Results 6,641-6,660 of 7,777 for speaker:Joe Costello

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: That is purely the mainland.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: It seems strange that in the region of €9 million was spent on a project that has never materialised and that nothing has happened in the intervening period since 2001 when the report in relation to the matter was carried out. That the facility is lying idle is a considerable waste of taxpayers' money. Perhaps Mr. Hamill would provide the committee with a full report on this project,...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: I would like now to focus on the turf compensation scheme, which has been very much in the news recently. I note that €2 million was spent on this scheme in 2013 and that a further €18 million has been committed for future years. Perhaps Mr. Hamill would provide an overview of the scheme and how it operates.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: Mr. Hamill said that the Department had written to 1,882 individuals.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: Only 1,300 have been returned and finalised.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: There are approximately 500 people who are not engaging.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: What is the situation with the others?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: It is constantly reported in the media that there are disputes in this area. Is Ireland at this point in time fulfilling its requirements under EU law?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: That is a substantial reduction.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: Mr. Hamill provided a figure for plots. I presume he is not referring to individuals in that regard.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: The figures suggest industrial turf harvesting is taking place on raised bogs subject to conservation orders.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: It is not quite a matter of keeping the individual home fire burning in the winter time.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: Is the scheme still open to those who did not join previously as the amount of activity decreases on these bogs?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: Under the same conditions.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: That explains the figure of €18 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: I agree with the Vice Chairman, by and large, that there needs to be an emphasis on the people on all sides. These are the individuals who became part of the Volunteers, Cumann na mBan, the Irish Citizen Army and the ordinary people who got involved in it from that point of view. There was also the RIC and the British Army, which were made up, by and large, of Irish people as well. We need...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: I do not do apologies.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: I do not see how the Department can have a commemoration without integrating with that because that is where the archives of all the engagement from 1912 to 1924 are. If the Department is not engaged or integrated with the Department of Defence, I do not see how it can-----

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015)

Joe Costello: Okay. I apologise to Deputy Ross.

Topical Issue Debate: Property Tax Exemptions (3 Feb 2015)

Joe Costello: It was a disgraceful decision by Sinn Féin.