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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Prices: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: That answers my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Prices: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: On that point, Mr. Manning referred to offshore wind and the competitive nature of onshore wind. How does the Valuation Office put a commercial rate on a sandbank in the sea because commercial rates are supposed to be about a notional letting value of the property? Who will rent a sandbank?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Prices: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: This makes it even worse.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the decision to backdate the living alone allowance in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Wexford, if a review of this decision will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8533/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide full-time contracts to secretaries, employed by the board of management, in secondary schools, in order for them to be in receipt of the same entitlements as other permanent staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8544/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Community Involvement Scheme (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the abolition of the community involvement scheme; his plans for the reintroduction of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8557/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position, in respect of car hire costs and scheduled driving tests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8640/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the submissions that were received by the Road Safety Authority regarding a review carried out on the testing of the roadworthiness of vintage vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8699/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the report by the Road Safety Authority on testing the roadworthiness of vintage vehicles; the timeframe for a decision to be made on any changes that are proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8717/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an opportunity for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications to consider the report from the Road Safety Authority into the testing of the roadworthiness of vintage vehicles, in advance of any decision being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8719/15]

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the officials from the OPW. I wish to start with decentralisation and the property portfolio. A reply to a parliamentary question that I tabled in January 2015 stated that the Road Safety Authority, RSA, has a lease on a property in Ballina costing €442,828; in Carrick-on-Shannon, the Department of Social Protection has a 20-year lease for €600,000; while in Limerick...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does Ms McGrath have details of the occupancy?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: At the Department of Social Protection building in Carrick-on-Shannon, there is capacity for 186 people and €600,00 is being paid under the lease arrangement. How does the OPW know that it is value for money if it does not know how many people are there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How many people are in Carrick-on-Shannon at the moment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How does the OPW know that it is getting value for money if 186 places have been provided but it does not know how many people are there? How can the OPW rationalise the value for money element in that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How does the OPW monitor the effective use?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: That does not answer the question I asked. How does the OPW monitor this on an ongoing basis? The Department of Social Protection said that it needed 186 places but how do we know that €600,000 is value for money if we do not know how many public servants are there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: To take the example we are discussing, did the Department of Social Protection communicate to the OPW in 2013 that it had a sufficient amount of space for the number of people who were in Carrick-on-Shannon?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The point I am making is simple. How can the OPW determine if the taxpayer is getting value for money for office space that is rented if it does not know how many people are in that office?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: They have not done that up to now. Is that correct?