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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: But allowances are provided to various people in different work areas. Is this not an area at which Revenue should be looking if we want to exclude and take away what we are turning a blind eye to?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I accept that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: However, Revenue makes recommendations about what is workable. Much of the current system as it applies to home care is not workable

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: There has been some litigation on this matter previously, relating to Bus Éireann having all responsibility for school transport and whether the appropriate public tendering is taking place. That was my recollection of this issue previously but I do not know if the correspondence deals with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: One problem I found was that the local authorities failed to act in a timely manner to get the estates up to standard. By the time they started work, the bond had expired. There is a responsibility on the part of the builder but also in regard to planning. It is a planning condition that the builder is complying with and the local authority, by not insisting on the work being done in a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: On the section 38 issue, a huge budget went out to those organisations and I think it would be one to look at.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Car Test (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons there is a six-week to eight-week delay in getting an appointment for a car to be assessed for VRT in Blarney, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37270/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Car Test (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department plans to take remedial action to deal with the backlog in having cars assessed for VRT at Blarney, County Cork in order that vehicles can be assessed for VRT in an earlier timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37271/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Car Test (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will give consideration to identifying a new centre for dealing with the assessment of vehicles for VRT for the Cork region due to the unreasonable delay that currently exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37272/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: My apologies for missing the meeting yesterday - I got caught up on another issue. An item of correspondence yesterday related to orthodontics. That has been going on for some time. Could we have this back on the agenda at the earliest possible date? It is most important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I thank the members of the board for their work. As someone who has acted in arbitration cases in a legal capacity, I am familiar with the dispute resolution processes with which the board is dealing. People might not like me saying this, but I have engaged with the developers of a children's hospital in Ontario that is costing $3.8 billion in Canadian currency, or €2.6 billion....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: How many of those have been resolved to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: My question on the substantial claims relates to how the builders quoted on the basis of the design and the bill of quantities. What substantial change occurred that now allows the builders to claim over €50,000? It must have been a substantial variation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: If a situation arose where an engineer on site decided that a change was required, what would be the process to have that sanctioned? It would be a variation in the original design.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Has anything occurred in the past 12 months that has given rise to a need to make further variations to the original design? It could be something simple, for example, the equipment being installed has changed or been updated. Have substantial changes needed to be made to the design in order to accommodate the change in what is available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Turning to Connolly and Tallaght hospitals, what was the variation between the initial contract price and the final cost in the case of the former?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Are we talking 10% or 15%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Is it a substantial percentage difference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital (18 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: What is the board's expectation in respect of Tallaght?