Results 7,101-7,120 of 34,663 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: The information on page 14 relates to the end of 2017 and is 14 months old. Will the Secretary General send us a note updating the committee on each of these projects, especially the newer ones at Cherry Orchard in Ballyfermot, St. Aidan's in Brookfield, Tallaght, and Ballyboden in Rathfarnham?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: The 2017 figures are large. The Secretary General's update might set out the projects' status, estimated cost and, briefly, what was involved. The estimated cost of these projects added up to approximately €155 million at the time. I am sure it grew to much more. The Secretary General does not need to find the information now.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: It will be an audit.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: The Department will have put together its up-to-date accounts in recent weeks and will be sending them in soon. Prior to all that, I would like the up-to-date assessment of how these projects stand and a summary note. Local people might know what the Ballyboden project might be, but others might not. The committee members would not know what each project entails. The Secretary General can...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: These are the 2017 accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: This figure will grow larger.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: The Secretary General can provide us with an update on the projects included in the 2017 accounts. We will get to the projects falling in 2018 in due course.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: On the next page, will the Secretary General provide a note updating us on the regeneration project at Dolphin House in Dublin 8?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: The figure seems high. I will not ask for all the infrastructure projects in Cork city, but could Mr. McCarthy tell me generally what infrastructural projects had a net cost of €72 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: The Donabate distributor road in Fingal, for example, has a figure of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: It is a good progress report. That is important. That is the reason I mention that. That is progressing. That is fine.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: Mr. McCarthy might give us a note seeing as Deputy Farrell is present.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: I will move on to the infrastructure fund, which is note A9 on page 18. The estimated provision is for €50 million and only €1.6 million has been spent. I know Mr. McCarthy said it takes time. It is stated that it refers to alleviating critical infrastructure blockages and to accelerate the delivery of housing in key areas. Mr. McCarthy had estimated €50 million,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: The easiest thing would be for Mr. McCarthy to send us a note. He can send it to the secretariat.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: Finally, I come to page 22 of the appropriation accounts. Under the heading, the Office of the Planning Regulator, there is an estimated figure of €450,000 but nothing happened. What is the purpose of that regulator and is the office up and running?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: So nothing happened in 2018 either.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: Is that in the coming weeks?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: Has the regulator's name been made public?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: Right, okay. I did not know that. For people who are watching the Committee of Public Accounts - people do watch because we always get messages afterwards - could Mr. McCarthy explain to them the difference between this regulator and An Bord Pleanála? The public will not know the difference so perhaps Mr. McCarthy could tell us what the difference is.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: Has this role been carried out to some extent in-house in the Department up to now in terms of giving advice to the Minister?