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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: No. R2832 was received from the Office of the Chairman of the OPW and is dated 30 September. It is a response to the committee's invitation for a meeting on 28 October 2024. I want to briefly mention that at last week's meeting, it was agreed in private session to schedule a meeting with the OPW on 8 October. The OPW has come back in the meantime and has said the date is not suitable as it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: I propose that we proceed with the meeting with the OPW on 22 October. Is that agreed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy might recall the previous correspondence where the OPW said it had engagements and multi-stakeholder meetings and could not extrapolate itself from these too easily. Hopefully, we will still be here. It is on 22 October and it is agreed. That concludes consideration of correspondence for today. We will move on to the work programme. A draft work programme discussion document...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will endeavour to do that. Bear in mind that on Tuesday, 22 October, it looks like we will have that meeting with the OPW. On Thursday, 24 October, the same week, we will engage with the Health Service Executive regarding the 2023 financial statements. Specific areas of interest flagged for this meeting will include the roll-out of integrated financial management system, IFMS,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: The report looks very comprehensive and useful. It is also proposed to add chapter 17 on the HSE’s integrated financial management system to the agenda for our meeting with the HSE on 24 October. Is that agreed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: We have five free meeting slots in November and December and, taking into account the C and AG’s annual report and areas of interest to members, I ask them to consider which bodies to prioritise for these slots, for example, the Department of Finance, the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, the Department of Social Protection or the Office...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: I will make two suggestions on that. There are five free meeting slots available in November and December. I am taking the Taoiseach at his word. He says there will be no election until after St. Patrick's Day. We have to make provision for November and December. I suggest that if members are agreeable, we include the Department of Education. Issues have arisen, particularly in the C...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: With the prefab accommodation, the modular developments need to be included in that. The modular units being used sound like a good idea but if I am correct, I recently saw the cost of one escalating by approximately 300%. I am not sure of the detail. I will bring in Deputy Verona Murphy in one minute. She is online. I wish to include education and deal with the issue of the State's...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: I know.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: I agree with Deputy Murphy. The only point is that €185 million has been put into the MetroLink to get it to this point. I understand there is a lot of work to be done, including a lot of studies, examinations, planning and design but €185 million seems incredible.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will add that matter. As I said, we have five free slots and these are some of the issues or bodies that we want brought before us. Members can reflect on whether there is anything else and we can prioritise. The secretariat will endeavour to see if we can fill those slots for November and December. That concludes our consideration of the work programme for today. The last item of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Brian Stanley: The committee will now go into private session as we have some work to do on a report.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: I welcome this year's budget provisions for enterprise and for our Department more widely. I commend the Minister, Deputy Burke, and the officials in our Department on the work they have engaged in with the Department of public expenditure in recent weeks to secure a package worth €1 billion plus for our Department next year. The Minister has reflected on how far we have come over...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Debate adjourned.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 9 p.m. go dtí 10.30 a.m., Dé Déardaoin, an 3 Deireadh Fómhair 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 9 p.m. until 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 3 October 2024.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome the opportunity to come back on more parts of the budget. Obviously, budgets for infrastructure are welcome. I have touched previously on the fact that Irish Water let 350 workers and subcontractors go because there was no work going on around the country. If we are talking about building houses, obviously, we have to make sure we have the infrastructure in place. Roads, sewers,...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Heydon: The hope is to extend it.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I welcome that, if it is going to happen, because a lot of farmers have raised it today. I urge the Minister of State to try to do that if he can. One issue that has come out today, and the devil is always in the detail and things might be said that are right or wrong, is the €9 million for some sort of pouches for people to put their phones into in schools. I would like...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice. The Minister, Deputy Burke, is sharing with the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary.