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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that a grant will be increased in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the patronage process in place for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and the timeframe for this process. [9131/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site will be purchased for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow;and if this school will be housed at a temporary location in the interim. [9236/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a person (details supplied) in County Wexford may apply for an exemption from Irish in secondary school. [9154/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposal to introduce a register for technologists to enable them to work under the new Building Control (Amendment) Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9049/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (3 Mar 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the construction regulations for one-off houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8866/15]

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the officials from the OPW. I wish to start with decentralisation and the property portfolio. A reply to a parliamentary question that I tabled in January 2015 stated that the Road Safety Authority, RSA, has a lease on a property in Ballina costing €442,828; in Carrick-on-Shannon, the Department of Social Protection has a 20-year lease for €600,000; while in Limerick...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does Ms McGrath have details of the occupancy?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: At the Department of Social Protection building in Carrick-on-Shannon, there is capacity for 186 people and €600,00 is being paid under the lease arrangement. How does the OPW know that it is value for money if it does not know how many people are there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How many people are in Carrick-on-Shannon at the moment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How does the OPW know that it is getting value for money if 186 places have been provided but it does not know how many people are there? How can the OPW rationalise the value for money element in that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How does the OPW monitor the effective use?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: That does not answer the question I asked. How does the OPW monitor this on an ongoing basis? The Department of Social Protection said that it needed 186 places but how do we know that €600,000 is value for money if we do not know how many public servants are there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: To take the example we are discussing, did the Department of Social Protection communicate to the OPW in 2013 that it had a sufficient amount of space for the number of people who were in Carrick-on-Shannon?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The point I am making is simple. How can the OPW determine if the taxpayer is getting value for money for office space that is rented if it does not know how many people are in that office?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: They have not done that up to now. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is it the role of OPW to seek to get value for money in terms of the leases?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
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Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How do we know we are getting value for money if, as part of the review, we do not know whether the building is fully occupied?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Exactly. I know that the supply is 186. I just want to know how many people are in there.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Intreo offices have been rolled out recently by the Department of Social Protection, and that is ongoing. At what stage in that process was OPW asked to seek out suitable properties?