Results 2,341-2,360 of 7,126 for speaker:Alan Farrell
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Are they particularly complex?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Does the figure provided reflect the total amount requested in the outstanding claims?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: The longer the process goes on, the more likely it is that a law firm or barrister will settle, as I know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Was there any particular reason? The Accounting Officer stated it was dependent on when bills were presented. Surely a cut-off date should have been applied. We cannot keep funding this process, given that the report was published six years ago.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Has the administrative and secretariat side of the Mahon tribunal been completely disbanded or is it still in operation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Is there still a payroll cost to the Exchequer arising from it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Flowing from the Mahon tribunal and its findings was a recommendation that an office of planning regulator be established. Unfortunately, the recommendation has not been implemented. In 2016 a budget was provided for the new office, but it remains unexpended. The relevant legislation has been delayed repeatedly and is before the Seanad. I appreciate the Department's involvement in a range...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: The sum is €53.3 million. That is a lot of money not to have spent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Can the Secretary General explain, even if he has to break it down into individual subheads or programmes, how the Department did not expend, or how the voluntary and co-operative housing agencies did not spend over €50 million that was given to them for housing purposes?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Was the ability to deliver overestimated on the part of those agencies? Did a problem delay delivery? Was housing delivered in February 2017, for instance?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: The capacity.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Perhaps the Secretary General can provide me with information on the capital assistance schemes that have been specifically referenced in subhead A.4. I do not mean right now. I would like a breakdown of the figures and the Secretary General can supply that information to the Clerk of the Committee in writing. This is the first opportunity that the Committee of Public Accounts has had to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: It was no problem. I probably should have made that point. On page 29 of the report there is an extraordinarily large High Court judgment in respect of a land swap arrangement for €2.51 million. Can the Secretary General give me some information on the matter?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Please. That was prior to my time on the Committee of Public Accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: I am only a recent addition, in 2016. Finally, I wish to re-emphasise what I said at the start. The Department has done extraordinary work over the past week or so and has my sincere thanks.
- An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss the Bill and cast my vote to commence the process of holding a constitutional referendum. Regardless of whether Members believe the eighth amendment should be repealed, I, too, ask all Deputies of all parties and none to allow citizens to have their say on this matter, which is extremely important to many of them. Recent censuses have...
- An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: I call Deputy Catherine Martin.
- An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: Sinn Féin is next.
- An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: I call Deputy Martin Kenny, who is sharing time with Deputies Buckley and Nolan.