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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: We understand that; it is all in the documentation. The critical point is that it was picked up but not acted upon. When the Comptroller and Auditor General was doing his job examining this, he was not given a credible reason as to why it was not acted upon. Certainly if a credible reason was given, it is not in his report, which is unacceptable. I have one final question and I will...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Why did it take from November to May for a first draft to appear?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Was that draft given to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Therefore, it is still not finalised.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: This is October.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: In November 2017, Mr. Bourke sought an internal review but, in October 2018, there is still no final-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: There is something fundamentally wrong in the OPW if Mr. Bourke can request an internal review in November 2017 and it does not start until early 2018. He had a draft that he cannot give to anybody in May 2018 but we are in October now and we still do not have it. In April 2018, the Comptroller and Auditor General's office started looking into this and examining it. Is it a coincidence that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: That was April and then a month later a draft of Mr. Bourke's report appears. Is that coincidental?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: I am going to make one final contribution because we had this previously with An Garda Síochána and Templemore. When issues come to anybody's attention that may be of relevance to the Comptroller and Auditor General's office, it should be informed, whether in draft form or otherwise. The OPW had a responsibility in this regard. If it had concerns and sought a report, it ought to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Would it be appropriate for the Comptroller and Auditor General's office to be informed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Why was the Comptroller and Auditor General's office not informed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: I will pick up on that later.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: There are four speakers so I will be sharing time. We will be taking five minutes each.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: We are under strict orders to take just five minutes. This is the third budget from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael under the so-called confidence and supply agreement. It is the third time we have had endless hours of debate on the budget where Fianna Fáil Deputies rolled in one after the other to tell us what was wrong with the budget and blamed the Government for what was not in it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (4 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures in place to secure the common travel area between Britain and Ireland post Brexit; the measures in place to protect pension payments to those in receipt of a British pension here and those in receipt of an Irish pension in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40421/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (2 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Irish citizens in Northern Ireland by virtue of their British citizenship will continue to enjoy, exercise and have access to rights, opportunities and benefits that come with citizenship of the United Kingdom after Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39873/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (2 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: 159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Irish citizens in Northern Ireland by virtue of their European Union citizenship will continue to enjoy, exercise and have access to rights, opportunities and benefits that come with citizenship of the European Union after Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40036/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (2 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: 512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects progress will be made on appointing a company to roll out rural broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39786/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

David Cullinane: Will the Comptroller and Auditor General tell us what the rules are around institutes of technology and deficits? My understanding is that they are not meant to be in deficit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

David Cullinane: From where does Mr. McCarthy's statement that there should not be deficits derive? Is it in law?