Results 21-40 of 171 for speaker:Alison Comyn
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: Will Mr. Ó Coigligh give an update on the status of the potential legal action being taken by the Arts Council? What process is being followed by the Department in that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: What measures are now in place that will ensure much more robust internal communications on and escalation of these kinds of governance matters?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: I come back to the phrase used at the start, "progressing well". Is Mr. Ó Coigligh satisfied that those recommendations are being implemented and progressing well?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: With the original system, was it justified spending that amount of money and that it was going to be better than an off-the-shelf version?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: Here we are over €6 million later and we are back to an off-the-shelf product. What procedures are in place to establish that the concerns or issues will not arise again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: It will be fit for purpose.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: What was Mr. Ó Coigligh's response to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: Has Mr. Ó Coigligh discovered anything he would include at this late stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)
Alison Comyn: Looking towards the future, was the Department satisfied that the off-the-shelf version of the IT system was going to be better and more beneficial even though it was going to be more costly? Was it justified?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: I thank the witnesses very much for coming in today. I do not need to tell them, as we have all heard already, about the importance of the post office to the likes of rural and regional communities. We have seen what happened when credit unions were removed or consolidated. It is usually the most vulnerable who are affected by that. I was going to start with another question but, to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: I thank Ms Byrne. I will now turn to An Post. I have been contacted by a number of regional and rural postmasters over the weekend, knowing that this debate was coming up. They call it a pay freeze, but we will not call it that. There has not been an increment increasing their wages from 2008 commensurate with the other increases that have arisen such as the cost of living and the cost of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: Does the chief executive believe he could run his offices for what postmasters are given to run their offices, especially self-employed contracted postmasters?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: Would a reversal of the cut in the welfare transaction payment be useful?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: That is probably a question for the Department if I get another opportunity to ask a question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: We spoke at length about social welfare and the massive part every post office plays on behalf of the Department of Social Protection. I will pick up on an earlier comment I made related to the Irish Postmasters Union and the cut to the welfare transaction payments. Is it possible to quantify that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: What response was that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: Is An Post going far enough to attract new postmasters and postmistresses?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: Mr. Martin mentioned value for money. How much does the Exo Building cost to run per month and is that the best value for money for An Post?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: I will ask that question of the Department. Where is the Department in that process and is there a timeline for it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)
Alison Comyn: Looking to the future then, we mentioned that a lot of postmasters and postmistresses are close to retirement age. What are the succession plans? Are there particular innovation or succession grants available to attract people to come into this area to prove it is not closure by stealth?