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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Alan Farrell: It is not a layman's term. Either it was or it was not.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018) Alan Farrell: That is a material change to the fabric of the building and, therefore, the contract changes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: I welcome all of the delegates to continue our hearings on the topic of tackling childhood obesity. We will hear presentations by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and the County and City Management Association, CCMA. I welcome Mr. Colin Ryan from the forward planning section of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Ms Patricia Curran, assistant...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: There is certainly food for thought in both contributions. One of the most important things to observe in terms of the built environment from Mr. Ryan's perspective is that for the most part, certainly from my community's perspective as a new developing community in Fingal in north Dublin, the vast majority of the towns and villages in my constituency are developing at a rapid rate. This...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: Of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: If there are restrictions associated with anti-social behaviour that mandate that facilities must close at a certain time, is it possible for local authorities to enforce that because enforcement is often the problem at local authority level? I was a member of a local authority for just short of eight years. Enforcing the decisions of the planning authority was often a major problem, never...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: Ms Martin said a complaint is required. Local authorities are now empowered to do a huge amount-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: That is probably the issue we are going to come across, in that it is not possible for us to restrict through, for argument's sake, legislation being passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas because we cannot restrict the operating hours of a facility that has a grant of permission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: That is my understanding as well. Thank you for responding to my queries. I call Deputy Neville.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: I welcome Deputy Louise O'Reilly. I have one question on foot of the contributions by Deputies Rabbitte and Chambers. Mr. Ryan mentioned permeability. As I am sure he will be aware, there are always conflicting views when building a new estate in an existing community. One of the main issues in my local authority, particularly in my old electoral ward, is where an estate is added on to an...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Ryan and Ms Martin for their contributions. I have two quick observations. I touched on the permeability issue. It would be helpful for the committee, or perhaps just for myself, to know that it is an ongoing battle to try to instill that. I do not want to sound pompous. I am a former local authority member. I really enjoyed my time on the local authority. I went through...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: I thank Ms Martin for that. It would be helpful if she did. It would be helpful to members of local authorities to have some professional guidance in that area in addition to that which is provided during a development plan or local area plans. I referred earlier to the cure, such as providing facilities for children and young adults, and, indeed, parents, to exercise on their doorstep,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (4 Oct 2018)
Alan Farrell: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his aims ahead of his forthcoming trip to the United Nations General Assembly. [37513/18]
- Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (25 Sep 2018)
Alan Farrell: The amendments have been ruled out of order. They are not relevant to the provisions of the Bill.
- Brexit Negotiations: Statements (25 Sep 2018)
Alan Farrell: I now call on Members from the Rural Independent Group. Deputy Michael Collins will share his time with Deputies Michael Healy-Rae and Danny Healy-Rae.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Alan Farrell: Good morning to Mr. McCarthy. I welcome Mr. Fraser. I will comment briefly on the decision to hold this meeting. I was not present at the previous meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts when the decision was made to have this hearing. Had I been present, I would have said that it stinks for us to make a decision to look at presidential expenditure the day before the closing date for...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Alan Farrell: It took 22 weeks to make that clarification.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Alan Farrell: Can Mr. McCarthy detail the nature of the correction?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Alan Farrell: Is Mr. Fraser satisfied with everything he said to Deputy Aylward and in his brief opening remarks in terms of the financial controls, processes and procedures in place? There is that question, however, regardless of the clear audit opinion. I understand the internal audit committee did not meet because it did not have a chairperson. I will not call it alarming but it raises a question...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Alan Farrell: I am not asking about that.