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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: I do not think it is unusual at all because this is a topical issue. One could also argue that political charges have been made.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: No but we need to be upfront. Political charges have been made in the Dáil Chamber by many parties, which they are entitled to make. This committee must examine the processes and procedures and the logic behind the setting up of this committee in the first place. We were told that this committee was set up to save money-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: ------achieve efficiencies and to streamline communications within different Departments and the work of the public service and the Civil Service. The difficulty is and the concern, if I can call it that, that many of us have is that the unit became something else and is being used for party political purposes. The Committee of Public Accounts has an absolute obligation to see if that was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: We can certainly park the political charges and we will deal with them outside of this committee. The Taoiseach took ownership of this project and I call on him to come before the Committee of Public Accounts. I also call on Mr. Fraser as the head of the public service, Mr. Robert Watt who is the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and Mr. John Concannon...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: We all have concerns and I share all of the concerns outlined by Teachta Shane Cassells about regional publications. On the face of it, it seems as if the unit pulled off a very slick, almost sly operation and our job is to test it. Allegations and political charges are being made. It is for the Dáil Chamber to deal with the matter. What we have to do as a committee is to evaluate...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: To be fair to everyone, I was upfront about saying that political charges were being made but the place to make them is in the Dáil Chamber, not the Committee of Public Accounts. We were all very clear on that. We have spent a long time on correspondence, and in an effort to move this forward, given that the Taoiseach will be before the select committee, I think that bringing in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: Having made a proposal previously, I agree with the process of inviting the Accounting Officers in as quickly as possible and proceeding from there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: Could I add a point-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: I agree with asking for the business case. There was a very good report in The Sunday Business Poston this issue. The newspaper got information under a freedom of information request that relates to correspondence, emails and exchanges between the unit and the political side. If they are accurate, it was very interesting that clear direction was given around the advertisements in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: I want to come back to the issue of the higher education sector and the work programme. I may not have been clear at the previous meeting, so I will be a bit clearer now. So many different issues with regard to the higher education sector are being juggled at this committee and there are so many elements to it that a level of coherence is needed. I do not know if it has been done. There...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome Mr. John McCarthy, Mr. Doyle and Mr. Nolan from Transport Infrastructure Ireland to today's meeting. Mr. Nolan has been very quiet so far but we will have questions for him, no doubt. Happy International Women's Day to everyone. I will start by asking Mr. John McCarthy to outline the different funding streams for local government.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: I have looked at it but am asking Mr. McCarthy to give me the breakdown.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: They would be capital grants for projects-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: The chart is very convoluted, is it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: I imagine that Mr. McCarthy would accept my analysis that it is very convoluted at the moment.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: That is an understatement because before this meeting today, I spoke to three different CEOs of local authorities to get their view of how they manage the different funding streams. They spoke of their frustration because they find it very difficult to plan or even to understand what funding might be available to them year on year. They also find it very difficult to report back to all of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: I think it is safe to say that if the Comptroller and Auditor General was struggling to understand the flow of funds, then we have a real problem that needs to be addressed. Would I be right in suggesting that on page 125 of his report, the Comptroller and Auditor is referring to a collapse in funding for national roads or at least a substantial drop in funding? Would that be a fair analysis?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: When I spoke to the three CEOs of local authorities they all said that the collapse in roads funding is very serious for the State and for the local authorities. Roads must be maintained, as everyone knows, on a regular basis. If they are not maintained and if we do not wash their faces, so to speak, they can deteriorate. It can take up to five years but normally after three or four years...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: Where does the funding for roads come from? Who is the Accounting Officer for the funding of roads? Is it Mr. Doyle?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: Where does it go?