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- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Advertising (15 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: 705. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by her Department to date in 2024; the purpose of these campaigns; the cost of these campaigns; and the agencies that conducted these campaigns, in tabular form. [41186/24]
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: No apologies have been received. You are all very welcome. I remind all those in attendance to ensure that your mobile phones are on silent or switched off. I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses as regards references witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of witnesses physically present or who give...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General. As set out in the letter of invitation, I invite Mr. Conlon to make his opening statement. He has five minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: There will be an opportunity come back in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: I will allow the Deputy back in. I am sure others will pick up on this point as well.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Deputy Kelly’s time is up. I will briefly follow on from that. I remember the OPW being before this committee previously talking about these modular homes before they started. We were told they could be picked up and lifted somewhere else. As has been pointed out, there is a huge amount of money that cannot be picked up and moved elsewhere, such as money spent on site works,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: While Mr. Conlon may not have said it, it was said in a previous hearing of this committee when we talked about the prices of these homes going way back.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: It makes no sense to me either. Do they have planning permission for anything other than their current use? Do they require planning permission if they are being used for something else?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Okay. I now move to Deputy O'Connor.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: If I wanted to buy one of these modular homes, and I am actually quite familiar with them because Backweston is very near to where I live and the biggest development is there. The modular units are very small. They obviously come in pairs. If I was to buy one of those, without the enabling works and all the rest of it, how much would one of those cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: The cost is €145,000. Mr. Conlon reckons the enabling works cost €55,000 or something like that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Is it true that the bin truck cannot get in with the size of the roof? Is there an impediment with it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: I ask Mr. Conlon to check that out, please.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Deputy Murphy was looking for information on the cost of the planning permission for Hawkins House. Does Mr. Conlan have that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Okay. I hope we will have them before the end of the meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: I have a number of questions. I asked about buying one of these modular homes. Are we talking about a double unit for €145,000? They come in twos. Is that price per each unit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: They are very small. Deputy Farrell asked about the engagement the OPW had with the Department on the cost of these. Presumably it was the Department of children. When did the OPW ask the Department about the cost? Was it well in advance? The OPW was given the go ahead after that meeting as well. Who gave that go ahead?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Yes, so some of these cost more than others. Were there particular ones the OPW drew attention to that were very significantly over the amount?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: Will Mr. Conlan give us a note on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Catherine Murphy: The site at Backweston is a flat piece of land, is near services and is a larger one. I presumed that kind of one would have been more viable.