Results 2,081-2,100 of 10,573 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Surely this is a forum at which issues of this nature should be able to be discussed. What is the tender price that was awarded for the consultants in this project?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I refer to the projects that are up for discussion - the North-South project and the Grid25 project.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: How much do such consultancy services cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Is Mr. Slye refusing to state how much the company has spent on consultancy services for this project?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: As a Member of the Oireachtas, I believe I am entitled to that information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: In the light of Mr. Slye's admission to Deputy Michelle Mulherin that the public consultation has been shambolic, should EirGrid change course and engage new consultants?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I would have been finished some time ago if I had been given an answer to my question on costs. EirGrid is spending taxpayers' money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: How much will consultancy services cost? Given Mr. Slye's admission that the process has not been satisfactory thus far, will EirGrid change the process, recruit new consultants, reopen the tendering process and admit to the joint committee that what has taken place until now-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: The questions were in the context of what was said after Deputy Michelle Mulherin's contribution in regard to the consultation. They were as follows. If consultants were employed, who are they? What is the cost of the consultancy process to date? Has the process been reported to the board? Is the board satisfied with the process as currently carried out? Given what we have heard at the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I have a brief supplementary question. Mr. Slye has said EirGrid has a specific committee or sub-committee of the board that deals with grid infrastructure. Did that committee ever engage with the people affected. Has the committee ever sat down with the representatives of these communities and groups to hear what we have heard over the past month? I am sure the members of the board are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Has it signed off on the process up to now?
- Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Let Mary Lou back in; she is much better.
- Order of Business (5 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: It has disappeared.
- Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances Payments (5 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: With the leaders' allowance, the previous speaker would know a great deal about top-ups. The Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, needs to be complimented-----
- Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances Payments (5 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Minister needs to be complimented for initiating-----
- Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances Payments (5 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Acting Chairman. The truth hurts.
- Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances Payments (5 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I think I deserve a little time at the end.
- Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances Payments (5 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: The truth hurts. Deputy Finian McGrath knows that as well as I do.
- Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances Payments (5 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: There is 30 seconds gone and I presume the Acting Chairman will allocate me a little time.
- Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances Payments (5 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Acting Chairman.