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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome our guests who have joined us today. I thank them for their work to date on a hugely important project. Certainly, robust governance of a project of this scale is of huge importance. We have seen in another project costs spiral and timelines being pushed out. It is great to have the Department here to engage with the committee on this important matter. My first question is in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Let us specifically look at deployment, survey and build. Has NBI delivered on both build and survey to date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: What was the Department's reaction to the failure to meet those KPIs? What course of action was originally agreed as per the contract?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Getting back to the KPIs, have penalties being imposed to date on failure to meet pre-approved delivery on the project?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: For 2020 and 2021, the Department has paid full subsidies based on all milestones being achieved and KPIs being met.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: The Department has not held back any money to date-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: -----for failure to deliver to 60,000 homes as previously agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: A second area I want to focus on is the contractor payments made by the Department. We see that additional payments were made to NBI. The Department's team is supplemented by external legal, financial and technical advisers. To what extent is the Department reliant on additional experts to measure work carried out by NBI? We previously talked about KPMG and EY. More than €42...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Some €42 million has been spent to date on external contractors. Will that be an annual expense or is it just once-off?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: There is expenditure of €15 million for specialised personnel, finance, procurement and advisory services from KPMG. Some €9 million has been spent on technical advisory services from Analysys Mason and €8 million has been spent on current legal advice. Are these once-off payments or will this continue over the duration of the contract?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Internally?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Will the Department have internal expertise? They are external and independent. How will it be managed within the Department?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of establishing a further IDA facility and development of lands at a location (details supplied) in County Mayo; the status of the three projects; the delivery timelines of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6999/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to publish the regional enterprise plans; the funding that will be linked to the plans; the efforts that are being made to increase in-person IDA site visits to western counties following the easing of public health measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7000/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking in response to concerns from organisation examining animal cruelty. [7078/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking in response to the concerns of young farmers to support their transition into farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7079/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (10 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: 453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Brexit inshore fisheries business model adjustment scheme cannot be provided for a person (details supplied) if they are in receipt of the Brexit tie-up scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7203/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: The regional enterprise plans are soon to be published. We need to align courses, apprenticeships and training provision to meet local needs and future skills needs. The establishment of the Atlantic Technological University in my own region will certainly strengthen further investment in job creation. We can build better capacity within our life science sector, look to be more innovative...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: This question will be taken by Deputy Niamh Smyth on behalf of Deputy Cathal Crowe.

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Feb 2022)

Alan Dillon: Questions are not permitted.