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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 413. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of a report (details supplied), including VAT and expenses. [20742/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Where did the Minister get the figure of 37 months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Has that been made public?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: The KPMG appraisal report published in May talked about a number of alternative options. It said that no costings or detailed cost-benefit analyses for any of the alternatives were provided in the report. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: My next question depends on the answer to this one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am just asking the Minister to confirm that no cost-benefit analyses were carried out and that no costings were provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: There would, however, have been some level of financial appraisal done on every case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: The financial appraisals in the KPMG report have all been redacted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Was the financial appraisal done on the alternative options that could be available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: They were all redacted, however, so we do not have any information on those alternative options. We have no cost-benefit analysis. The Minister said that such an analysis did not need to be done in some cases because the initial appraisal indicated that there was no point in proceeding to a full cost-benefit analysis, but a financial appraisal was done on every option.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: We do not have any of that information, however, because it has been redacted in the KPMG report. Why is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Why not, if the public is paying for it? Surely we have a right to know what the cost-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: With regard to the options, the report talked about a window of opportunity of approximately five months before the full contract is signed. It goes through a number of options. Perhaps the Minister could comment on one of them, the negotiated procedure without prior publication. A number of those options were listed but no further detail was provided on four of them. Is it possible to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I asked about the negotiated procedure without prior publication. It is in the KPMG report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: The report refers to the alternatives; if a contract is cancelled, it goes back to an open procedure with an electronic submission of tenders. The report lists about 12 or 13 of them. No further information is provided about four, and one of them was the negotiated procedure without prior publication. There are no details of how long that would take although the report gives details of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will be very brief because most of the questions I intended to ask have been asked. I would like to ask about next year's budget for training and development, which represents a significant decrease on the 2018 outturn of €23.5 million. According to the second briefing note that was provided to the committee, it is proposed to allocate just €11.5 million for 2019. The 2018...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Why has there been such a significant decrease in the budget for this year, by comparison with what was spent last year? Was last year's figure bumped up by a particular training initiative? The 2017 figure was also in excess of €20 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Does it also explain why it was in excess of €20 million in 2017? Given that more than €20 million was provided in 2017 and again in 2018, it seems that all of a sudden there has been a massive decrease of almost €10 million in the 2019 budget.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes, I would like to get a figure for training. I know there are incidental expenses, but I would like to see whether there has been a decrease in the training budget in terms of continuous-----