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- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: I want to be clear about this. What was the cost of the overall contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Is that the American company?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Mr. Murphy is saying that the 21 carriages that were purchased that are not in use are worth €44 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: They spent €44 million on carriages that it currently has in storage. Does the storage cost anything? I presume it has some sort of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: At any one time 21 of them are not used.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: What does Mr. Murphy think of that?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: What year are we talking about for the orders?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Who did that analysis?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: How can Mr. Murphy believe Irish Rail in particular or the CIE group of companies when their accounts are in such a mess? Essentially, that is the point being made this morning. That is a massive loss of taxpayers' money, and it is a huge amount of money. A company in the private sector would be broke if it did that and here is this company showing gross inefficiency and poor quality in...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Can Mr. Murphy not take that position on behalf of the travelling public because he is a regulator in a sense? That was the essence of the earlier exchanges with Mr. Murphy. I cannot fathom why Mr. Murphy cannot either do this to the company by way of putting a stop to the carry-on taking place in CIE or that he makes some extraordinary submission to Government calling a halt to all of this...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Can I stop Mr. Murphy there? They are not because many of these services can be provided in the private sector but CIE bullies people off the pitch. That must be acknowledged. I have seen numerous reports from private bus operators in particular that contend that that is the case. I will not go into it now because it is not Mr. Murphy's remit but it is impossible to get to the end of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: I disagree with some of the points Mr. Murphy has made and I will come back to them in some other way but I want to ask a final question. Has Mr. Murphy a comment on the cost of the CIE board and chairman? Has he considered this?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: What about the resale value of the carriages?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: It the context of Mr. Murphy's opening statement, does he not believe he should have told this committee about the €44 million investment in 21 carriages?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Forty-four million euro is not an insignificant sum.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: I ask Mr. Murphy to provide a general note on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Perhaps we could have a breakdown by county, including the individuals or companies which have a number of licences.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Deputy Dowds asked about capital investment and expenditure from day one on a number of projects that are now parked. I ask for a complete list of these projects, their costs to date and, if possible, an indication of the loss to the State as a result of this expenditure. Some of the money may not be lost, such as expenditure to purchase properties which could be reused. What is the likely...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Representatives of the Department will be here in two weeks time.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Mr. Murphy will give us a comprehensive note on the 21 unused carriages. Will he ensure we get the information right from the beginning in the case of Jacobs Engineering and in terms of the procurement process to indicate how we arrived at this position? The particular points raised by members were on the operational costs of the carriages and, in particular, the cost of maintenance. The...