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- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: Was that the OPW?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: On the completed scheme in Kilkenny city, which I praised the OPW for and I gave the agency enough trouble on it when the matter was before the Committee of Public Accounts, I often look back on the video of that project being completed. It is a must-watch video for anyone in the engineering world or anyone who wants to see how the project worked out. There have been small issues afterwards...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: Okay. I will revert to the council.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: This is a grey area. I was sent to the OPW and I have been sent by the OPW back to the council.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: These weirs are part of the scheme the OPW conducted.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: That is fine. The pandemic has-----
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: Yes, but it has brought throngs of people to places such as Kilkenny Castle. It is an amenity we are all delighted to have and we now realise the value of it. Before the pandemic, I walked there frequently during the week and now I walk there even more regularly. It is being used. Is this an opportunity to examine how these facilities are now being used and to put in either walkways or...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: I am encouraging the OPW to take an example such as Kilkenny Castle and examine the issues, and then to devise ways in which to deal with those issues. I compliment the staff in the park because given the numbers who use it, there are very few issues. For the few issues that do exist, the individual who might be on duty in the castle park does an excellent job. There is a new emphasis now...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: I suggest that the OPW should choose a facility and decide how, because of the demand, it should be developed for the future.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: I am glad to hear that.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: Turning back to the Estimates, under heading B6, Leinster House is mentioned. The figures for 2020 and 2021 are €3.9 million and €3.5 million, respectively. What do those figures represent?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: In that case, there will be a further spend in 2021.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: There is a heading relating to other programmes and projects. That is a very broad heading. It is like in accounting if there is a heading called "Miscellaneous", which is usually the one worth examining. This heading relates to €9.2 million in 2020 and €7 million in 2021. What are other programmes and projects? The subhead is B6. The Minister of State might just revert to...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: The OPW comes under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Is that correct?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: An analysis or report on capability regarding the delivery of major Government projects and other matters was carried out by EY, having been commissioned for the Department? Did that involve the OPW?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: I understand that. Did it examine the OPW?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: There were certain criticisms in the report. What has happened as a result of the report? I have read extracts from the report and recent proceedings of the Committee of Public Accounts, where a person was giving evidence. It is something on which we should perhaps have a meeting to discuss the outcomes. Does the Minister of State have any comment on it now?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: Will the Minister of State comment on the capital spend on the upgrade of buildings and offices? There is a figure allocated but I cannot find it at the moment.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: Yes.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021) John McGuinness: A figure is given for capital expenditure on offices and so on. What is involved?