auditor General, can we agree to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. The listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. We will move on to correspondence. Correspondence issued between...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: That is fair enough. There may have been a misunderstanding relating to the specific question. The CEO has outlined her position, which is fair. I acknowledge and appreciate it. Clarity has been given. I reiterate what I said. The report she refers to is critically important to our work on 3 July. I repeat that request. I am sure that I will be joined by other members in saying that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: We will deal with that later. We will now consider category C, correspondence that has been issued by non-government bodies. No. R0109 is from Senator Chris Andrews relating to Greyhound Racing Ireland, GRI. The Senator highlights concerns regarding the use of funding for greyhound care homes. He has also issued an additional email with a link to a recent article in the Irish Examiner,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: As Cathaoirleach, I flagged that. No other items of correspondence further down the list have been flagged by members. I will touch on them as we move down the list. That was the first item on-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I am not sure whether that one was actually flagged by members. I will get clarity from the clerk to the committee. No. R00117 is correspondence from the Secretary General of the Department of children and disability in response to the committee's request for further details regarding the request from the Department not to publish a listing of non-compliance contracts. That...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: To clarify that, all correspondence is referenced in the members' brief. That is to provide full information for members. It is then up to members to identify of correspondence that they wish to flag with the clerk to the committee and the secretariat. It is only those items that will be up for discussion then at our subsequent meeting. We have agreed that principle.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Yes. We will be dealing with that one next. I apologise to the Deputy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I apologise to the Deputy. There may be some issues that we can talk about in private. The correspondence is categorised under A, B, C and so on. It is just the way that they have been categorised and the way they appear for discussion. Deputy McAuliffe is up next.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Absolutely. We will move on. On the correspondence from Senator Andrews, we will agree to look at that in the context of the work programme after the summer recess. No. R0098 is correspondence from an individual relating to spending by the Department of integration. This has been flagged by Deputy McAuliffe.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Is that agreed? Agreed. No. R0100 is correspondence from an individual relating to auto-enrolment pensions. That was flagged by Deputy Connolly who is not present. She has given her apologies. She will be here shortly. We will defer that until she is here because she has flagged it for discussion. No. R0103 is correspondence from an individual in respect of the Peter McVerry...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Is that agreed? Agreed. No. R0094 from Deputy Kenny and No. R0118 from Deputy Geoghegan have been received. They relate to recent issues regarding HIQA and nursing homes regulatory oversight. I will open the floor to Deputy Kenny first and then to Deputy Geoghegan.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Could the Comptroller and Auditor General provide clarity on the point Deputy Farrelly made about some of these providers and whether there is scope to invite them in? I am sure we can invite them but there is probably no obligation on them to come.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: If other members wish to comment, they may do so. I agree with all the views expressed by members. The television programme in question was very harrowing and distressing. I am conscious that some of the images we saw were probably the tip of the iceberg. I am informed that some footage was not shown because it was so distressing. Behind all of this, there are families and loved ones...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: CHI has accepted the invitation but has not yet come back to us on who will be in attendance. We can follow up on that and try to get confirmation as to exactly who will attend. Our invitation included a specific request for the attendance of the people the Deputy mentioned.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2025)

John Brady: To clarify, did Mr. McCarthy say his office is doing a report on that?