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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: That is totally fair. Obviously the length of the secondment would determine the cost of the funding required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: There have been reports across the media, etc., and this matter has come in front of this committee now. In terms of the possible impact on public finances, we heard that this would cost €20 million over the lifetime of the secondment. We can only deal with what could have actually happened. Perhaps that could have changed but we must deal with this matter now. Such a large sum...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: A number of questions have been asked and my final question is on the Civil Service Accountability Board of which Mr. Fraser was a member. The board has not met since 2016 but I understand that it was never properly wound down. The minutes of the last meeting in 2016 indicate that its work was in some ways only beginning and there was a lot of talk about the introduction of key performance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: It was quite a big thing when the board was introduced. I raised this matter directly with the Taoiseach either at this committee or the Committee on Budgetary Oversight and he was not fully across the detail of it either. Obviously the board has not sat but does Mr. Fraser believe that it has been fully wound down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Not since 2016.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: When I discovered that the board had not met since 2016 I just wondered where it went and why.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (26 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 7 April 2022, if it is possible for arbitration to take place in cases in which a company (details supplied) no longer exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20978/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft (26 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 346. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an aircraft (details supplied) was approved by his Department to transport United States soldiers or arms or munitions through Shannon Airport; and if he will provide the details of same. [19378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 553. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State bodies that are bound by the Code of Conduct for State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19784/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (26 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that all the board members of An Bord Pleanála are in compliance with section 106 (13)(d)(ii) of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19782/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (26 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1472. To ask the Minister for Health if the enabling works for the new national maternity hospital are now complete; if so, the final cost of these works; the breakdown, in tabular form, of the cost by the categories of work undertaken (details supplied). [19772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (26 Apr 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 1475. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the current cost overrun for the new national maternity hospital for the enabling works rising from the initial estimate of €20 million to at least €51.2 million, broken down by cost category. [19775/22]