Results 461-480 of 4,491 for speaker:John Perry
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 May 2015)
John Perry: I agree with Deputy Costello that it is important to get clarification on the Government’s intention as to what role the committee will have once the report is published after September. This would be the appropriate committee for dealing with the report. I also agree with the Chairman on getting the documents before the officials attend the committee next week. Will the clerk get...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: I welcome Mr. Griffin and his team. On the operation of the emergency call answering service, in terms of the Comptroller and Auditor General's detailed report, what would Mr. Griffin do differently now that the five-year contract will be due for renewal and there will be a two-year extension?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Mr. Griffin is giving a commitment that this will be the procedure. Is that what he is saying?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Regarding the return on the investment, while everyone would agree that BT is doing a very good job, the call service would appear to be a cash cow when we consider the level of money, €3.86 million, it started with in 2011 and then it got €9.42 million in 2012, €9.3 million in 2013 and €7.76 million in 2014. When we consider also its profit margin of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Is it not a fact that the investment was underwritten and guaranteed? The investor did not have to take the risk of building the centres and having to bear the cost of them.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Will Mr. Griffin explain the reason the initial fee was €2.38 per call and why within a very short period, one year, the charge was 38% higher? Was the charge not capped, as an increase of 38% is extraordinary?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: In the projected tender contract the company received €3.86 million, while in the following year it received €9.42 million. Was the investor given a guaranteed income stream before the contract was signed, similar to what applied in the case of the national toll bridge?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: That is not the point. Did the investor have a guaranteed income stream? Had it based the contract on achieving a turnover of €9 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Did the cash flow projections not indicate, apart from calls, that to break even the investor would have to reach certain cash levels? That is why it received an increased rate to bring it up to the figure indicated in the cash flow projections.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Is the figure of €750,000 the return on the investment which was more than 2% over the euribor rate? It is separate from the number of calls.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: The investor is receiving that figure regardless. Is it also receiving a write-off on the investment?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: As my time is confined, will Mr. Griffin confirm the following? Is the guaranteed rate of return 6.63%?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Does the investor also have a margin of 2.43%? Does Mr. Griffin agree that when one considers the write-off on capital investment, the rate is far higher than 6.63%?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Will the investment of €11 million not be totally written off by the State?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Is it a tax write-off or is it a depreciation allowance? In effect, is the investment funded by the State? When one takes account of the depreciation allowance, plus the allowance of 4.2%, in addition to the margin of 2.43%, it is a massive return based on the initial contract. We need to consider that at the time the contract was awarded none of the others who had submitted tenders had...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: With regard to the audit of stacked up costs and the annual return on the investment, did BT provide its operational profit figure for this facility?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Did the management fee not represent a major top-up in what was a very profitable business? One must take account of the increase in the call rate and the fact that the contract was signed in 2009 but not taken up until July 2010.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Do the call handling fee and the number of calls determine the number of staff required? In any business if one faces a decline, one reduces the number of staff. When a company employs 100 operators, it does not mean that each of the employees is on a permanent contract.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: Is Mr. Griffin inferring that the staff had permanent contracts and that the company could not adjust its cost base to a lower one?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service (7 May 2015) John Perry: The break-even and due diligence figures indicate that the operation's cost base was based on turnover?