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Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I might go back to some of the practicalities around receiving treatment as well as the requirement for urine analysis, which is something we discussed last week as well. It seems we have a model that is trying to catch people out. Ms Kearney spoke about that earlier. It is about catching people out and putting them on the spot. I am wondering about service users' rights and how we get...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Is there a peer-led aspect to that?

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: It works in other jurisdictions. Somebody who has been through it walks another person through.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Yet we are not taking them on board.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: That is crazy. Will Ms Kearney speak a little about peer-to-peer experience, bringing somebody through and that culture, especially when someone is pregnant? Even when you are not a drug user and you go in as a young person who is pregnant there is a bit of feeling like you had better be on your best behaviour.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Any information you share can be used against you.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: To relive it over and over again.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Peer-led is a very cost efficient way of doing it. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: The witnesses are all very welcome. I remind all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. To start, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practices of the Houses as regard references witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of witnesses physically present or who give evidence from within...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Professor Kilcommins for his statement. We now proceed with Professor Laffan's statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Professor Laffan for her statement. To set out at the start of this meeting, the witnesses have been before this and previous committees a number of times, and one of the main issues we are examining is the C and AG's report. The findings are that there is no evidence of an evaluation report being submitted to the governing authority regarding the Dunnes Stores site, defective...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: Did Dr. Wall say it is likely that a plan will be drawn up?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Brady is next.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: There is a straightforward question. Is the University of Limerick bound by a contract that it has entered into?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: So UL cannot bow out of the contract. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: I now invite Deputy Verona Murphy who will have ten minutes, following which we will break briefly.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy may ask it briefly.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: The meeting is suspended for ten minutes. We will resume in ten minutes sharp.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: The next member to speak is Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. He has ten minutes.