Results 221-240 of 2,007 for speaker:Kevin Moran
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: I will get back to Deputy Cronin on this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: I could not give the Deputy that answer today. As I said, I will get back to her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: As the Deputy will be aware, as Minister of State my aim is to resolve the situation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: As Minister of State, my aim is to resolve the situation in Castletown House. As the Deputy knows, I am working with her colleague and other groups. I intend to move this forward with the help of Deputies and, in particular, the groups in Castletown House. I have worked closely with people there, as the Deputy knows. I have engaged with Deputies in my office, as well as local councillors....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: I will not comment on what the Deputy has said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: As I said, I will not comment on that. I do not accept some of the charges the Deputy is making today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: It is only fair to everybody at the table that I point out that we are working closely with all of the groups and public representatives to try to bring the situation in Castletown House to what I would call a successful conclusion. I have made huge inroads thanks to the people who work with me. As the Deputy knows, we are meeting again tomorrow and on Tuesday. While we look to the past,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: Sorry?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: We put a business case to the Department of public expenditure and reform, which did not meet the criteria and was rejected. We were outbid by another party which bought the property.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: It is a challenge for us. I know where the Deputy is coming from and what he is trying to say. The OPW reached out to try to purchase the property. No matter what way one looks at it, we were unsuccessful. That is why Castletown House has been closed for the past two years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: I think the Deputy knows I cannot and will not discuss what we will do in public session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: As I said the last time I met the Deputy, that is something I will consider. I cannot give a definite answer because our officials are examining that. As the Deputy knows, we have a meeting tomorrow to explain the position to various groups and officials. We await that to update everyone together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: I appreciate what the Deputy has said. I would also like to thank the staff in the OPW. They have worked tirelessly on this issue over the past number of years. As the Deputy knows, former Ministers worked on this. Our staff have always been there. Since my appointment, my staff have been to the forefront in trying to deliver this and to get Castletown House back open. I appreciate the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: These issues are not on the topics. I stay in the House every Wednesday night. I am nearly doing a clinic with the number of TDs who come up to me on that night.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: I am working on that at the present time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: As Deputy Daly knows, it is up to An Garda Síochána to lease that property.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: It is An Garda Síochána's estate management division that the Deputy needs to talk to about releasing the property. Then we will do our part.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (2 Jul 2025)
Kevin Moran: The Minister for justice is the person Deputy Daly should talk to in relation to this issue.