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Laois Public Accounts Committee Chair calls for publication of report on planning authority

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and Laois TD Brian Stanley has called for the publication of a report on An Bord Pleanala which was forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions(DPP). The Laois Offaly made the call while welcoming ...

18 Aug 2022 at 14:23

Local News

WATCH: Laois TD suspends meeting to discuss vulture funds and write downs

Chair of the Public Accounts Committee Brian Stanley suspended a Public Accounts Committee which was due to discuss issues such as debt write-downs and vulture funds. Deputy Brian Stanley said it was the first Public Accounts Committee ...

28 Feb 2023 at 16:53

Local News

Laois Offaly TD wants answers from NAMA over huge discount

Laois Offaly TD and Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Brian Stanley TD says he wants answers from NAMA over 97.5% discount sale. The Sinn Féin TD has called for the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to provide ...

01 Aug 2023 at 11:53

National News

RTE executive denies misleading parliamentarians over commercial barter accounts

A senior RTE executive has denied misleading parliamentarians on the broadcaster’s use of commercial barter account transactions. Chief financial officer Richard Collins faced robust questions at an Oireachtas committee on ...

05 Jul 2023 at 18:33

National News

RTÉ urged to end practice of 'side deals' by high-powered Oireachtas committee

The Public Accounts Committee has published more than 20 recommendations arising from its examination into certain aspects of RTÉ. One of the Committee's key recommendations is that the Government brings RTÉ back under ...

05 Mar 2024 at 11:57

National News

Sinn Fein TD John Brady to chair Public Accounts Committee

Sinn Fein TD John Brady is to chair the Public Accounts Committee, the most powerful of the 28 political panels. The committee, also known as PAC, is charged with ensuring that public services are run efficiently and ...

25 Apr 2025 at 16:40

Schools

Laois special schools 'excluded' from major Government pilot-plan

Laois and Offaly have been left out of a nationwide 'pilot plan' to redistribute therapists through 16 special schools in the coming year. The aim of this new plan is to 'provide delivery of in-school therapy ...

22 Aug 2024 at 20:53

National News

RTE boss orders external review of voluntary exit scheme

An external review of RTE’s voluntary exit scheme has been ordered after an Oireachtas committee heard that a package received by one senior executive was not subject to the required sign-off. RTE ...

14 Jul 2023 at 07:07

National News

Mairead Farrell put forward as Brian Stanley replacement at PAC

Mairead Farrell took a step closer to becoming the chairwoman of the the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday as a vote on her nomination was approved. It comes after current chairman ...

17 Oct 2024 at 14:33

National News

Three coalition leaders to ‘discuss’ whether to back Farrell as new PAC chair

The three coalition leaders are to discuss whether to back Sinn Fein’s proposed replacement for Brian Stanley as chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), a minister has said. The ...

20 Oct 2024 at 15:39

National News

Former president of Irish university appointed to €175k role for which there is 'no course'

A former president of the University of Limerick (UL) has been appointed to a professorship role with a salary of €175,000 despite there being no course to teach. Prof Kerstin Mey ...

03 Oct 2024 at 14:57

National News

'Like a bad episode of Room to Improve on speed' - Children's Hospital delayed further

The CEO of the New Children's Hospital has confirmed the completion date for the €2.2 billion project has been delayed further while a senior official at the Department of Health ...

30 May 2024 at 12:17

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