Results 221-240 of 1,039,525 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Niall Collins OR speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh OR speaker:Alan Dillon)
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: What were the values of the two other quotes from the contractors that were not selected? Mr. Conlon stated that he selected the cheapest one. What were the values of the other two?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: For the steel and glass.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: As there were only three bids for the steel and glass, Mr. Conlon must know what the highest bid was, along with the next one and the one selected.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: You should have that information today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: We are trying to judge the matter. I have a responsibility to the people of Mayo to ensure that they get value for their hard-earned money and the least they will expect to know is what were the other two bids.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay, if that can be furnished. I can see we may need another session to scrutinise this when we have all the relevant documentation. Is it usual for no estimates to be submitted to the promoter of the job? Is it usual for a job to be given the go-ahead without there being any ballpark figure or discussion of what the cost might be? I understand it cannot be pinned down because the jobs...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: When it was agreed to go ahead with the project-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. At that point, were there any discussions about cost and is it usual?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: What I am trying to get at is that the promoter of the project, if you like, outside the OPW, just to get the go-ahead for the project-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: The OPW was told to go ahead with the project, without any discussion of what it might cost, before it went out to tender.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay, but there was no discussion of cost before that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: l will just ask you one final question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It is about the €11,416 that was the agreed variation to change the design. How did that come about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: What does that mean? Was that not taken into account at the beginning? Why was that a variation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Surely from the beginning it would be taken for granted that something as basic as that would be included in the initial costing. It should not be a variation. I can understand if it was something out of the ordinary that was come across, something unintended or unexpected.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: That always happens.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It does not make sense to me.
- Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Debate adjourned.
- Visit of Chinese Delegation (25 Sep 2024)
- Visit of Chinese Delegation (25 Sep 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome guests to our Public Gallery. I wish a céad míle fáilte to Yuan Shuhong, vice chair of the Constitution and Law Committee of the 14th National People's Congress and his committee members, who are meeting the justice committee as part of their visit to Ireland. A céad míle fáilte and I hope they enjoy their visit.