Results 14,741-14,760 of 15,092 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: That is a separate issue.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: I have two questions on water and one on the environment. My first question relates to the funding of the meter programme in the Estimates. My understanding is the metering programme is planned in two phases. The first is almost complete and the second includes apartment complexes and units that are more difficult to meter for a variety of reasons. I understand there is an underspend in...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: I have a couple of follow-up questions, partly because the Minister did not answer either of the questions I put to him. On metering, my question was not on whether metering should happen. That is not a discussion for this meeting, which is on the Estimates. My specific question arises from my understanding that Irish Water does not consider that phase 1 of the metering programme will be...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: Can it be shifted to somewhere else in capital investment in Irish Water? That was my question.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: Do we know how much the underspend is likely to be?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: If the Minister can provide it at a later stage, that is fine.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: Is it the capital programme for this year?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: It is the €522 million capital for this year in which I am interested.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: Just so I am clear, does that mean that in terms of taxpayers' money going into this year's capital programme, the sum is only €184 million? Irish Water has to borrow the rest with interest charges from whatever sources.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: Direct State investment is actually only €184 million rather than €522 million.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: It is just the capital I am interested in.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: Of the €2 billion from now to 2021, what is the portion of that in the Estimates before us for 2016? If the Minister does not have the figure, he can send it to me at a later stage.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: Do we know how much?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: I have three questions. The first relates to the €16.65 million in the Estimates for the Local Government Fund to local authorities this year as the one-off payment to meet the shortfall from the utility rates revaluations. It is a technical question. I presume that is just in the overall figure of the Local Government Fund in the report. The amounts of money involved are...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: I assume there will be no need for discussions between the Departments of the Environment, Community and Local Government and Finance about repeating that payment for a second year. Am I right in saying that is just not on the table?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: At the moment.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: I think that is the point people are making. Perhaps the Minister misunderstands it. Their point is that they have always been paying for this service. I appreciate that this is not a matter for this discussion.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: I also asked about the SICAP and RAPID programmes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Casey should know that I am the only person here who takes cheap shots.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (30 Jun 2016) Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister is talking about Fine Gael party meetings.