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Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Could Mr. Daly then send a note to the committee setting out in writing the basis for the redaction of those three particular points at which Frank Cushnahan makes a declaration of interest?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Could Mr. Daly do that for each instance, in turn?

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Nothing means more to any parent than the welfare of his or her children. We all want to do the best for them, to care for them and give them the stability they need from the moment they are born. We want to give them the start in life they deserve. That cocoon of comfort, care and stability is not a reality for all children. Homeless children are traumatised on a daily basis at a time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: In this part of the discussion, I have a sense that I am getting two messages from Ms McGrath so I would like some clarification. The proposition is to have a system with a reporting mechanism that is based on output-based performance targets. From my reading of the documentation we have been given, there is no suggestion that other data or information would not also be reported. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is great. Given that in Ms McGrath's contribution she mentioned a culture of continuous improvement in the course of business transformation, she is obviously minded towards measurement and targets. It is all there in the mix. As a member of the committee and the Oireachtas, to have precisely this slice of reporting before us would be very useful. It would not be a mechanism to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: A cost-benefit analysis is done of the resources that are channelled through the local authorities. Could Ms McGrath give me a potted account of how it happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: While the output is at arms length from the OPW, it is important those works and the system be assessed in terms of efficacy, efficiency and delivery at the far end. I appreciate that the OPW is in a strange position, not just in terms of its portfolio, which includes estate management, but in many other respects. The OPW is almost a conduit for other agencies. While I do not suggest this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The OPW is an excellent organisation in terms of the heritage sites and maintenance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The OPW staff should be commended. How does the OPW assure the quality of its maintenance projects?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to ask a few very short questions if I may. Reference was made earlier to training and development and I would ask Ms McGrath to give us a flavour or overview of the type of training and development provided to OPW staff. Has the OPW been moving staff from different locations or centralising staff recently? What is the dynamic in that respect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Was there a proposal to move staff from the National Botanic Gardens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I did not mean to spring that on Ms McGrath. I might write to her about it.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: NAMA is not actually accountable to the Committee of Public Accounts. That is the Taoiseach's kick and that of his Government, particularly the Minister for Finance. Far from answering questions on NAMA generally and specifically on the controversy surrounding Project Eagle, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, has studiously avoided addressing the issue. Therefore, I want to...

Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: ----- we know for the second time was also corrupted. Second, on the issue I raised with the Taoiseach earlier, I want him to point me to the legislation, or promised legislation, in the programme for Government in which he proposes to remedy the flaws in the law that have left families in fire traps and with big demands of cash made on them. There are no mandatory inspections before...

Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can he make a statement to the Dáil?

Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Where is the legislative remedy? The law is insufficient and has left these people in the circumstances they are in. Never mind the review; where is the law?

Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are no mandatory inspections. The certificates are granted based on the plans.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not interested in him.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Where is the evidence of this in the legislative programme?

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the Taoiseach if he would intervene with Mr. Bernard McNamara and I would like him to answer that question. I believe he should intervene, that he should telephone Bernard McNamara and the other responsible authorities and ask them to make good on that €4 million.