Results 381-400 of 5,098 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: I think we probably still will be here on 7 November. There is the issue of invitations being sent ten days in advance and that would allow for 7 November. Otherwise I am happy to meet next week if it comes back and says it cannot do 7 November but can do next week. Would Deputy Murphy be in agreement with this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: We will write to it and extend the invitation. As we know, this was flagged with it at the beginning of October. If it says it cannot do 7 November, which is after ten days, we can state we are more than happy to meet it next week. It is in the public domain that the Dáil will not continue for much longer after 7 November. In the short period of time we have available to us, this...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: For clarity, has the Comptroller and Auditor General dealt with the 2022 accounts previously?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: It will depend, then.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: At election time so many different things are up in the air. It is an issue of great concern for us with regard to the spending of public money. It is also an issue of great public concern. It is very important that the committee can hold people to account and hear what exactly is going on and get to the bottom of it. We will issue the invitation and say there is no problem and that we...
- Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)
Mairéad Farrell: The Simon Community's report entitled Locked Out of the Market was published today. It again shows that there are zero rental properties available that would be affordable for people on HAP. According to the latest report from the RTB, rents of existing tenancies have risen by 7% and 12.6% in the past year. I do not need to read reports to know that housing is completely unaffordable for...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: For clarity, will Ms Morrison send us the details?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: Ms Morrison is entirely sure the OPW is not renting any floors that are idle?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: To follow on from what the two previous Deputies were talking about, I hear Mr. Conlon's frustration in relation to the site cost. It is clear he was very honest with the officials that this was a substandard site. It seems he was completely ignored. It seems they were willing to write a blank cheque and just get the job done even though Mr. Conlon was clear these were suboptimal sites....
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: Yes but we are still waiting on some of them. We are talking about an emergency situation, and I accept all of that. The point is that Mr. Conlon, to be fair, raised it with the officials and told them to hold on a second. He said these were suboptimal sites and it would be extremely hard to deliver what they wanted to deliver. They told him this was an emergency. He said the sites were...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: The OPW can assure this committee there were no more mistakes since and there have been no other instances of overpayments.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: Not that Ms Morrison is aware of. Has she looked into this? I assume this something the OPW has ensured does not continue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: Ms Morrison can assure us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: On the building the OPW is renting in Smithfield, I have heard it is renting it for between €6 million and €8 million a year. In 2019, it was reported the OPW believed it would serve as a headquarters for two large Government organisations. Can Ms Morrison identify which Government organisations are the current occupants and when they moved in?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: Is the OPW paying that rent, despite the fact it is not occupied?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: For how long has the OPW paid the rent?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: The rent kicked in this year. It is between €6 million and €8 million at the moment. When does Ms Morrison expect people to move in?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: A full year's rent will have been paid at that stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: How much money is the OPW spending on the fitting out?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Mairéad Farrell: Wow.