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- Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)
Catherine Murphy: Before we get into the substance of the Bill, I have to say that were I to come along and present this legislation,l I would be laughed out of the Bills Office because to be honest, it is very difficult to know what the scope of the Bill is as something like 14 different items are listed. It is not that there is not merit in most of them, it is that most are not connected to one another. It...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: The witnesses are very welcome. I could spend about half an hour asking questions. I really want short replies in order that I can be efficient with my questions. What is the specification for the buses that were purchased? What fuel do they use? Some €65 million was spent on them. Are they diesel, hybrid or electric? What is their lifespan? If the witnesses have not got that...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: I am happy to take it in writing if all the questions I asked are covered in the response. On MetroLink, the various processes and decarbonisation were talked about. There is a new imperative in the climate budgets and transport plays a very big part in that. MetroLink is the biggest public transport project within the timeframe of those budgets. None of us are looking for inefficient...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: I will just short circuit this. Mr. Spratt is telling me that MetroLink is not included in the 2030-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: The timeline becomes all the more important when we hear that because the level of ambition is a real concern. I will move on to a number of other questions. Mr. Spratt said earlier to Deputy Dillon that the biggest contribution to the motor tax fund is likely to come from the east coast because of the sheer numbers of people who live there. He is saying the four Dublin local authorities...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: I think Mr. Spratt is right about that but I would like it to be confirmed.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: Road usage, even if the areas in question are the most heavily congested, is not taken into consideration, just road length. Roads will, obviously, deteriorate if they get heavier use. Is that not considered?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: That is fine. I want to move on to another issue. Ten minutes is far too short for all I want to ask. KPMG prepared a detailed appraisal or business case for the Department on the new search and rescue service from CHC Ireland, which will run until 2024 or 2025. There is an extension involved. A formal procurement process for the new Coast Guard aviation service was due to commence in...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: A conflict of interest and even a perceived conflict of interest should be a concern. Were there declarations or assurances? Was it done in a formal way to ensure there were no conflicts of interest? We keep hearing about Chinese walls. What are the declarations and assurances to be certain there are no conflicts of interest?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: I will also ask about night-vision goggles. Why was that not part of the requirement? Why was it separate? If that is going to go out to tender and a different company is awarded that tender, the apparatus will have to be stripped out and refitted into the company that is awarded the tender, assuming there is competition in the market. Was that thought about in advance of that contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: Please do.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: The air accident investigation unit's report did not set out to apportion liability and rightly so, given it was about the prevention of accidents. Are there insurance implications for the awarding of the SAR contract? Has that been considered? In the context of an outsourced service, where does liability lie and has the Department taken advice on that? The Department has responsibility...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: Is there any contingent liability in the Department in respect of this outsourced service?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard (11 Nov 2021) Catherine Murphy: Is the liability exclusively the contractor's as opposed to the State's? There are other elements such as the Irish Aviation Authority and the Department in terms of regulation. Is there an expectation, or has advice been sought, in regard to insurance liability in the context, for example, of the terribly tragic accident and the loss of lives in the helicopter accident off Blacksod Bay?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)
Catherine Murphy: I merely wanted to suggest that we send this on to the relevant sectoral committee, namely, the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action, which may find it useful.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)
Catherine Murphy: I am looking for a number of things. We need to look for more up-to-date information, up to the end of 2021, in regard to inflation and projected inflation. We know that 4% is the threshold and there is a problem once it goes beyond that. Has forecasting been undertaken in the context of further rises in inflation and are there projections for 2022? One of the reasons this has overrun in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)
Catherine Murphy: The last time we had correspondence we were told not even to discuss it and not to discuss timelines or to speculate on it. We were pretty much told that we were not going to get it. This morning, we had a discussion with the Department of Transport. It has big projects on the way. The very least we would want to do is learn some lessons from the mistakes of the past. The Chair has made...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)
Catherine Murphy: I think we were told on the previous occasion that the expectation was 2024 and that it was significantly behind.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)
Catherine Murphy: The thing is it can only go as fast as the number of people on site working on the project.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Nov 2021)
Catherine Murphy: At some point we should get the price of all the black ink the State owns because we get a lot of reports that are obliterated.