Results 3,741-3,760 of 4,344 for speaker:Seán Canney
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I have just told the Deputy what is going to happen there.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: It is a guarantee from me.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: The 2017 programme sets out where each contract stands and the expected completion dates. For instance, the Dunkellin river relief scheme in County Galway has been talked about since 1940. Construction work started on it this year. It will take three seasons to get the work done because there is a certain amount that can only be done at different times. The list of schemes sets out each...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I would say so, but I can check for the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I do not know how many I have attended. We set up meetings on a quarterly basis with the working group. My officials and those of Insurance Ireland meet on a quarterly basis and work in between times on queries on demountable flood barriers.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I did not attend that meeting.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I do not know, but I will check.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I have attended two or maybe three since I attended the first one.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: The insurance industry is reinsuring properties in areas where permanent flood defence works and major flood relief schemes have been carried out and we have certified that they are complete. There are difficulties in areas such as Fermoy, to which the Deputy referred, where there are demountable flood barriers. Insurance Ireland looked for the protocols for the operation of these...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: We are working with the memorandum of understanding. The Department of Finance regulates the insurance companies. We cannot force them to do anything. We just provide the information as we complete every project. We provide certification that they have been completed. We have also done that with the demountable flood barriers. Insurance Ireland has received further information on...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: I want to have to it resolved, but I will not make a statement that it will be on that date. However, we will work hard to try to have it resolved.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: Is the Deputy finished?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: The figures on what we are doing in Harcourt Street are there in the report. I think the number of gardaí is higher than what the Deputy said but it is a moot point. The Deputy is right that it is the most critical building in terms of the teams of people that are in it. We have a lease on the place for the next six years so we have a window of opportunity to provide a permanent base...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: That is what was reported but I have no evidence of what it was bought for. It was bought in a bundle.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: The Deputy is raising a concern about overall estate management and how we are dealing with leases coming up and being ahead of the game. The way we are managing estates is being dealt with in the report and there is a full list of all of the Government buildings. Going forward, we will be smarter in our approach to these kind of things. I will not comment on the sale by NAMA because I...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: Yes, that is the percentage increase.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: Yes.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: Yes.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: There was outstanding rent when the lease was coming to an end. There was a gap in it.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) Seán Canney: In the context of the rent demand in Dublin at the moment, to have a capped rent of €6 million over the next six years will prove to be of cost benefit.