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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I am aware of that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I am saying that there is a huge delay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Across Government Departments, there is a huge delay from the time contracts are submitted to acceptance by the Department, whether it is the OPW, the Department of Education or the Department of Health. I am just saying we are now in a different timescale because of inflation and there is a need to put in place contracts at an earlier time than what the current process seems to be.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I will just pick up the issue of specialist subcontractors. In the past five days, I was approached by a subcontractor who was cheaper than other subcontractors for a particular project. The OPW instructed the main contractor not to accept this subcontractor even though it had done work previously on OPW projects. It was cheaper and cost-effective, yet the main contractor was instructed...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I will do that. This subcontractor is absolutely gobsmacked that it is-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: No. I will give Mr. O’Connor the details on it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: What is the timescale for agreeing subcontractors?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Let us compare it with what is happening in the private sector. We seem to have projects that will take the OPW six or seven years and the private sector will get them done in three years. Should we not be looking at how the private is able to deliver in a far shorter timeframe?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Has the OPW requested that a review be carried out in order to assist it? I fully understand that it wants to get on with projects as well. As Mr. O’Connor said, it has to work within the rules. Has it asked for that issue to be reviewed and a more up-to-date procedure put in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: In June of what year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Has the OPW followed up on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Which Department does that come in under? Is it the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I will return to-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: On the OPW flood relief projects in Cork, I believe €109 million has been spent in recent years. On projects currently in the pipeline, how many will have work commenced by this time next year? I am referring to the Glashaboy and Blackpool schemes and a number of other projects around the county. There are 150 projects scheduled to be done between now and 2030 across the entire...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: If we have written to the Charities Regulator, why is it taking so long for it to come back to us?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Okay.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of centres belonging to an organisation (details supplied) that are supported by her Department by county; the Government supports that have been allocated to the organisation in 2022 in comparison to 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62535/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when it is envisaged that Community Centre Investment Fund allocations will be discharged to the community groups and organisations for successful projects under category 1 of the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62536/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 296. To ask the Minister for Health if the 35 children with cystic fibrosis whose age and genotype were not included in the initial deal with a drug manufacturer will now be included to provide access to the life changing medication, kaftrio (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62834/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 413. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline all the actions that her Department has taken across various sectors to revitalise rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56912/22]