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- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Do Ms Creedon and Mr. Purcell accept the factual accuracy of everything contained in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report? I am referring to the timeline, the circumstances and facts.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Yes. The Wolfe Tone Street premises was to cost approximately €300,000 a year. Currently, the project is being housed at premises costing €10,000 a year. There is a huge difference. Was it prudent and sound to enter into a €300,000 lease when the project is functioning adequately from a premises costing €10,000 per year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: I do not think Dublin rents have dropped by 70% to 80% since the end of the boom, but the figure was €300,000 for premises. I accept that rents have dropped but not to the extent that €45,000 is enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Why was that premises not used in the first instance?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: So far this project, which is an empty unit, has cost €2 million. What further liability is the State potentially exposed to in terms of rent committed etc.?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Dublin City Council indicated there was no planning permission in May 2010, which was a year before it was decided to stop paying the rent. What happened in the interim year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Would the witnesses be willing to discuss the case in full in private session, or would I get the same answers?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: I am making the point chiefly because Ms Creedon is the Chief State Solicitor. She quoted an Act that is not applicable.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: We are not utilising this Act. Ms Creedon is here by invitation because she is the Chief State Solicitor.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Again, I understand the point Ms Creedon is making about compellability but my simple point is that the Chief State Solicitor has quoted an Act that does not apply in this instance because we have not compelled her. We have invited her in her function as an Accounting Officer for the Chief State Solicitor's office.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: I want to ask Ms Creedon some questions based on chapter 15 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. The first question does not relate to the planning issue. I suppose it does relate to planning but it concerns car parking spaces. Paragraph 15.10 concerns how the Chief State Solicitor's office raised planning concerns about eight car parking spaces for use by the Bridge Project....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: When did proceedings initiate?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: The day before this committee was due to hear it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: I will take the Chairman's advice as to what the next step should be as Ms Creedon does not want to answer my questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: I am conscious that Ms Creedon refused to answer the first question I asked so I am not sure how to proceed. I thought I was touching on a topic that was not central to the litigation. I can ask some general questions but they are all in the chapter. What I want to understand is why we have the problem. There are suggestions in this chapter and the Comptroller and Auditor General's report...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: I have a question that will not cause any problems from that perspective. The premises that housed the Bridge Project had its rent increased from €90,000 to €125,000 per year. Alternative accommodation was sought and a lease with a payment of approximately €300,000 per year was entered into. When that lease did not work out, the project moved to a premises in Gardiner...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: This chapter is of great concern. It states that the State has spent €2 million, €1 million on furbishing and €1 million on leases for premises in Dublin that have never been used. In addition, other premises have had to be sought so additional rent is being paid on top of that. We have been left with this chapter 15 outturn. Ms Creedon sent us correspondence quoting...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: In summary, despite having cut fees by 50%, is the Chief State Solicitor encountering no problems in getting barristers to do the work?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Derek Nolan: There is a guaranteed payment. Does it indicate that perhaps the Chief State Solicitor was paying too much in previous years?