Results 241-260 of 1,059,662 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Michael McGrath OR speaker:Bríd Smith OR speaker:John McGuinness)
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: Do you want to ask the question, Senator?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: Ask it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: You can come back in again, Senator, when we discuss this topic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: In fairness to the other members, we had agreed that we would discuss the bicycle shed first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: I am sorry. I have to accommodate the other members too.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: That is okay, Senator. We have a break-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: That is okay. I just have to inform you that is what the members decided.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: You can when you come back in. We will deal with the bicycle shed first. That is what the members agreed. I am only implementing their decision. We have a ten-minute break to take.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: Okay. Before we go on a ten-minute break, I want to ask you a few questions, Mr. Conlon. You had meetings with the Minister of State. Had you one meeting or did you have more with the Minister of State in relation to this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: So he was well briefed on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: No. I am asking you whether you gave him a detailed brief on the background to this and whether you are satisfied now that he is well briefed on the matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: Okay, and he has asked you to implement the appropriate changes that are necessary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: When did you come to the conclusion that this was an expensive project? Was it recently? Was it before or after the FOI?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: Was your predecessor concerned about the cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: Is there any paperwork in the Department to suggest that he might have been concerned about the cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: You have been asked on a number of occasions to provide certain paperwork. I have to ask you to ensure that paperwork gets to us as quickly as possible. I would like to see the minutes of meetings that were held on the project, whether these minutes were taken by the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission or not. The committee, I am sure, will agree that we need to see copies of those minutes....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: With regard to the bicycle shed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: I am asking Mr. Conlon about the commission. The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission was informed of this project by a number of individuals working here, that they wanted to have some form of parking space for their bicycles. Arising from that, the commission asked the OPW to come up with a proposal. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: When Mr. Conlon went back to the commission, which is made up of quite a number of politicians and officials-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: -----did he make a presentation to the commission about its request to have this constructed?