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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: Yes. We are looking at a figure of €4.6 million, but I cannot see traffic volumes changing dramatically. Personally, I do not think there is a hope in hell of this getting through in 2018. Is this one of the ten projects being reviewed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: I look forward to the publication of the review.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: I look forward to dissecting the review. Ironically, I was Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Taoiseach was the Minister and I recall him being very critical of the payments made under schemes such as this. It is unacceptable that there have been no reviews of projects. The Secretary General knows that representatives of Cork Institute of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: There is scaffolding up all over the place which is falling down.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: Who is picking up the tab? Is the PPP companyl?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: Has the Department been reviewing the project on an ongoing basis?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: Were the people who were in charge the appropriate people to be in charge to allow it to get to this stage?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: For the record, Mr. Ó Foghlú is happy with the contract managers. Second, there is no exposure for the taxpayer.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: Is it the same in the case of the Cork School of Music which has a similar problem?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: My issue which we flagged is there are lots of questions. This crosses over into our questioning of Cork Institute of Technology on educational issues. There are lots of questions about management, finances and a whole load of others things in the college and we will not stop digging until we get to the bottom of the matter.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: This is my last comment. The PPP, the creation of the Maritime College, the way it was run, the multiplicity of companies underneath it, the crossover between people who were employed directly and subsequently employed by the companies, the fact that there is a serious structural deficit in the building all mean that it cannot result in an exposure for the taxpayer. If there is, there will...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: Is the fact that it is falling down not an indicator?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: 243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the new connection policy proposed by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, ECP-1, will prioritise providing a grid connection for renewables over fossil fuel plants. [13397/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: 244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if projects that have already applied to the ESB for a grid connection and have planning permission will receive a grid offer under ECP-1. [13398/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: 245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if ECP-1 will increase the capacity of the batch size from 600 MW to 1,000 MW to ensure that all projects which currently have planning permission can connect to the electricity system. [13399/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: 246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Commission for Regulation of Utilities will adequately resource the ESB to handle the number of renewable energy projects with planning looking to receive a grid connection. [13400/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: 247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the ESB will process more than 50 applications under the proposed new connection policy. [13401/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: I will not get through one tenth of my questions and do not want them to overlap with those of other members. There has been much forensic analysis. Does Ms Feehily see some patterns in how senior management in An Garda Síochána provide information for the Policing Authority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Policing Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the quality of information provided on fixed charges, breath tests, the Garda College and homicides. The next issue is the juvenile liaison programme.