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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Let me say what the Minister of State said. He referred to progressing projects such as Donegal town, Crossmolina, and so on. The point I am making is that nobody has objected in Donegal town because they have not even had a chance to object because the scheme has not been allowed to progress.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I will let the Minister of State answer the question if he will let me put the question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Let me put the question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: At risk of repeating myself, we recognise the issues regarding some other schemes. In Donegal town, there are no objections. There is unanimous support from the council, elected members and officials that this scheme needs to happen, not as part of the 2020 plan, but it needs to be expedited. The view here is that the reason this is not happening is not because the council needs more...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: No. What I want-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Let me just put the question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Can the Minister of State take us through, step by step, how a local authority engages with the Department and the points of approval relating to a scheme of this nature, whether it is in Donegal town or anywhere else? For example, is the first step data collation and does the Department have to give approval for that? This is not a priority scheme. It does not have a timeframe and it is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: And then the second point.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: If a project is not identified as a priority – there are priority projects in each of the local electoral areas – can a local authority just start the work on a non-priority project?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Can they begin to collate the data relating to the non-priority projects or do they need approval from the Department?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: What is?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Donegal town is not a priority scheme. Does Donegal County Council need approval from the Department to start collating the data?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State is saying that is solely for the work in Donegal County Council.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: No. Let me just make this-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: No, I am not.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, but I want to go through the spending and decision processes. The Minister of State made the point that Donegal County Council will apply for additional resource, but that is an additional resource overall in the county. Up until a number of months ago, the council was not looking for that resource, but it was still looking for the project in Donegal town to proceed. The point I am...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Has it sought the approval?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Has Donegal County Council sought approval? I do not know either way but we will table some questions. Has the council sought approval? Have officials written to or corresponded with the Department to allow Donegal town to advance to the next step?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Has it sought approval?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: No, he is not.