Results 8,781-8,800 of 10,871 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: The 2013 budget gave a commitment to publish legislation to deal with the ongoing anomaly of Independent Deputies receiving upwards of €45,000 and €48,000 tax-free in the form of a leader's allowance. When can we expect to see the legislation to deal with that issue of people getting these tax-free lump sums into their hands? I have raised another issue here in recent weeks...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I have a brief supplementary question. Mr. Slye has said EirGrid has a specific committee or sub-committee of the board that deals with grid infrastructure. Did that committee ever engage with the people affected. Has the committee ever sat down with the representatives of these communities and groups to hear what we have heard over the past month? I am sure the members of the board are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Has it signed off on the process up to now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: The questions were in the context of what was said after Deputy Michelle Mulherin's contribution in regard to the consultation. They were as follows. If consultants were employed, who are they? What is the cost of the consultancy process to date? Has the process been reported to the board? Is the board satisfied with the process as currently carried out? Given what we have heard at the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: How much do such consultancy services cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Is Mr. Slye refusing to state how much the company has spent on consultancy services for this project?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: As a Member of the Oireachtas, I believe I am entitled to that information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: In the light of Mr. Slye's admission to Deputy Michelle Mulherin that the public consultation has been shambolic, should EirGrid change course and engage new consultants?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I would have been finished some time ago if I had been given an answer to my question on costs. EirGrid is spending taxpayers' money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: How much will consultancy services cost? Given Mr. Slye's admission that the process has not been satisfactory thus far, will EirGrid change the process, recruit new consultants, reopen the tendering process and admit to the joint committee that what has taken place until now-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the representatives of EirGrid for coming in. I want to ask a series of brief questions. The witnesses might be able to answer them as I go along. Are consultants employed by-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Does the Chairman want the witnesses to respond to Deputy Ellis's questions first?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: My next question will depend on the answer to the previous one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Are consultants being employed by EirGrid as part of this process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: My next question depends on the answer to my first question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: I have waited. Everyone else has gone over time. I will be very brief. If the answers are brief, it will not take too long.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: That is what I want.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: How much are they costing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Patrick O'Donovan: Surely this is a forum at which issues of this nature should be able to be discussed. What is the tender price that was awarded for the consultants in this project?