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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: This goes back to the issue of co-ordination with the local authorities. That is an engagement with the FAI, but we now have a problem in that a huge number of houses are being built in this area. On one site alone, 600 new houses are being built. The local schools are bulging at the seams with the number of students that they have to accommodate. I am wondering about facilities then....
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: Could I ask the Department to communicate with local authorities? I am talking about both local authorities, because this land is on the boundary between the city and county. The main benefits would actually be for people living in the city whereas the land is in the county. I ask that this communication would take place.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: With regard to forward planning where there are large-scale apartment complexes and housing projects, what level of engagement is there with local authorities once the planning process has been dealt with? In a lot of cases, sports complexes are developed ten, 15 or 20 years after the housing is built, instead of doing it all together. What level of communication has been established with...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: Do the witnesses think we could do more forward planning in that area? This committee is about getting value for money for the taxpayer. Having seen what has occurred in many areas around the country, that co-ordination is coming at a late stage. Could we get better value by having it at a far earlier stage?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: I return to the refurbishment of the National Gallery. There was funding of €32 million. The OPW, the Department and the National Gallery of Ireland were involved in that. There were issues to be resolved and there was an arbitration process. What was the outcome of the arbitration process? I know it was spread over a number of years but what was the final cost of the project?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: What was the original planned cost when the project started?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: Sorry, what was the figure at the start? What was the projected cost when the project started.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: We have the end figure. What was the start figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: We went from €25.8 million up to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: If VAT was included in the original quote, we are talking about-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: I fully understand that there are always hiccups when dealing with older buildings. Are we running into major difficulties with any ongoing projects in the same way?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: A problem the Department has had in the past 12 months is the large increase in the cost of building. Will the projects in mind now be delayed as a result of that increase?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: Where is the Department with the project relating to the Crawford Art Gallery?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: It will be before the end of this year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: What is the timescale for the delivery of the project?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: It would be helpful to get that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023) Colm Burke: Overall, in relation to the projects the Department has for arts, are the witnesses satisfied we are doing enough work in that area? We have many facilities in which no major work has occurred for many years. Are there other projects whose delivery the Department can prioritise at this stage? We have come through ten years in which little work was done because of lack of funding. Are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: Deputy Hourigan mentioned something to me. It appears that I raised this issue on 5 October 2022 when the Department and the board were before the Joint Committee on Health. I asked a specific question about theatres because I was on the board of a hospital where we ran into problems with a theatre being completed. Reading the debate of that committee meeting is interesting, as the answer...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: I will quote what I asked them: "At what stage is the development of the 22 operating theatres?" Mr. Phelim Devine replied: The theatres are all constructed. All of the walls have been double-sided and nearly all the services are in, including the lead lining. The ceilings within the theatres are being finished and the pendant supports are all in. The next phase will be to install the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2023)
Colm Burke: No, but the Chair might read the reply to the questions I asked. I asked them because of a specific problem I had encountered on the board of the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, where there had been a delay of more than 12 months in getting a piece of equipment. That is why I was specific in my questions. I was not aware of the ventilation issue – it was not raised at...