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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)
Joe Costello: I support Deputy Deasy. There was not a clear indication of how the money is being spent or a full list of activities. It was a very general and limited presentation in this respect. It would be very valuable to have a more thorough and comprehensive account of what is being planned.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: I welcome the witnesses. We received a statement from a previous chair, Professor Niamh Brennan, on this matter. Mr. Clegg mentioned the special report by the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding No. 77. Professor Brennan, to quote one section in summary of what she had to say about her term as chair from 2009 to 2012, wrote:I think it is a shame that the Dublin Docklands...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: Could I follow on and refer to the final item in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report? He says there was non-compliance with public procurement guidelines, despite the fact that this had been brought to the attention of the authority in 2010 and 2012. Two consultants were engaged because of their previous knowledge in 2013 without any tender process. These contracts amounted to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: I agree it was complex. Clearly, over the years that complexity was not properly acknowledged through following good practice. However, in 2012, the Comptroller and Auditor General brought this issue to the authority's attention, but in 2013 there was the same lack of procedure in regard to the tender and no proper tender was sought. We are talking about over €100,000 in one case...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: Does Mr. Clegg think that it was good enough to have a restricted competitive tender process for a contract worth €500,000 without doing what the Comptroller and Auditor General had asked the authority to do in 2012?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: We understand the circumstances, but does Mr. Clegg acknowledge that the wrong practice was followed, despite the fact the Comptroller and Auditor General had brought the issue to the authority's attention? I realise Mr. Clegg was not in the job at the time.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: Has Mr. Crawley any views on the matter?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: Has Mr. Crawley any comment to make on his own case?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: Was that the €500,000 contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: That was in 2013. What about 2012?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: What about 2011?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: Was it the same contract value - €500,000 - in each case?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: It constituted €500,000 in 2013. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: Is this the contract referred to in the Comptroller and Auditor General's 2010 and 2012 reports in terms of compliance?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: Does the Comptroller and Auditor General wish to comment on the matter? Is he satisfied with the response?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: Can we be assured that procedures are in place to prevent it from not happening again?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: In regard to deferred pension funding, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform made a decision to take on the authority's pension obligations. I understand the cost of this was approximately €8 million. What is the current position in this regard given that some good work has been done to deal with the deficit so that there a surplus of approximately €8 million in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: The expectation is that the assets will cover the liabilities.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: I read in today's The Irish Timesthat a serious problem has arisen on Longboat Quay in respect of 300 residents of an apartment complex built by Bernard McNamara. There are serious concerns about standards followed on fire safety, etc. How is that going to play out in terms of liabilities with the authority if faults are discovered?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements (26 Mar 2015) Joe Costello: Is the authority accepting liability for the matter? I understand Longboat Quay is in receivership. Mr. McNamara went into receivership. Is it likely that the entire cost will fall on the authority and Dublin City Council in the same manner as the council had to pick up the tab for Priory Hall?