Results 361-380 of 1,042,845 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh OR speaker:Róisín Shortall) in 'Committee meetings'
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I remember that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: What of the legal obligation? Can we cut to the chase on this?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: Step back for a second. There is a missing piece here. With whom was the legal obligation entered into? Is it the OPW or the other group?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I am sorry about my ignorance in respect of this matter. Will Mr. O'Connor outline exactly who was involved?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: Is it a public body?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: It is a group of private individuals and the State has entered into a binding agreement with them. We have found that it could cost in the region €70 million and that, 24 years later, there is no business plan on this with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: Was planning permission not granted first in 2009? The OPW went on to procure technical consultants to prepare a tender contract with a view to preparing a request for tender in the latter part of 2019?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: So it was not actually a new build. It is a conversion of the existing site.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: How much?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: Was it not a very onerous agreement with a voluntary group?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I understand that other people will have contributed.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: What is the current status of the project?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: From the point of view of the taxpayer and the State's investment - I am not saying it is a bad idea, I am just trying to flesh out whether it is a good idea or not for €70 million - have there been projections around income? The Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform has not seen it. This is somewhere in the OPW at the moment or in its parent...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: They have the business case?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: Is that being made available to the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I understand the OPW's role, I was just curious about that aspect. Would any witness from the Department like to comment?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: Can we have information in that regard, please? Will the officials send it to the committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I will move on to the modular homes for Ukrainians. Back in 2022, there was approval for 700 rapid-build units. What is the cost per unit of those? From previous conversations, I understand that the units measure 45 sq m, which is about half the size of a standard two-bedroom terraced house measuring 90 sq m. What is the cost - including the sites-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: -----and the development of those sites - of building, for example, 100 units?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: How much?