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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015)

John Deasy: In other words we are asking the same people.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015)

John Deasy: It cost €14 million. The witnesses understand where I am coming from. The public at some point deserves to know there is a possibility in the future this could be revenue neutral or even make a slight profit. It is not acceptable that it continues to make a substantial loss after costing so much money and because of the news stories in the past week about its water damage and having...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015)

John Deasy: Based on what Deputy Costello has said and the basic opinion on the visuals for the river, one must ask the following question. Based on the losses encountered over the past five years, is it in the right place? Would the vessel be better off located at Grand Canal Dock or somewhere like it where one has access to the DART? There is not great access to where it is located on the quays at...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015)

John Deasy: I mean as part of the response to the committee. I have made a fair point which deserves a response.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (31 Mar 2015)

John Deasy: 699. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of applications approved under the last two rounds of his Department's sports capital programme; and the reasons applications were deemed invalid or were otherwise unsuccessful. [12683/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Draft Report on Visit to Vietnam (2 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: Another item that is worth delving into is the cost associated with the new Court of Appeal. Many more appeals cases are being heard because of the new court and for that reason it is worth examining.

Public Accounts Committee: Draft Report on Visit to Vietnam (2 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: As Deputy Connaughton must leave, he will start. I apologise that the other member of the delegation, Deputy Nolan, is not present.

Public Accounts Committee: Draft Report on Visit to Vietnam (2 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: I will develop the trade element. The three of us have an interest in agriculture, particularly the export of dairy products. The current value of Irish dairy exports is €1.6 billion, but the market for liquid milk and milk ingredient products in Vietnam is worth $6 billion. That market has not been tapped into by Ireland in any great shape or form. It became an inescapable fact...

Public Accounts Committee: Draft Report on Visit to Vietnam (2 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: It probably should be mentioned that a director from the Comptroller and Auditor General's office accompanied us to go through the controls within the Vietnamese Government's systems. That will be part of the report we compile. It is important because this involves a great deal of money. That should be included as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Draft Report on Visit to Vietnam (2 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: Yes. We are concentrating on trade and that is fine, but the essential part of this for the past ten years has been the money we put into Irish Aid and the systems within the Vietnamese Government's structures of accounting for that. We felt comfortable about its practices but that will be part of the report we do and the findings.

Topical Issue Debate: Wild Atlantic Way Project (15 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: This is an issue that has been discussed actively within Fáilte Ireland and the Department for some time. Over the last nine months we have discussed the facilitation of a presentation to be given by Waterford council and the people dealing with tourism in Waterford to expand the Wild Atlantic Way along east Cork and Waterford's Atlantic coastline. Since I met Shaun Quinn, the head of...

Topical Issue Debate: Wild Atlantic Way Project (15 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: I thank the Minister of State for his comments and I take his point on positivity not negativity regarding the product announced yesterday. The case I have been making to officials in the past few weeks revolves in large part around the future of Waterford Airport. I spent the last four years bending the ears of officials and politicians with regard to the future of Waterford Airport and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (15 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: 676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason capitation grants are lower for primary schools than for secondary schools; her plans to increase primary school capitation levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13930/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: I cannot see you getting an invitation any time soon.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: In a funny way I will tag onto what the Chairman has mentioned and what Mr. Griffin spoke about with regard to the national broadband plan. Mr. Griffin has only been in place for a year and a half and I have not had an occasion to question him at this committee. Leaving the historical issues behind, something which I believe will define his time as Secretary General will be how successful...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: That was going to be published in July. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: Some of this was dependent on European Investment Bank, EIB, funding. What is the story with that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: In rolling this out, Mr. Griffin is talking to funding entities, but he has not reached any resolution with them. I refer to the EIB, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and private equity.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: People have been let down time and again over the past ten years, particularly in the area I am from, which is rural Waterford. I worry when I hear Mr. Griffin saying the funding has not been put in place for something that has been announced. It has been announced that it will be completed by 2020. This is a fair point. We are dealing with public money here and talking about public...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: That is not quite what I asked.