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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Climate Action Plan (10 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: I raised the following issue earlier but many questions were asked in the previous round and I hope I can get a response on this occasion. People want to embrace climate action and climate change. The vast majority see it as an exciting prospect that there would be a just transition to a zero-carbon economy but they are not fools. As I said earlier, they know that to achieve that, there...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Climate Action Plan (10 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: One must raise the ire of the Taoiseach to get a response.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: It seems that the Minister, Deputy Creed, has gone full circle since the deal was first announced. He came out strongly against the deal initially, if we were to believe what he said then. Over the course of recent days, however, he has slowly but surely been reined in by the Taoiseach. The Minister has now come in here today to sell this deal and insult the Dáil by telling us that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: I want to reinforce the comments Deputy Butler made. Deputy Gino Kenny will also be raising this issue. We have all been contacted by this family. Some weeks ago the Minister for Health was helpful regarding the case of a different family in Waterford who had a similar problem concerning their child and getting money back under the compassionate access programme. These are children with...

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Finnegan and all of his team. Can I assume that they are happy to be here?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: We are happy to have them.

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Very good. I will start with the accounts on page 12. Mr. Finnegan touched on some of it in his opening statement and I ask him to expand on the matter. I refer to line (e), under administration, "Office equipment and external IT services". The 2018 estimate was €14.6 million. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: And the outturn was €22.7 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: That was an increase of €9.7 million. What was done? What was the €22 million for? Why was there an increase of €9.7 million?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Was that decision made before the estimate of €14.6 million was put in?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: At what point was that estimate made? At what point was the decision made to increase it?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Was that in 2017?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: At what point was it decided to expand it?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: What was it for, specifically?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Was all of that put out to tender?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Can I have a breakdown on what the €22.7 million was spent on - the line items?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Mr. Finnegan might supply the committee with a detailed note, if he can. I do not have a quarrel with a decision being made to upgrade the systems. Where it needs to be done from an ICT perspective, it should be. I am looking at the outturn for the headings and most of them are either under budget or on budget, so this heading is one that jumps out and where there is a significant...

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: On page 19 of the report, it talks about variations in expenditure and with regard to office equipment, external IT services and office premises expenses, it says the overspend arose through additional costs incurred due to the relocation of the Seanad to the Natural History Museum. It only deals with that at paragraph length which means we cannot really get under the bonnet of exactly what...

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: What was the total cost of the project?

Public Accounts Committee: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Appropriation Account 2018 (11 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Why was there an overspend of €194,000?