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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if all documentation relating to the investigation into a series of outbreaks of Covid-19 in meat processing plants in Ireland will be published, as referred to in the letter of 7 August 2020 he received from NPHET; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35670/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 233. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of employees who work out of such office space; the length of time they have been working from the offices; the cost to date of renting such offices; the tender process by which it was decided to make use of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a mink cull in Denmark linked to a mutated strain of Covid-19 that has been shown to be transmissible to humans; the actions he will take with regard to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35511/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the PGI application concerning Northern Ireland; the engagements he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35512/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the financial assistance scheme for avian influenza outbreaks of the H6N1 subtype in poultry flocks in 2016; the number of applications accepted and rejected; the amount paid per applicant per county in tabular form; if there have been delays associated with the scheme and payments to applicants; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [35664/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current contingency measures in place for farmers and the agrifood sector in the event of a no-deal Brexit; the financial packages that will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35667/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support the revitalisation of the indigenous wool sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35668/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of employees who work out of such office space; the length of time they have been working from the offices; the cost to date of renting such offices; the tender process by which it was...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Properties (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 267. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of employees who work out of such office space; the length of time they have been working from the offices; the cost to date of renting such offices; the tender process by which it was...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I welcome our guests and reiterate our appreciation and thanks to all OPW staff for their work, particularly during the Covid-19 period. It has not gone unnoticed. I seek a little information on the measured term maintenance contracts awarded to PJ Hegarty & Sons over a long period. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General deals with the period from 2015, but I understand...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: Yes, and the costs. To clarify, we are dealing with the period from 2015, when the contract was first put in place and it was extended in 2018. Under the contract, minor construction works were allowed up to the value of €500,000, but six of the works, which range from €600,000 to €2.4 million, were clearly in excess of that. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: When the contract was originally tendered, it was envisaged that works of approximately €3 million per annum would take place. It amounted to about €12 million over the course of the contract but the figure was actually closer to €10 million per year, or €39.4 million in total.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: In 2019, partly because of Brexit, there was an additional €7.4 million. The total up to the end of last year was €46.8 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: Has the OPW carried out an analysis of the initial four-year contract in respect of what it would cost if some or all of the works undertaken under this contract were undertaken in house? Has there been a cost-benefit crossover analysis?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Buckley mean 2013 or 2014?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I apologise for cutting across Mr. Buckley but some of the basis for the approach was as a result - Mr. Buckley might correct me if I am wrong - of a circular issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in 2013. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: Before Mr. McMahon comments, that circular stated, "The majority of works are procured via external contractors as OPW’s direct labour force has been significantly reduced and cannot fulfil the role for all property". It seems there was an acceptance within that that the austerity and staff reduction measures that had been put in place played a role in the outsourcing of these...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: We have determined that a contract that was envisaged to amount to about €12 million over the course of four years actually amounted to closer to €50 million over that period. More recently, in October 2018, a new tender was appreciated. The provisions the OPW put in place, that is, the guidelines for contracting companies, meant there was, in effect, only one qualifying...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6 - Expenditure under a Maintenance Contract
2019 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I apologise for cutting across Mr. McMahon but what the OPW did was employ a set of parameters that meant only one company was in a position to qualify for the contract. In the documentation, the OPW set out an expected value of €5 million per annum, which was an increase on the €3 million but was nowhere close to the out-turn in place in the term of the previous contract. Why...