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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: Does Ms Hurley think local authorities have responded? Could a lot more be done in this area? Given that there is successful delivery in certain areas, are local authorities doing enough to work with the Department on the use of the funding?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: What kind of funding are we talking about under the new call?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: Does Ms Hurley not think local authorities should be planning ahead in the sense of coming forward with projects, especially in rural villages? We have had people move to cities and other urban areas, but there is now a move back again. Should we be far more proactive about this? Many more people can now work remotely. I meet people on the train regularly who do two days in Dublin and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: Can I move on to the funding for community centres? The sports capital grant has been great for sports clubs right across the country. Community centres under the Department were covered the last time. About €4.6 million was allocated through the Cork regional loan. Going forward, how does Ms Hurley see this developing? The other issue I would like to raise on this is that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: Ms Hurley just mentioned Pobal. I have come across people who applied for funding under Pobal but who did not get a sufficient amount for their projects to go ahead. I am concerned about the review process that exists where an inadequate amount of funding is provided and where there has not really been a proper assessment. How is the work of Pobal reviewed by the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: One of the problems we have as public representatives – councillors would say the same thing – is that Pobal very much seems to be a body that people cannot contact and is very much distant. Is there a need for information to be provided to public representatives about the role of Pobal, the processes and how the body reaches its decisions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: Maybe I will. There seems to be a lack of information on how Pobal arrives at its decisions. How is the information obtained? I have come across a number of groups that are unhappy with the response they got and find the funding they are getting is not adequate to deliver the projects they want to deliver.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: I might come back to Ms Shakespeare directly on the issues I have.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: I thank Ms Shakespeare.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: I wish to raise two issues, one regarding hubs. I referred earlier to the fact that a lot of people are moving to rural areas. While they want to work from home, they also want to work outside of home and they want to have facilities where they can work from. We have already rolled hubs out in some areas. What is the number of hubs that have been set up? Is it planned to further increase...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: I had a particular difficulty with my own area where one hub was set up and the next nearest one was 25 miles away. Could we do a lot more on this, in view of the fact that there are a lot more people working from home? At the same time they want to get away from home from time to time as well so they can do work that needs a bit of peace and quiet. I do not mean that in the wrong way, but...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: Okay. I will move on to another issue that is referred to in the accounts, namely, contingent liability and current court proceedings. I acknowledge Ms Hurley cannot discuss any individual case. What progress has been made on that as regards getting those finalised? Does she expect those issues to be finalised and the potential liability within the next six months?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: I do not want to go into it specifics because I fully understand that it may not be possible for Ms Hurley to do that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: Is there liability for the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: Is that the one in regard to the island?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: It was withdrawn. Is there only one other case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: A timeframe cannot be given for a judicial review.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023) Colm Burke: I thank Ms Hurley.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2023)
Colm Burke: One of the problems with this contract is that there are a lot items that are disputed or are going to be disputed. The project will be completed, but the dispute regarding outstanding, additional works where the contractor is looking for payment could go on for at least 18 months, if not two to three years, after the project is fully finished. That would be one of the problems regarding...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2023)
Colm Burke: Absolutely.