Results 241-260 of 1,053,379 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Seán Crowe OR speaker:Pearse Doherty OR speaker:Cian O'Callaghan)

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Who is the contractor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Sensori Group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Sensori Group is well known in these Houses for other reasons. The owner of that company at the time of the tender was a political donor to the Minister in this Department and that became a subject of controversy earlier. These contracts and how they are operated are supposed to be for routine maintenance services and all the rest. Is it not the case that the Comptroller and Auditor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is what we expect from those contracts and it makes sense for that, but we are talking about a €400,000 bike shed or, as the Comptroller and Auditor General said before, the OPW offering contracts of €2.5 million euros under these contracts, which is not allowed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Up to €1 million. Before that it used to be half a million and the OPW were offering contracts of €2.5 million. Is that not correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: It talks about the value of the contract being €3 million per annum whereas the total amount ended up being €40 million, which is €10 million per annum or three times more. If a local group in my constituency in Donegal wants to buy a lawnmower to cut the grass out in front of a housing estate, it has to get three tenders. The OPW does not have to do that at all for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I will finish on this. We are talking about the back of Leinster House and the bike shed. That is an absolute waste of taxpayers' money. Was it the OPW that built the siopa at the front of Leinster House?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The glass structure at the front of Leinster House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That was ten years ago, in 2014, is that not the case? On lessons learned, how much did that project overrun by?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: It overran by €500,000, that is, half a million euro. It cost €1.4 million. It was probably the most expensive shop in Dublin and in Ireland. It is 40 sq. m and has lain idle for years. Where are the lessons learned? There is a commonality here and I could go through numerous other examples. The Garda headquarters were built by the OPW. I raised it here at the committee a...

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.

Visit of Chinese Delegation (25 Sep 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome our distinguished guests as well. It is a great honour to have you all here.

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Part 2 of the Bill provides for the duty to share and contains sections 7 to 9, inclusive. Section 7 places a statutory duty on health service providers to share personal health data with other health services providers for the purposes of patient care and treatment. In keeping with data protection principles, such sharing must be necessary, relevant and proportionate. Section 8 introduces...

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to be here this afternoon to introduce the Health Information Bill 2024 to Dáil Éireann. The Bill may be very technical in nature. It is, however, a landmark piece of legislation and it is going to help transform the services that are provided to patients. This Bill is the legal foundation for one of the...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: First Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the Bill opposed?