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Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: We are being told that the project cost €3 billion.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: Is there a timeframe within which a fixed price contract kicks in?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: I was first elected to the Dáil in 2011. Shortly thereafter - I think in 2012 - the figure for the hospital project, admittedly on the Mater hospital site, was €450 million. Hindsight allowed me to profile the cost of T2 at Dublin Airport which Mr. Watt mentioned. It was estimated to cost €690 million, but with extra costs for fit-out and so on, the project came in at a...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: What are the criteria for reporting the potential for overspends on a capital project?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: Let us suppose it is the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. What are the criteria?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: An official of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was seconded to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board. We have heard repeatedly that that individual did not have any responsibility to report-----

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: I am sorry - assigned.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Watt for the clarification. It has been stated on many occasions that this individual had no responsibility to report what was developing to Mr. Watt, as his boss, or the Government. Will Mr. Watt comment on that point?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: There is no question of Mr. Watt having bumped into the official in the Department and it being mentioned over a cup of coffee, or some such development?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Project Ireland 2040 Funding (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the next round of the Project Ireland 2040 disruptive technologies fund will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11202/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Electronic Commerce (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: 47. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available through her Department, and the agencies under the remit of her Department, to help businesses trade online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11203/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (7 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the potential to deliver a primary care centre for Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11344/19]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: I welcome members and viewers who may be watching the proceedings on Oireachtas TV. On 19 December 2018 the Dáil ordered that the Revised Estimate for Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs be referred to the select committee for consideration. After its consideration of the Revised Estimate, the committee will report back to the Dáil. I welcome the Minister for Children and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for her opening statement. It is positive when any departmental budget increases year on year is positive. I am sure members will have a number of questions about the various expenditure streams. I propose that we proceed in the way I outlined by approaching each programme separately. We will start with programme A - children and family support programmes.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: The issues raised by the Deputy fall under subhead A.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: For clarity, are we discussing a service denial?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: I understand.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: I am somewhat in the dark. While I think I know where Deputy Sherlock is going and I accept the points he has made, I suspect he may be referring to a live case. For that reason, the Minister ought to exercise caution in how she answers the first part of the Deputy's question, although not the second.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: The Minister's official is writing frantically. The Deputy will receive an answer in due course. We should move on to the next question.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Alan Farrell: It would be very helpful to the committee if the Department could issue a note on procurement in that area through the secretariat. It would be very helpful in providing clarity.