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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: I asked about the Arterial Drainage Act. I imagine the Department of public expenditure is in the OPW's ear saying, from a penny-pinching point of view, that it cannot do this and that the OPW should ram the bill on to Cork County Council. Does Mr. Casey accept, given the extraordinarily high cost of this project, that that would be a crippling amount of money to expect a local authority to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: In terms of the delivery, will the OPW foot the bill or will it pass it on to Cork County Council? That is the question I asked.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: I want to raise two other important issues. The first concerns communication and is addressed to Mr. Conlon. As an Oireachtas Member representing the constituency affected by Storm Babet, I am critical of the OPW's communications. We have been given no proper briefings. All information must be sought. Committees were put in place by the local authority. We have involvement by the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: Perfect. That would be appreciated. The second issue I want to raise is more of an issue with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, to be honest, but it is all the same. I am very confused around why there is this system of tranches. Having tranche 1 and 2 schemes effectively means the OPW will not bother doing it until it can get a few bob off the Department of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: Before we move on to it, Mr. Conlon might expand on that point. The tranche 2 villages in question are obviously Mogeely and Castlemartyr and that section of river, and also the localised flooding because groundwater was an issue, and Rathcormac. Those settlements flooded as a consequence of Storm Babet. Is there a prioritisation system or any system whereby the OPW can go back to the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: However, tranche 2 was the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform's idea - putting them into tranches to stagger them out so it does not have to pay for them-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: Then, we end up with what happened in Midleton where there is nothing after ten years of waffle

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: I accept that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: Chairman, in all fairness, this is my question. They have flooded more than once over a short space of time. It is repeatedly happening. Some of these schemes are still in tranche 2. Has the OPW a system? There is a lot of merit to what I am asking. People in Castlemartyr, Mogeely and Rathcormac will probably agree with me. Where repeated flooding is happening, is there any mechanism...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: Does Mr. Casey accept then where these situations could be allowed to progress for ten years that we might actually have a bit of a problem? If we look at Rathcormac and other areas, they have been waiting an awful long time for the delivery of the flood relief schemes locally. We have delved into Midleton because, obviously, that was the area that was worst hit. However, those villages in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: Okay.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (13 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: 23. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for the provision of a new ambulance base in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25769/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding two external works scheme applications for a school (details supplied); if every effort can be made to ensure that decisions are returned on both applications at the earliest possible opportunity to ensure that the approved ASD class can be facilitated following completion of necessary health and safety works and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: I welcome Ryanair and Mr. O'Leary. There is a geographical argument around why lifting the cap on Dublin Airport would be damaging for Cork and Shannon airports. It is an argument with which I completely disagree. I am on the same page as Mr. O'Leary. Someone with Mr. O'Leary's success and stature in business should explain to people in areas like Cork and Shannon why lifting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: I was actually going to come on to that. Overall, what has the engagement with the Minister been like, in terms of the output? There was a famous meeting and we know that Mr. O'Leary and the Minister, Deputy Ryan, had a very interesting exchange of views. We were all engrossed in that but what is Mr. O'Leary's overall view of his performance as Minister for Transport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: On the planning issue, it is interesting that there is no segregation within our planning system to identify projects that are incredibly important in the context of our national economic interests such as Dublin Airport. It is worth billions to our economy and yet the planning for it is handled at local authority level. It is the same for all of our airports, not just Dublin. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: Finally, does Mr. O'Leary think aviation emissions get an unfair rap? I was on radio debating this issue recently and made the point that aviation makes up 3% of our emissions. Does Mr. O'Leary think they get an unfair rap in the Irish media?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (11 Jun 2024)

James O'Connor: 152.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the efforts being made by the NDLS to facilitate older people; if the NDLS provides hardcopy forms by post if requested; if the NDLS operates a telephone query service to facilitate older people who may require assistance; if the NDLS provide hardcopies of driver records documents such as licence/permit expiry dates, category...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

James O'Connor: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing commencements in County Cork for the first quarter of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24320/24]