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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: If that letter were to be given to Mr. Conlon and if he were to provide answers to those questions with a detailed note, we would be informed when we have the meeting. I ask the clerk to speak with Mr. Conlon to set an early date for that meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: We need a quick answer now, but we can follow up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: The committee, yes. We can follow up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: I am sure that we can seek this information through the committee and the OPW can provide it that way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: I call Senator Sherlock.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: The Deputy should reconsider.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: The Deputy will be a loss to this House.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: The OPW is going to undertake all of that in respect of the bicycle shed. Is that right? How much is that going to cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: It will cost €25,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: Would Mr. Conlon not use the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: Surely the way to do it is to ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to see if he can give the OPW a quick turnaround for an overview. I have always found it to be a meticulous office. Surely the Comptroller and Auditor General would point out the OPW's shortcomings sharply and make suggestions, recommendations and so on. If the OPW has €25,000 to carry out that type of report,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: That is not answering the question. If a report or information is coming quickly to the OPW, the bigger question as to whether it is fit for purpose in its structures might suggest a need for someone with management expertise and expertise in change management to look at how its business is done. Its portfolio is quite wide.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: We will come back to that point in the context of Estimates and everything else. The OPW was asked to provide this bicycle shelter. I advise anyone with a bicycle in that shelter to be careful because the bicycles are all wet. The shed offers no coverage. After the rain today, I advise anyone with a bicycle in the shed not to jump straight onto their saddle. The improvement of existing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: I am looking at the note here which states that a group of Members asked for the provision of these bicycle spaces. They asked for improvements to the existing bicycle spaces. Is it intended to carry out more work on locations for bicycles that already exist around Leinster House?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: That is fine, but not at this price.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: Is Mr. O'Connor talking about Leinster House 2000?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: I am talking about the structures.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: That is what I am talking about. Mr. O'Connor should never bring up something like Leinster House 2000. The OPW had to retrofit all the windows with little mortars so we could open them but now we cannot open them. You would want someone in the room with you to physically try to open them. Having said that, is it not amazing that the OPW kept the whole place running without a glitch but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
John McGuinness: I am quoting from the annual report. It states that the Commission is responsible for determining financial and administrative policy in the Houses. In doing that, I was drawing attention to the fact that they know about financial accountability, the Committee on Public Accounts and value for money and everything else and yet they would not even ask the OPW about the price before it went to...