Results 221-240 of 9,814 for speaker:Steven Matthews
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: It is a very attractive security hut with a sweeping copper-clad roof. It looks very well. What was the cost of the project?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: I am quite tight on time and I want to find out the cost of the project.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: It was €1.429 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: There was a huge security element but there is huge price tag attached.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: Was that open to the two contractors Mr. Conlon mentioned?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: That was an open tender because it exceeded the MTMC.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: Who was the contractor?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: Who signs off on something at that level of cost? Does that need to go to ministerial level to sign off on it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: Assistant secretary within the Department of Finance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: We have a bicycle shelter for €336,000 and a security hut for €1.4 million. I take the point that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: I know they are two completely different projects, but does that seem like an excessive price? I accept there is a security element to it and the controls involved there. It is a beautiful structure. Is it excessive for the function it performs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: Notwithstanding the security considerations of that, is Mr. Conlon in a position to provide us with a breakdown of the costs of that? I do not mind if he has to remove the sensitive security nature of it, but I am interested to see if it was value for money. We are picking holes in the costs of this bike shelter. A total of €50,000 was paid for granite landscaping and I do not think...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: Sorry to interrupt, but has the OPW constructed any other structure of significant cost within Leinster House or the Department of Finance?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: To clarify, will the OPW be able to issue us with the cost breakdown of the security hut?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: Does the OPW have to run that by the Minister of State first like it did with the bike shelter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: If we could get that as soon as possible, I would appreciate it. Mr. Conlon stated that signing off on that level of expenditure - €1.5 million – would be done by an assistant secretary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: Does the Minister of State have eyes on that? Does the assistant secretary sit down with him and go through those items?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: At what point of expenditure does the Minister of State get brought into the equation and get eyes on a project as the manager of a department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: The voted budget for the OPW last year was how much?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Steven Matthews: I will ask about other aspects of the OPW’s work, if that is okay. The OPW is responsible for the management of Garda stations, including their grounds and buildings.