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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: We are obviously all aware that there is an independent investigation going on here. Some of the work would already have been done by the Comptroller and Auditor General in respect of that audit. Do some of the things identified form part of the inquiry in any way? Is there any feed-in to the inquiry from the network? If we are going to agree that we need to have some coherent work done...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: That should not delay it. We will not see this until the spring anyway. I presume the Comptroller and Auditor General would feed in that information. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: We would expect the committee to be able to deal with this in the not too distant future.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr Nolan. It states in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General that TII acts as an agent in the allocation of funding to the local authorities, which in turn act as agents and do the practical work on the ground. As I understand it, TII distributes the resources for local, regional, national and secondary roads. Is that the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Chairman, I think it would be useful to call one of the officials to keep the subject compartmentalised.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I will not dwell on that aspect but will deal with the Department directly outside of this forum. The underfunding for the protection of the asset is a major issue in terms of value for money. Mr. Nolan refers to the amount allocated for maintenance. I presume TII undertakes condition surveys on the motorways, that TII will have a timeline for examining the overlay to see that it is of a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: What is the level of underfunding annually at this point?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Has TII identified a critical timeline or has Mr. Nolan identified the roads in need of work?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: So it will cost more-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Mr. Nolan has told us that it would cost between €90 million and €100 million per annum to carry out the maintenance programme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Is that for national primary and secondary roads or is it for the totality of the road network?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: One of TII's income streams is the money generated by tolls. The buy-out of the tolls on the M50 which would have predated the establishment of TII, generates tolls in the region of €137 million. Is that income exclusively for the M50?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Has the outlay for the buy-out of the toll for the M50 been recouped? If not when is it likely to happen?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: How much is the annual payment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: In that case, TII is bringing in more than it is paying out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I will return to Mr. O'Neill when he finds the figures. I will turn to the issue of public private partnerships and the Limerick tunnel. Given the issues related to climate change and the desire for a modal shift in transport, including a reduction in the number of car journeys and so forth, I presume in hindsight Mr. Nolan would consider it a bad idea to include in contracts a requirement...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Is it fair to say that with regard to the Limerick tunnel, the model has not proved to be beneficial since the payment will be required for the full duration of the contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Has Mr. O'Neill found the figures relating to M50?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: There was considerable criticism at the time because people expected a reduction in tolls as a consequence of the European judgment. Essentially, this income is being retained and spent on-----