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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: -----but there is no evidence. The OPW spending review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform looked at spending by the OPW on State rents. The report says that consideration should be given to "analysis of the effectiveness of the current model in meeting accommodation requirements, and, assessing if value for money is being obtained". An analysis of the effectiveness has not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: No. The report, Analysis of OPW Spending on State Rents, is from July 2018. It was produced under pressure in response to the frequency with which the issue of rent paid for buildings is raised at this committee and, possibly, others. We are actively colluding with the market to make the rents higher. The OPW thinks that €300 million is good value for money. We have been through...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Does Mr. Bourke believe it would be better value for money?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: What is happening with the building that has been vacated?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: What will it be redeveloped as?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Will the current building be demolished and a new building erected?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Will it be publicly owned?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The public spending code has been in place for some years. Under that code one has to have a business case.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Would the witness accept that the business case for the new health building was totally inadequate?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It has been detailed, and I am not going to go back into it. The witness has read the chapter and the inadequacies of the case have been outlined by other Deputies.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: How many other examples are there of situations where there is no business case or where there is an inadequate business case which does not comply with the public spending code?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am caught for time and have to go, but I want to say that being confident is one thing, but seeing the process on the ground being complied with is another. I do not believe that any public service should be demonised in any way, but I do believe they should be held to account. The lack of process here does not help. I do not believe the private sector is any better in this regard; in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Can the witness put that in context for us? I am going home to a city that may be partially flooded tonight, according to predictions, and where people cannot get insurance.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Are the 50 projects prioritised under this scheme under way?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate the availability of the website and I know that it is clear. Can I have clarification, through the Chair, on the 50 projects? I would like to know the breakdown of them, the money allocated to them, when are they going to start and when it is anticipated they will be finished, if possible.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Can the witness provide that in writing for me? I have a particular interest in it, and people will be asking me about it in Galway. We have lived through flooding, and know that there is huge work to be done, with huge cost. I want to know about those prioritised schemes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I would like to know about the timescales involved and how much each will cost.

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: 128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims pending against the State Claims Agency related to persons that had an adverse reaction to the swine flu vaccine; the number of cases settled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41656/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Nuair atá tuismitheoirí agus teaghlaigh ag déileáil le fadhbanna iompair i measc a gcuid gasúir ar bhonn leanúnach gan réiteach, tagann pointe nuair a ghlacann siad leis go bhfuil gá le réiteach eile, agus go gcaithfear dul i ngleic le fadhbanna iompair na ngasúir i mbealach eile. Sna cásanna sin, níl i gceist leis na fadhbanna...