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- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: So the then Taoiseach was appointing more Ministers and Ministers of State than could be physically accommodated.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Executive accommodation.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: The expenditure on the entire project was approximately €256,000. Could Ms McGrath indicate the apportionment in terms of the ministerial aspect of the expenditure on the project?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Ms McGrath was happy to provide us with information. I wish to put that on record. The entire project on Kildare Street appeared to cost in the region of €256,000. Ms McGrath indicated that the ministerial element of the project comprised €206,500. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Was the sum exclusive of VAT?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: That means there is a significant addition to the amount. There has been some focus in recent times, not least in the media, on communication between civil servants on, for example, the type of toilet roll in the accommodation in question. I do not wish to be facetious but could Ms McGrath outline the OPW’s system for the procurement of such products?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: In fairness, notwithstanding the fact that those issues have been reported, it has been communicated by civil servants in the Department by e-mail, which is subject to freedom of information, that particular types of toilet roll, namely Kittensoft, Inversoft and Andrex, would be required for the particular bathroom that was installed in Kildare Street. Could I ask this question-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Reference was made to three particular brands.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Three particular brands were identified in the e-mails. Neither the Minister nor his civil servants would have to go to the local Centra to buy the toilet roll of their choice. That is interesting. It would be one thing if it is the case that the people in the Department did not like the standard issue toilet tissue and that they had to buy something else but this was centrally acquired by...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: For a few extra euro we might have got the services of the Andrex puppy as well. I will leave this particular aspect of the question. The meeting might decide to pursue other aspects of the matter and might in future decide to engage with other witnesses who might be able to throw some additional light on the issue. However, I will return now to the 2011 appropriation accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: That is fine.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: I refer to valuation methodologies which are set out in accounting policy 7 on page 120 of the accounts. Recently undertaken exercises resulted in reductions amounting to €228 million in Dublin 1, 2 and 4. How many properties were valued using the new methodology in 2012 and where are they located?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Have additional valuations been undertaken since?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Does the OPW intend to carry out rolling revaluations of, for example, sites and properties obtained under the decentralisation programme?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Will Ms McGrath set out the five sites identified for future use and say what are the intended uses?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: I am particularly familiar with the site Ms McGrath has identified in Drogheda for a new courthouse project which is intended to commence in 2015 under the stimulus package the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, announced last July. In late 2006 two sites were purchased in Drogheda at a cost of €11.81 million. The site in the area of Murdoch's car park...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: What is the relationship with the local authority which, technically, purchased the site for development?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Will Ms McGrath apprise the committee by correspondence?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: That is appreciated.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: I want to ask about leases sold to date. These are leases in which the OPW engaged as part of the decentralisation programme which, by and large, will not now proceed. What are the arrangements? Has the OPW surrendered leases in which it would have agreed to engage during the process?