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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Cost of Motor Insurance: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Feb 2017)
John McGuinness: The Minister of State mentioned the figure of €24 million but one has to measure the possibility of that type of cost against the cost of going to a higher court and being awarded the legal fees and greater compensation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report on Cost of Motor Insurance: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (16 Feb 2017)
John McGuinness: I take the Minister of State's point on that issue. I suppose it is only by taking some of the steps that we are outlining here that we will see what other steps are needed.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
John McGuinness: The Government might take note of the fact that there are some in the party who might not like that arrangement but go along with the party line in the interests of the country to get business done. That is what we do. The Government had better remember that because its performance in the past few days and on many of the other key issues facing the economy leaves an awful lot to be desired....
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
John McGuinness: The Minister for Health just said that it was the people who elected this Government. The people gave us the result. There would be no Government and Fine Gael would not be in government were it not for the arrangement it reached with Fianna Fáil.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: I note that Deputy Eugene Murphy is substituting for Deputy Michael McGrath. I remind members and those in attendance to, please, turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the quality of the sound transmission of the proceedings. We are considering the Revised Estimate for 2017 for the Office of Public Works, OPW, Vote 13. The Minister of State at the Department of Public...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: I thank the Minister of State. I omitted to mention at the beginning that this is the first time for Mr. Maurice Buckley to appear before this committee in his new role as Chairman. He is very welcome. I had the experience of working with him in the past with the National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI. I look forward to Mr. Buckley bringing that professionalism and dedication to...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: I call Deputy Sherlock.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: What is the figure the Deputy mentioned?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: What was the other question about the once-off payment?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: I call on Deputy Murphy.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: The Deputy is a national figure.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: I am conscious that we have to finish before 3 p.m. I will ask the Minister of State a number of short questions about matters in my constituency which are relevant to the funding of the Minister of State's Department.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: I will be very parochial today and refer to a flood relief scheme in Callan, County Kilkenny. It has been carried out, funded by the OPW through the county council, but the appropriate permissions were not given by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and others for a particular section of the work in time for all of the work to be completed. The part that could be completed is completed...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: Not a long number of years ago. I do not have the date when it was completed.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: I am sure that it is finalised, if that is the question.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: All the permissions are now there but, unfortunately, they could not be put in place at the time. Rather than lose the funding, it was decided to complete the works without that section and now it is that section that is causing the negative impact on the work that has already been done.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: The Minister of State spoke earlier about the other question of insurance. It is the River Nore flood relief scheme, which had its issues with cost but which was a fantastic scheme to watch being delivered. The trucks were going up and down the bed of the river, etc. It was a great engineering achievement. Downriver the OPW facilitated some properties by granting them funds to prepare...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: That is for the works. In the context of the business, there is no insurance because it is beside a river. It is a mill worked from the power of the river. Is there no compensation fund that can cover that?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: Does the maintenance of weirs fall within the remit of the OPW or where does it fall? I had a discussion with the local authority about clearing weirs and it stated it is the OPW's remit, and if one goes to the OPW, it states it is the local authorities' remit.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017) John McGuinness: Is it a fact that the OPW, Waterways Ireland and the local authority have different types of weirs that they are responsible for or is there one agency that covers the maintenance of all of them?