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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Was Ms Tallon concerned about this information, which the Department received from Dublin City Council before it was sent on to us?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Heading No. 5 on page 19 of the local audit report states Dublin City Council paid Dublin Port Company €8.5 million for its interest in the Pigeon House Road and Shellybanks Road under a compulsory purchase order in September 2011. Was the valuation for this CPO done in 2011 or was it from a previous date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I asked the same questions on the previous occasion when Ms Tallon was before us with regard to when the CPO was issued, when the price was paid and when the valuation was determined.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: We discussed it with regard to the 2007 CPO but not the one that was meant to issue in 2010 which according to this took place in September 2011. At the time Ms Tallon stated she would follow up on this point and I would very much appreciate it if I could receive detailed information on the CPO process for the lands in question with regard to what prices were paid and when the valuations...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: This detail is not in the report.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: It is a necessary process.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I accept that. I also accept Ms Tallon's position and I will not raise further points on the audit report. However, the project's deadline has been extended time and again because the private partner cannot find the financing and due to problems on our end such as foreshore licences. When Ms Tallon attended the committee previously, she told us we would have the report from the local audit...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Both projects are handled by the exact same department in the exact same local authority and are in the exact same area - namely, the Poolbeg Peninsula - yet this does not concern Ms Tallon.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I know, but surely Ms Tallon must be concerned. These two projects were significant problems for Dublin City Council before I became involved in politics, and they still are. It is not a coincidence. They have been run by the same department of the same council.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: One is an incinerator and the other is a wastewater treatment plant; I know they are different projects.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I am given-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I have more points.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I appreciate Ms Tallon's concern, but my problem is that it has not been present previously. The problem with financial and governance weaknesses did not just appear from out of the air. They have always been there. I will make two final points on the city manager's response. When he refers to the delays and why the client representative costs overran, my interpretation is that blame is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: The Chair normally gets in before me.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I warned the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the vehicle registration tax for electric vehicles beyond December 2012. [55345/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the merits or demerits of a tax initiative (details supplied). [55682/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of Government contracts in his Department that were awarded to non-Irish companies in the three years 2009 to 2011 inclusive; and the percentage of these that went to EU companies in that period. [55257/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has any jurisdiction over store opening hours, for example Sundays or on St. Stephen's Day. [55612/12]