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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The key issue is the move to the €86 million unit in Military Road, which we understand is not large enough to accommodate Garda headquarters because the decision some years ago was based on the then numbers and the numbers have expanded. Can the Minister of State enlighten the committee on that matter?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I am trying to decipher what the Minister of State is saying. Is he saying that the contingencies are in the event that Military Road is not completed on time? Can he give a date for when it is expected Military Road will be completed and Garda headquarters will transfer to that facility?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: It is expected that Garda headquarters will move from Harcourt Street to Military Road.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: It now transpires that the Military Road facility is too small to accommodate Garda headquarters and it appears the OPW now has to secure other sites across the city for some of the sub-divisions of the Garda.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: They may all not be located in one centre. The optimal was to have-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: All of the services or divisions in Garda headquarters will be on Military Road at some point in time.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine. That is good clarity. When is it likely that the review the OPW is undertaking on slavery and colonial past will be completed and when will it be published?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The proceeds of slavery purchased the buildings in the first instance. Can we justify that?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: When is it likely that the report will be published?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: We will come back to that. I want to ask the Minister of State some brief questions on my county of Donegal and one question on the overall Estimates in terms of the capital expenditure. On the Donegal town CFRAM report, the Minister of State acknowledged that the project is not in the first phase of projects and that the OPW and Donegal County Council were working closely to ensure it...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Chair mentioned the Minister of State's predecessor, Kevin Boxer Moran, who was excellent at coming out and visiting rural communities. I am sure the Minister of State will do the same post Covid. He was also excellent in finding ways to try to resolve some of the issues in some of the projects. One of those projects was the Clady River in Gaoth Dobhair. There was a major issue there...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: One of the big problems in that river is there are pearl mussels in it. It costs a fortune to cut branches upstream because of the studies-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I know but I am asking the officials to look at this because something has to be done. There is an issue here: either that bridge is going to be swept away again-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I know. If we look at the outturn in the context of what was projected when we dealt with the Estimates, as we are supposed to do, we can see that this has not been good in recent years. Four major schemes were supposed to be delivered in 2019, but only two were delivered. The following year five schemes were promised, but only one was delivered. If one looks at the number of major flood...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I know that any Minister wants the biggest pot they can get but we need to be very loud to ensure that this is rectified and what is required on the ground is delivered. These conversations are quite circular because the money is not there.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: This morning Ulster Bank was fined almost €38 million for its role in the tracker mortgage scandal, a scandal that affected nearly 6,000 customers of Ulster Bank that we know of. Part of the Central Bank's finding was that Ulster Bank devised and implemented a deliberate strategy not to provide certain customers with their correct tracker mortgage entitlement. That means it devised...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Feicimid go bhfuil sonraí foilsithe ag "RTÉ Investigates" maidir le bailiúchán sonraithe de chuid na Ranna Sláinte ar pháiste a raibh uathachas agus míchumais fhoghlamtha eile orthu le smál a chur orthu agus ar a gcuid teaghlach. Bhí na teaghlaigh sin ag troid trí na cúirteanna agus le modhanna eile chun seirbhísí mar is ceart...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: This practice has been ongoing for well over a decade and the Tánaiste's response is inadequate. The Department of Health has stated this is normal practice. How could it be normal practice for psychiatric reports with intimate details of a family's situation where a child has autism to be shared with the Department of Health without the consent or knowledge of the parents? How could...

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021. I will be focusing on sections 30 and 31, which pertain to the new personal injuries guidelines. Lé ró-fhada, tá na comhlachtaí aráchais ag glacadh lámh ar chustaiméirí maidir le costais aráchais. Tá a fhios againn uilig sin. Tá seo ag...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if businesses with no rateable premises will be denied access to the Covid-19 business aid scheme; if funding will be made available to cover this cohort of businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14488/21]