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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is still a considerable amount when the various tolls across the country are considered. Adding them together gives a considerable amount. A sum of €44,000 is nice money. It went down to €19,000 in 2021 but it will be interesting to see what way it turns out with the move to electronic payments.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: A number of figures are in the briefing note. What is the estimated cost of the project?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Was it €47 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. What is your proposal?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Is it agreed we request that? Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: That assumes many things.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy made that point to me a number of years ago when she was wearing a different hat.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: A litre of diesel is what it takes for a truck to get back up again to 50 km.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Perhaps we should send the same correspondence to the Secretary General of the Department of Transport because it is a financial issue but it is also a policy issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is a good idea. Deputy Catherine Murphy suggests that we also try to get the excess money used for community purposes. The figure in Dublin Port Tunnel alone last year was €19,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: There is a long list of them. I am just using that Dublin Port Tunnel as a good example.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Garda patrol cars now have number plate recognition. It should not be rocket science.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: I have been told previously that it is supposed to take in many of those factors. We will include that in the letter proposed by Deputy Carthy. Is that all right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: The road to Clontibret might get sorted out soon.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will follow up on that. No. 1321B is correspondence from Mr. David Gunning, chief officer of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, dated 21 June 2022, providing information requested by the committee regarding the new national children's hospital. It addresses four questions raised by the committee during our consideration of correspondence from the Department of Health on...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Popping up.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Do any other members wish to come in on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: On arson attacks on site, no figure was given for the cost of those arson attacks. It was said that the cost would be quite small and that it did not expect there to be any impact on the overall cost. We could ask it about the number of arson attacks since construction started on site. For some reason or other, there have been an awful lot of problems with fires deliberately started on the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is saying here that it is a matter for BAM and the insurance company. This project has been delayed. The issue of the arson attacks was raised twice with me on the day we were there. Is this causing a delay with the project? On how many occasions have there been arson attacks on site? It would be useful to know that. Is everyone happy with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: I suggest that we write to Mr. Robert Watt, the Secretary General of the Department of Health, and ask him that question. It is peculiar to say the least. We can ask that question on the process and how it is the same company that-----