Results 1,621-1,640 of 11,255 for speaker:Colm Burke

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Of all of the projects we currently have, how many of them will get done and completed? In fairness to the OPW, when it does a project, such as those in Clonmel, Mallow and Bandon, and completes them, they have all been successful, but surely we can now fast-track this process in order to prevent damage being caused and that people can continue to live in their houses. I was in one house...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: However, there is also a provision in the planning Acts where it is necessary to take action in order to prevent an adverse outcome. Is there not also a provision within the current planning legislation which allows the Department to use that? We have used that previously.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Is it not time to look at that to see how we can help businesses and property owners and how we can prevent this? We are very lucky that no loss of life occurred in some of these incidents. We have been very lucky. We now need to make sure we protect and use the current legislation to deliver the required changes.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Can I have a detailed note on what the process is now regarding the flood relief scheme I raised and on why there has been such a delay since the judicial review?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: I will go back to the issue of Blackpool, because I want to go through parliamentary questions that I tabled and where I was misled. The final section of a reply on 11 May 2023 to a parliamentary question stated: It is my intention to open this period of public consultation during Q2 of this year and a notice outlining the details of this consultation will be made available on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: But in dealing with parliamentary questions-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: -----is it important that correct information is provided?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Can Mr. Moloney imagine how tomorrow I will go down to Blackpool to meet with businesspeople? They will ask me why I told them lies in May. That is exactly what will be said to me.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: But that is what happened.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: That is what has happened.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: This is now going back to February 2022. It is over 20 months since then and no decision has been made. Mr. Moloney cannot even tell me what the next step is at this stage.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: But it was October 2022 when that was supplied to the Department. It has been 12 months since then and there has still been no decision. That was October 2022. There are flood relief projects that need to be dealt with in a timely manner. Mr. Moloney said it already-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: -----that the code within his Department refers to a "timely manner". Twelve months later is not a timely manner.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: But the flooding was in 2010. It has been 13 years since then and there has been no decision. We do not even know if we are even at the starting gate on this issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Mr. Moloney has to accept that there was a major mess-up in this project by his Department regarding the time delay as well as the fact that there are now businesses that cannot borrow money, let premises, develop premises or sell premises. This has now been going on for 13 years, while the Department sat on the vine. This is the real world we are now dealing with.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: I ask for a process to be put in place to deal with this issue, not just for this project but for other flood relief projects. This is a matter of saving money for the State. We are now deciding - and rightly so - to give support to households and businesses that have suffered flood damage. This is going to continue and therefore this must now be a priority within the Department regarding...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Is it now time to do a full comprehensive review to see how this can be done? Rather than saying what the Department is going to do, they should set out a clear plan of action in relation to all the flood relief projects that are currently with the OPW. How can we expedite them? How can we deliver? How can we make decisions so that real efficiency is displayed and so the people’s...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: If the Department feels it cannot make decisions because of the restrictions of existing legislation, is it not time for the Department to come to the Minister and tell him that they need particular legislation to be amended to allow them to deal with these issues? We have used the planning Acts. For instance, we used different areas of legislation during Covid-19 because it was an...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: There was. There was a judicial review. The OPW set out its plan back in 2021. There was a judicial review. It is my understanding that the OPW withdrew the application on the basis that they conceded the judicial review issue. Then, it was referred back to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform regarding how it would be managed from then on....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: The issue is why it was not offered to us. Why did we have to go to the stage we had to go to before it was eventually given to us?