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Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: -----that the Taoiseach is quoted-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The Taoiseach was quoted in the Irish Examiner as saying the business model will be available in a few weeks.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: He has done this the wrong way around. The Taoiseach committed over €1 billion of public money to be spent and he is signing multi-billion euro service level agreements before anyone has a chance to see the business model. Why is the Taoiseach signing 12-year service level agreements? I understand three-year agreements and I understand the need for consistency. Why 12 years? Will...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: This is the HSE all over again.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Why is the agreement for 12 years?

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: It is Fianna Fáil all over again.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Unauthorised Disclosures (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has a recognised data leakage or loss prevention system in place to detect and prevent data breaches and data exfiltration transmissions; if he is satisfied that whatever system is in place is adequate to prevent sensitive data from being deliberately or mistakenly disclosed to unauthorised personnel; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Enterprise in Ireland: Discussion (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Chairman for letting me crash her committee. Both of these issues are very dear to my heart and I very much appreciate being able to attend.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Enterprise in Ireland: Discussion (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The Chairman would be very welcome. I can assure her it is not as interesting as this. My first question is to Mr. Shanahan from Forfás. The 2012 report is an excellent one. I ask him to take the following comment in the spirit in which it is meant. The report's recommendations are a bit fluffy. That is not the fault of Forfás. They are fluffy because Forfás is trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Enterprise in Ireland: Discussion (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: On a technicality, it does now. In the latest ESRI analysis for this year, they have brought it all in. The analysts are currently rerunning the figures for 2011, 2012 and 2013 taking into account all of the issues mentioned by the Chairman.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I apologise that I am not up to date on exactly where the conversation went. I was at a different committee. Arklow suffered much damage and the people there are asking for rock armour. Is there a list of the places? Is there somewhere I can go to find out if Arklow is included? If not, is it possible there might be another round of funding in the year to cover beaches that have not been...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Is Arklow included in the amount we are voting on today for the beaches?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: It is not yet allocated.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I have a procedural question about these Estimates. My understanding was that we had already discussed the main Estimates, these being revisions thereto. In other words, the main Estimates, dealing with the large allocations of moneys, have already been voted through. Am I wrong in this and are we concerned today with voting through the total spend for 2014?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate the clarification, but it is still not entirely clear to me precisely what we are about. I understand there is a €2 million increase in the allocation for the OPW in the Revised Estimates. Has the sub-committee already discussed the main Estimates and are we concerned only with the revisions today?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: To be absolutely clear, the total allocation of €354 million, an increase on the original figure of €352 million, has not been discussed heretofore by the sub-committee?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: We have not discussed the overall Estimate of €354 million with the Minister of State.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: My next question sounds like it is loaded, but is not meant to be. Is this the first occasion on which we are discussing the 2014 OPW spend, after it has been voted through by the Oireachtas?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: That clarification is helpful. The Minister of State has been pushing for improvements in public sector procurement. Will he indicate what quantum of savings the OPW has managed to achieve by moving to better practice in procurement?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: My question is not how much it costs to engage in procurement but what savings are we seeing as a consequence of following better practice in this regard. In the areas we are discussing such as procurement of materials, goods and services for building schools, Garda stations and so on, what quantum of savings has been achieved by way of improved procurement practice?