Results 6,581-6,600 of 10,871 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: The reason I ask this question of Mr. O'Driscoll is we recently had his counterpart from the HSE at the committee discussing a similar scenario where people who had left the service found themselves back, miraculously, a short time after leaving because they had a unique skills set. I asked at the time and I ask again now is a person with that skills set advertised for? Are these services...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: Is the thrust of Mr. O' Driscoll's contribution that the moratorium has been very beneficial to certain retired civil servants?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: Does Mr. O'Driscoll. agree that the moratorium has been very lucrative for a retired civil servant with a particular skills set-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: The figure of €68,710 is not a small sum of money.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to return to paragraph 5.1 - allowances and overtime payments. There is a maximum other allowance figure of €20,599. What is that for?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: An analysis of administrative expenditure is included in page 8 of the appropriation accounts. There is a figure of €6.3 million for office premises expenses and €121,000 for consultancy services. On consultancy services, are the Department's consultancy services given a clean bill of health by the Office of Government Procurement or is there anything of which the committee...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: Which relates to 19 projects.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: Have they been rectified?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: On the figures of €4.99 million and €121,000, are instances where services were procured by the Department from former departmental officials?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: Does Mr. O'Driscoll have a pathway to try to reduce the level of non-compliance with procurement guidelines?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: What about the rest?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: I mean when does the Department expect to see-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: What is the value of those contracts?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: Will Mr. O'Driscoll talk us through what is involved in the case of office premises expenses? The figure is €6.3 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: Is any of it related to rent?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: Is it down or up?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: I have two more issues to raise-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General. On the overall grant to Teagasc, does it cover the running costs of the agricultural colleges?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: I know that Deputy Paul J. Connaughton also has an interest in this issue as it relates to our constituencies. I presume that with the increased numbers attending agricultural colleges, there is increased strain on resources, for example, in the college in Pallaskenry, County Limerick, in my constituency. Is there any plan to increase funding to ensure the stress and strain on teaching staff...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) Patrick O'Donovan: I want to ask Mr. O'Driscoll about non-compliance in Natura areas. He will be aware that large areas in my county of Limerick have been designated as special areas of conservation. The National Parks and Wildlife Service has imposed specific practices on land to protect certain habitats such as that of the hen harrier. Will Mr. O'Driscoll tell me how many times the Department of...