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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Are we sure about that? Some of the posts that we were looking at included clerical officers, executive officers, higher executive officers and administrative officers. They were not on the technical side. The idea seems to be to build up expertise in outside consultancies and not to have that expertise in the Department, even when it is cheaper to do so. It is important to establish the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, that would be very useful.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Yes. Horse Sport Ireland has 24 affiliates ranging from pony clubs to Olympic-level organisations. There is a real mix there and getting one facility that caters for all of their needs is difficult. In case people think I know what I am talking about, I must say that other people have told me this. Essentially, Horse Sport Ireland gets the bulk of its funding from the Department of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: It would have been from Punchestown, I think. Punchestown is not in my constituency, just in case anyone thinks I am batting for Kildare. The location is not really relevant to me. What is relevant is that Horse Sport Ireland is going to be spending a lot of money. It has 24 affiliates and it must meet their needs but the affiliates were only consulted after the fact. The planning...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: I do not know. I do not have that detail. What I am saying is that there are issues with this. The reply we received suggests that because this is a lease agreement, it is treated differently from a purchase but the key issue here is whether it meets the needs of the affiliates. If public money is going to be spent, can the facility actually function and meet their requirements? Can it...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: We also want to know if all of the affiliates can be accommodated and about the planning permission.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: It deals with sport.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: It deals with everything from pony clubs to dressage, showjumping and so on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: I have already asked quite a few questions. I would be happy for the Committee of Public Accounts to write a letter to the Secretary General about the oversight.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Yes. I see the issue is repeated in the correspondence where it states that any discussion of the content, hypothetical or otherwise, would prejudice the ability of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board to successfully enforce its existing contractual relationships, as it is required to do, to ensure the best value and return to the taxpayer. Of course, we all want that, but...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: There is just one question about the final paragraph of the correspondence that I would like us to establish before they come in. The correspondence refers to the mechanisms set out within the contract for any delay caused by the contractor's substantial completion date - for example, as a result of resourcing and so on - but the employer's claim is then determined by the employer's...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Exactly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: I propose that we ask them to clarify that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: It would be useful if they would tell us that before they came before us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Months.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Yes. Months later.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, it was, and then at the beginning there were inadequate numbers on the site.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: We have been given an amount here which we are asked not to publish. It relates to the cost of catering in two different locations. There is a considerable difference between both. I do not know if the contracts were tendered for. I think they were the ones that were not tendered for because it was-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: That is fair enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Jun 2022)
Catherine Murphy: That is fine.