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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: If I advertise on that website for a training course in health and safety, say, is it not the case that any service user assessing that advertisement will know that the very fact it is on eTenders means the minimum the OPW or any other procurement agency is prepared to pay is €25,000? Why would any bidder bother submitting an offer of €18,000, for instance, when it is clear the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: However, there is no requirement to do so below €25,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: If one is seeking to provide a service to the State and the projected cost is, say, €17,000 or €18,000 but the tender is posted on eTenders, one will know the minimum the relevant public body is prepared to pay is €25,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: A competitor would need rocks in his or her head to come in below €25,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: My point is that the fact a contract is advertised on eTenders suggests a minimum cost threshold of €25,000. It is counterproductive.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What is wrong with getting three quotes for every service rather than putting all of them on eTenders where service users know the minimum budget is €25,000?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: However, it surely must be costing the State money.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is a little bizarre that we openly set a minimum and everybody advertises, presumably at the minimum figure. If advertising for something related to health and safety, why would someone come in at the figure of €18,000?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is the point I am making. There should be no threshold. Everything should be on the e-tenders site.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I would love to see someone who knows the State is prepared to pay €25,000 making a bid of €18,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: If that information is being compiled, may we obtain details of capacity and occupancy?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the decision to backdate the living alone allowance in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Wexford, if a review of this decision will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8533/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide full-time contracts to secretaries, employed by the board of management, in secondary schools, in order for them to be in receipt of the same entitlements as other permanent staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8544/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Community Involvement Scheme (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the abolition of the community involvement scheme; his plans for the reintroduction of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8557/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position, in respect of car hire costs and scheduled driving tests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8640/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the submissions that were received by the Road Safety Authority regarding a review carried out on the testing of the roadworthiness of vintage vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8699/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the report by the Road Safety Authority on testing the roadworthiness of vintage vehicles; the timeframe for a decision to be made on any changes that are proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8717/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an opportunity for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications to consider the report from the Road Safety Authority into the testing of the roadworthiness of vintage vehicles, in advance of any decision being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8719/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Building Regulations (25 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister of State's decision to review SI 9 this year. It is an important signal to send out to people with one-off rural houses. I know the Minister of State is a great proponent of one-off rural houses. From my time on the local authority and from the Minister of State's membership of Waterford County Council, we both recognise that there is a very strong anti-rural house...

Topical Issue Debate: Building Regulations (25 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I apologise for the delay, a Cheann Comhairle.