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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: How much can a person plant without a licence?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: That has to be native trees.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is fine. The money is going in and the area has been underperforming. There has been significant difficulty. My last question on the matter relates to the licences. I raised this with officials from the Department. I expect there are not many TDs in the House who have not raised it at some point. There were huge problems with that and it is urgent that we address it. What is the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: I get that, but I am concerned about felling licences in particular. What is the average timeline for them? Do they go to Wexford?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: What kind of timeline are we talking about? They were taking three years.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is important that further work is done on that, and that a target of perhaps six months is put on it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Savage.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: We must be careful about what is said in this regard.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: He is a family member. I thank the witnesses for clarifying that. Mr. Gleeson wanted to correct the record in terms of something he said earlier.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Gleeson for the clarification. Mr. Martin helped him to clarify it. I thank the witnesses and staff of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for their work in preparing for today's meeting. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for assisting the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: The public business before us this afternoon is: minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, consideration of the committee's draft work programme and any other business. The first item is the minutes of our meeting of 4 July, which have been circulated to members. Are all members happy with the minutes? Does anyone wish to raise any issues? I will take it that the minutes...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy referring to agricultural funding?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: This fund is audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General and his counterpart in the North.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: I cannot remember her name but we met her here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is her. She seemed very competent. I again notice the cross-Border bodies always seem to receive a clear opinion. I suppose that is down to the fact that there are so many sets of eyes on them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is encouraging to see. I just wished to acknowledge that. Can we agree to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. As usual, the listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. We will move on 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 (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is the one relating to the OPW from its former head of professional services.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: The correspondence is from Mr. Allen Morgan, head of property advisory services in the OPW. Leaving aside the 541 office properties, there were 1,559 that are not classified as offices. I suggest that we ask the OPW to provide a note on those other 1,559 properties, categorising their purpose under different headings. On the other issue, I recommend that the committee formally request the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy is happy enough with that. That concludes our section on correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: No. Only the two we have discussed were flagged. Does the Deputy want to speak on that item?