Results 7,401-7,420 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: The assessment submitted by the Department of Health to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in June gave no indication that there was an issue, despite-----

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I refer to the assessment of June 2018.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: We know from the minutes of the hospital development board, which is another reason Mr. Quinn's attendance at this meeting would have been useful, that there was an indication as far back as March 2018 of a potential costs overrun. Was that reflected in the assessment report submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in June 2018?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: When did Mr. Watt become aware of the massive overrun?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Nobody told Mr. Watt there was an issue. Despite the matter being discussed at various committee meetings of the development board and the head of the Office of Government Procurement having all of this knowledge, nobody saw fit to tell Mr. Watt or any of his officials.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Does Mr. Watt not agree that that was a major failure of processes?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: It would have been nice to know given that we were in the middle of budget negotiations.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I do not wish to eat into another's member's time.

Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2019: First Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide that abnormally low tender bids for construction works with a contract equal to or above the EU threshold for public works are regulated, and disqualified if their low level is not adequately explained to the relevant authority, and that performance in prior public contracts be grounds for exclusion from participation...

Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2019: First Stage (12 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Many unanswered questions remain. I do not even believe all of the questions about this project have been asked to date, but we do know that the information on it is being drip-fed, which is regrettable. It has caused more confusion and public unease and certainly eroded the confidence some have in the ability of the State to manage major capital projects. Let me begin at the start. We...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 9. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on reducing the use of agency staff in the public sector under the terms of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018 to 2020. [5957/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Two of the questions I was going to ask were posed by previous speakers. I will not repeat them. I want to touch on Deputy Lahart's comments regarding non-performing loans, which are raised as a concern in the report. The Deputy put it very well when he stated that there is political consensus in this State. While we recognise non-performing loans as an issue, how they are being addressed...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Can the funding be used on general expenditure without the permission of the European Commission?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Okay. I also asked about the national development plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is not true. I will get to it in a minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will also be running to the launch of the periodic report, so I will be brief. First, I wish Mr. Barry the best of luck with this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Regardless of our political affiliations, we all sincerely wish him good luck. I wish to ask a couple of questions, the first of which will be on the board. I do not want Mr. Barry to say anything that could affect future relationships on the board, but its membership is not an issue solely for the Minister. The legislation is clear, in that the chair of the board nominates three members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Does that surprise Mr. Barry, given that we have the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, the public spending code, the development board with its expertise and sub-committees dealing with procurement and tendering? To hear that the original tender documents did not capture the scope of the project-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: -----fully is alarming. The route taken was to get a derogation for a two-stage process. A report was even done on the advantages and disadvantages of going down that road. One of the disadvantages identified was that it could lead to cost overruns if capturing the scope of the project and the bill of quantities accurately was not done correctly. That is what has transpired in this...