Results 1,221-1,240 of 2,988 for speaker:James O'Connor

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: Do organisations within that unit from other organisations have advisory committees that work on these issues, such as the FAI?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: I will clarify my question. I refer to organisations that might have been critical of what the Department has structured in the current format of providing the sports capital grant funding. Do they have their own advisory task force groups involving civil servants that may feed into the process?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: What I am coming at-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: The FAI's comments were particularly strange. I do not know where they originated. It came out criticising horse racing. Everybody here has their own view on the sport. I declare my interest; I am a big lover of it. I found its comments pretty bizarre in that it was critical of the horse and greyhound fund. I recognise and respect other people have different views on it. I know Deputy...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: It said horse racing. I felt it was quite critical of horse racing in its comments. That is obviously under the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, however. It is not under Ms Licken's auspices, which I acknowledge. As I said, I cannot see where the major problem is. The amount of money that was allocated was enormous and, hopefully, the next round will be as large, if not...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: It is not to the same scale. It is important to reference that. I am aware of that but it is not at the same scale.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: I will close with a comment and not a question because my time is up. All I am trying to say to the witnesses is that what is there is working and they should not give into the pressure.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the CMATS rail project in Cork. [30209/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Mallow relief road; and if the funding will be made available by the end of the year. [30210/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: I raise the DEIS scheme which, as the Minister will know, is of huge importance to constituents in my area, particularly in Youghal. We have taken in a very substantial number of Ukrainian refugees, almost 1,000 in the town. There was already significant social need in that area. Is the Government looking at expanding the DEIS scheme further? Youghal very much needs supports for our three...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: As the Minister is aware, Youghal is a town very close to my heart. It is where I grew up. It is a town I feel has been dealt an extremely poor hand by the Government, with the loss of more than 70% of our tourism accommodation permanently because of the sale of the Quality Hotel in Redbarn for use as an emergency accommodation centre. While this is something the local community has...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: I welcome all of the officials. It is important that we get a sense of what is going on. My first question relates to Mr. Doyle's pay increase. I am aware that this question was asked by one of my colleagues earlier, but I want to ask Mr. Doyle if he sought that pay increase or did somebody come to him offering it.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: What does Mr. Doyle currently get paid?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: What is that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: Does Mr. Doyle think it is appropriate to seek a pay increase on that figure?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: That is approximately two and half times what a Deputy gets paid. It is a significant wage. I just want to get to the bottom of how that conversation started. This is the second Department in respect of which this issue has emerged. We, as elected representatives, need to get a sense of what on earth is going on. I will ask the question again. Did Mr. Doyle seek that pay increase?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: So somebody came to Mr. Doyle to raise that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: I just need to make the point that if somebody enters the public service or public life, it is a career where we have enormous influence, where we get to work on issues that matter to people and where we can effect change. I do have a problem, however, when people working in the system are on salaries of such scale, particularly in light of the housing crisis. This is the reason I want to...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: If Mr. Doyle was to translate that underspend into the number of units that could be delivered, is there an approximate figure?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: Is the Department on track for 2023 so far?