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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Newport in County Tipperary is unique. It is a great village.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is a great village with great people and I am glad to represent it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will seek to bring in representatives of the Department of Transport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Crowe and I are familiar with this. We have had representatives of Roadbridge before us as a committee and we know the people who work for the company. We know the subcontractors. They have brought this matter into stark, human terms. We as a committee will expedite the review of this. Changes will have to take place, or the three or four Irish contractors that remain in civil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputy very much. I will now go to non-members. Deputy Kerrane has roughly five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Walsh is going to be busy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Walsh and Mr. O'Neill for attending today's meeting. We obviously all have projects in our individual constituencies. There is a serious macro problem with the public works contracts system. The committee will follow up with the Department and more particularly we will hold public hearings probably in the second week back after Easter. We will prioritise it. Obviously, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Sorry, the Office of Government Procurement. Within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, is the Office of Government Procurement the body that deals with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will inquire. Should we engage with anyone else on public procurement contracts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: They might reflect on that and write back to us. We are doing work on it. I have seen it at first hand with what happened with Roadbridge. It had a phenomenal staff of 630. It is generally accepted that it did top-quality work. The staff had been there for many years. Many suppliers and subcontractors ended up in serious difficulty when Roadbridge entered receivership. Do they have any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We might be able to follow up on that matter because Roadbridge had a large number of subcontractors and suppliers who are now in serious difficulty as a result of the collapse of Roadbridge. It is in receivership and the company has ceased trading. I might follow up with Mr. Walsh regarding the contracts. He might write to us specifically on the issue of the enablers for delivery of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Taoiseach is aware of the great pressures on University Hospital Limerick in Limerick. There are 111 patients on trolleys this morning and there were 113 yesterday. I urge him to expedite a proactive measure. The Taoiseach is aware that a block for 96 acute beds is in the capital plan for University Hospital Limerick. UHL estates has gone to tender at this time. It is with HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (26 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a request by an organisation (details supplied) to include the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line on the Irish Rail manual level crossing upgrade project and provide the ring fenced funding required to initiate the process of automating the 12 manual level crossings remaining on the line; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rental Sector (26 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 598. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the new short-term letting regulations (details supplied) as outlined in the recent Housing for All plan; the progress that has been made to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a companion free travel pass will be issued to a person (details supplied). [21558/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose that we go into private session very briefly in order to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The purpose of today’s meeting is to consider the need to reform public works contracts for the construction of transport infrastructure. I welcome from the Department of Transport, Ms Ethna Brogan, assistant secretary, Mr. Andrew Ebrill, principal officer, and Mr. Dominic Mullaney, principal adviser on roads. They are all very welcome. I thank them for accommodating us on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: May I ask a question? I will leave plenty of time. The 2:1 ratio appears to apply just to new projects.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It does not apply to existing projects.