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- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: How many staff relocated to Trim?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Is Ms McGrath based in Trim herself?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Does she have office facilities in Dublin too?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: The OPW manages most of the State’s property portfolio and has done so in a good way over the recent years. On Garda station closures, 137 stations have been closed to date. I understand 20 will be put on the market soon. What is the process as to how the decision is taken to put stations on the market? Is there any interaction with local authorities, other public agencies or the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: I note there has been an increase of 13% in visitor numbers at heritage sites between 2010 and 2011. What does the OPW put that down to, apart from the extremely hard work of its staff? What are the busiest sites?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: How is the Battle of the Boyne site at Oldbridge performing? Are visitor numbers there increasing every year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: There is some concern about the ability of the Oldbridge site to capture the sort of visitor numbers Newgrange has. Clearly, Newgrange-Brú na Bóinne is a world heritage site and that in itself attracts significant numbers of international visitors. We have a site next door, namely the Oldbridge site, which is managed very well. It is a huge addition to the tourism and heritage...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: I refer to valuation methodologies which are set out in accounting policy 7 on page 120 of the accounts. Recently undertaken exercises resulted in reductions amounting to €228 million in Dublin 1, 2 and 4. How many properties were valued using the new methodology in 2012 and where are they located?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Have additional valuations been undertaken since?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Does the OPW intend to carry out rolling revaluations of, for example, sites and properties obtained under the decentralisation programme?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Will Ms McGrath set out the five sites identified for future use and say what are the intended uses?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: I am particularly familiar with the site Ms McGrath has identified in Drogheda for a new courthouse project which is intended to commence in 2015 under the stimulus package the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, announced last July. In late 2006 two sites were purchased in Drogheda at a cost of €11.81 million. The site in the area of Murdoch's car park...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: What is the relationship with the local authority which, technically, purchased the site for development?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Will Ms McGrath apprise the committee by correspondence?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: That is appreciated.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: I want to ask about leases sold to date. These are leases in which the OPW engaged as part of the decentralisation programme which, by and large, will not now proceed. What are the arrangements? Has the OPW surrendered leases in which it would have agreed to engage during the process?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: The expenditure on the entire project was approximately €256,000. Could Ms McGrath indicate the apportionment in terms of the ministerial aspect of the expenditure on the project?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Ms McGrath was happy to provide us with information. I wish to put that on record. The entire project on Kildare Street appeared to cost in the region of €256,000. Ms McGrath indicated that the ministerial element of the project comprised €206,500. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: Was the sum exclusive of VAT?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works (23 May 2013) Gerald Nash: That means there is a significant addition to the amount. There has been some focus in recent times, not least in the media, on communication between civil servants on, for example, the type of toilet roll in the accommodation in question. I do not wish to be facetious but could Ms McGrath outline the OPW’s system for the procurement of such products?