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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I am asking Mr. Loftus about this issue because the school has no physical extra space at the moment. The school has also applied for permanent classrooms which it also needs. The most chronic need is for two modular classrooms for the ASD classes. What is in place at the moment is totally unsuitable. I ask Mr. Loftus to give that project absolute priority.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Has he visited the school? Has he seen it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Loftus should read the architect's report on it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Loftus send me a note on the project?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is really urgent that this project is done.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Yes. Go ahead.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: That brings the meeting to a conclusion. I thank the witnesses and staff of the Departments of Education and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for the work involved in preparing for today's meeting. As it is the first time some of them have been before the committee, I want to acknowledge that some of the questioning was a bit robust. I have to be fair to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: We have it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is always useful and it saved time today. I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: The public business before us this afternoon is minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. The minutes of our meeting of 9 May 2024 have been circulated. Do members wish to raise any matters in respect of the minutes? Is everybody satisfied that they are accurate? Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will be published...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: When was the Irish Aviation Authority set up?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Do members wish to comment on the accounts and financial statements? Can we agree to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? That is agreed. As usual, the list of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of the minutes. Moving to correspondence, as previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion for this meeting will be dealt with in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: We look forward to having them in next week. On 30 May, the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board will be before the committee in relation to the 2022 financial statements. Representatives of the Department of Health and the HSE have also been invited to attend. On 13 June, we will engage with the OPW in relation to Vote 13 – Office of Public Works. The following areas...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: The Department of housing seems to have no role in it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay. So-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: The HSE.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: The main thing is the OPW. The OPW is doing the delivery.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I propose that we invite a representative from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to attend alongside the OPW on 13 June. I take that as agreed. On 20 June we will engage with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board in relation to its 2022 financial statements. A representative of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has also been...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: -----in relation to its 2022 financial statements. On 11 July, we will meet with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Chapter 10 of the annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, which deals with estate management in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Does any member wish to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service (16 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: On the numbers, there were 1,094 personnel in 2019. That is now down to 722. A determination has not been made yet on how many more are required to reach llevel of ambition 2. I assume that figure will be made available fairly soon. Irish waters make up 12% of all EU waters and 75% of subsea cables in the northern hemisphere pass through or near Irish waters. To monitor, surveil and...