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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Alan Farrell: In effect, in order for the Defence Forces to maintain the Ministerial Air Transport Service, MATS, this State, or rather the Minister and the Oireachtas has about four years to make a decision, and a couple years to acquire a suitable replacement for what the Defence Forces currently has. The Department of Defence is currently scoping the best option for the State to continue the MATS.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: National Federation of Group Water Schemes (7 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I welcome our guests and thank them for making themselves available today. We all have our views on what constitutes excessive usage. I appreciate the Commission for Energy Regulation will be tasked with setting the figure. The witnesses specifically referred in their submission to the importance of a dissuasive argument for those who are prone to wasting water, or even to determine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I welcome our guests. My first question is for Mr. Millican. He mentioned earlier that Scottish Water has 2.4 million customers. My research indicates that the charge is £351 per customer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: That puts the revenue stream at about £1 billion or thereabouts, about £900 million. I have done a bit of research beforehand about the total cost of provision of Scottish Water's services and I am just wondering about some of the figures produced by Scottish Water. What is the compliance rate like in Scotland in terms of the customer uptake? Is there a large proportion, or what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: Excellent. The guts of 1 million meters have been installed in this country so we have a choice to make between the completion of that or the roll-out, as has been recommended by the report that has led us here, of district metering. I have heard a lot within this committee and outside it that would justify seeing district metering as something that will work in the future in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: That is appreciated. Mr. Millican said that about 97% of households in Scotland are on the public system. Mr. Jones mentioned a similar figure for Wales. In respect of the cost of installation of an opt-in meter in Scotland and Wales, I think it is a policy to install these meters in Wales. Is there an opt-in policy as well? Could witnesses give me a ballpark figure for a housing estate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I will research it further. What the situation in Wales?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: What is the average age of the Welsh and Scottish networks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I can beat that. I have wooden pipes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I have a question for the witnesses from the Commission for Energy Regulation. Page three of their submission, which I note incorporates their additional comments, concerns the key CER assumptions made to allow the development of scenarios for illustrative purposes. The third paragraph from the bottom stated that the CER is taking into consideration the sources of the information and when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I accept that entirely. The data set used, as far as I know, is over two or three years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I see. My question is how long have such data sets been available for, not which quarter is being used.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Scottish Water, Welsh Water and the Commission for Energy Regulation (8 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I appreciate that. Following on from Mr. McGowan's comment that there is not enough information to carry out an extrapolation, taking the information that is there in terms of Irish Water's investment programme for repairs, leak stopping, repairs to mains etc., clearly over a period of time sufficient data is going to be available. When will sufficient data be available to work on...

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: As co-chair of the Fine Gael Brexit committee and having engaged with thousands of members of the public, interested groups and in particular, businesses throughout the country, we are all speaking with one voice in respect of this debate, which I appreciate is very focused on our unique relationship with Northern Ireland. That is something that is not necessarily commonplace in this Chamber....

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: I would welcome a little discretion in terms of speaking time. This motion smacks of political opportunism yet again by Sinn Féin.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: It is a naked attempt to go to the people to gain seats because its polling numbers suggest they will gain a few extra seats. Primarily, we are elected to this House to do something. I cannot think of any one thing that Sinn Féin could put its finger on in this country that is not chaotic or murderous, as mentioned by my colleagues over the last few minutes.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: Sinn Féin decries the economic progress that we have made in this country for the past six years. It decries every economic indicator and every job created - 200,000 of them - giving people the opportunity to get off welfare and back into work. They are the reasons this Government is in office. What does Sinn Féin do when it gets an opportunity to govern in Northern Ireland? It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: It is essential that there be some clarification from the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: In fairness, only one person directs this meeting, namely the Chairman. However, Chairman, you are not. Please chair the meeting. There is a list of speakers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Alan Farrell: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new secondary school for Swords, due to open in September 2017; if this school will open on time and if temporary accommodation has been arranged to facilitate students from September; the actions taken regarding the development of a permanent school building; if the transfer of ownership of the permanent site has been...