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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Let us take a figure of 25,000. Do we have the capacity to go to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Could you see the industry going to 40,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: You said 35,000 earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Thank you very much. We will be following up with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister, Deputy McGrath. This meeting came about because TII was before us just before Easter and rang alarm bells. TII did not do that lightly because it is not that type of organisation. This committee had to take on board what TII said and examine it further. We will now follow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is in everyone's interest that we have a sustainable construction sector. Mr. Parlon referenced the taxpayer and it is taxpayers' money we are talking about in the context of public works. We must have a sustainable construction sector. The last point Mr. Sheridan made was that extra capacity could be brought on stream by getting contractors back onto Irish soil rather than abroad.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (26 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a request by an organisation (details supplied) to include the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line on the Irish Rail manual level crossing upgrade project and provide the ring fenced funding required to initiate the process of automating the 12 manual level crossings remaining on the line; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rental Sector (26 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 598. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the new short-term letting regulations (details supplied) as outlined in the recent Housing for All plan; the progress that has been made to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20480/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Apologies have been received from Deputy Duncan Smith and Senator Craughwell. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping issues. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The purpose of the meeting today is to receive an update from Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, on its projects and related issues. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. Peter Walsh, chief executive, and Mr. Nigel O'Neill, director of the capital programme. They are both very welcome and I thank them for their forbearance. All witnesses are reminded of the long-standing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: There is clearly an issue in this area. In layman’s terms, this is a fixed-price contract for 24 months and there is no inflation link within the first two years of a contract. Typically, how long would a contractor, being the preferred tenderer, put in that tender for the contract prior to starting it? Could one be looking at three, four or five years of, in essence, a fixed-price...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: June of what year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: But TII had a preferred tenderer selected in the previous December.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: So TII could bring it back six months, to perhaps June of 2021 prices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We are talking about December 2020 if we go to June-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: To June 2021.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Had any physical work started on the N5 contract? Mr. Walsh was talking about December, so let us bring it up to December 2021, so one is then looking at two years from that date, I presume. This then brings one up to December 2024. Mr. Walsh is talking about where the contractor put the price in in December 2020, which ends up as four years fixed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay, enough said. The contractor was Roadbridge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Roadbridge was the principal contractor on the N5 as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are there any other joint contracts with other contractors, apart from those two?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Do you wish to ask anything else, Deputy Lowry?