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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: We are in the process of writing to it along with other Departments specifically on the implementation of ICT projects. We might wait to receive that correspondence, which might be more revealing and give us further angles. We will await that information first.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: It was agreed at last week's meeting that we will write to all Departments.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: We can correspond with the body to get clarity and further information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: We can do so. We are writing to each Department in the first instance. We have engaged with the RTB but we are writing to each Department to get a breakdown of all ICT projects that have been implemented over the last number of years by each Department, their costings, whether they have been delivered on time and so forth. We will get further information on the RTB via the Departments. We...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: There are no other queries on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: Do any members wish to comment on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: Do other members have any comments or queries at this stage? No. Is it agreed to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. Moving on to correspondence, we will now consider items of correspondence which have been received from Accounting Officers in Government bodies. These items were received between 10 July and 31 August. The committee has agreed to note and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: That request was agreed to in private session. We are going to correspond further with CHI to get further information with regard to the ICT project. We will move on to No. R0270, correspondence received from Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Secretary General of the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. It is correspondence to the committee in relation to the International Protection...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: It is included on our work programme that we will have the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in before us on 23 October. That is specifically to look at the IPAS situation and expenditure. We spoke about this in our private session and I know other members have specific questions regarding expenditure in different areas. Members will have additional questions so it was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: We will now suspend the meeting until 10.30 a.m. and resume session three with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: We will engage with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to discuss its 2024 appropriation accounts. We are joined by the following officials from the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Mr. Peter Finnegan, Clerk of the Dáil and Secretary General and Accounting Officer of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service; Mr. Michael Errity, deputy secretary general; Ms Annette Connolly,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I will now move to the opening statement of Mr. Peter Finnegan on behalf of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. As set out in the letter of invitation, he has five minutes to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: That is no problem.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: I thank Mr. Finnegan. I note that we will suspend the meeting for ten to 15 minutes at 12 o'clock. We will now open the floor to members. The lead speaker today is Deputy Eoghan Kenny, who has 15 minutes. All other members will then have ten minutes and if time permits at the end of that, I will allow members back in for a shorter second round of questions. Deputy Kenny now has the floor.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: Sorry, Deputy Kenny, you are over your time now. Maybe we would just get a few concluding comments. Hopefully there will be a second round.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: I thank Deputy Dolan. Our next speaker is Deputy Neville.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: We will now take a short break of approximately 15 minutes. We will reconvene at approximately 12.15 p.m.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (25 Sep 2025)
John Brady: I have a few questions myself. To follow on the trail regarding the broadcast workers, the OPW was referenced earlier on and the bicycle shed and the deep embarrassment that whole process brought on the Houses of the Oireachtas, the Members and the staff. The way the broadcast workers have been handled is more embarrassing. When we have workers who do phenomenal work having to stand...