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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: In a funny way I will tag onto what the Chairman has mentioned and what Mr. Griffin spoke about with regard to the national broadband plan. Mr. Griffin has only been in place for a year and a half and I have not had an occasion to question him at this committee. Leaving the historical issues behind, something which I believe will define his time as Secretary General will be how successful...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: That was going to be published in July. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: Some of this was dependent on European Investment Bank, EIB, funding. What is the story with that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: In rolling this out, Mr. Griffin is talking to funding entities, but he has not reached any resolution with them. I refer to the EIB, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and private equity.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: People have been let down time and again over the past ten years, particularly in the area I am from, which is rural Waterford. I worry when I hear Mr. Griffin saying the funding has not been put in place for something that has been announced. It has been announced that it will be completed by 2020. This is a fair point. We are dealing with public money here and talking about public...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: That is not quite what I asked.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: This is important. I am asking questions that I am not sure I can answer any longer.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: I have been asking them for far too long. There is too much riding on it. As Mr. Griffin said, this project is his priority as Secretary General for the next few years. This is why I am asking him about this. It is defining in regard to his role in the Department. We do not have the funding in place to roll this out right now.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: There is no guarantee that they will tender.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: What is the problem with the strategic investment fund? It is well publicised these days. It is so under-subscribed it is not funny. There is a fund of €5 billion or €6 billion, but very little of that - just over €104 million - has been taken up. What is the problem in accessing the funding?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: The Department is finishing its intervention strategy in July.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: It is meeting the companies in the meantime.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: Given my perspective on the Department, my understanding of what we are dealing with today and the fact that I agree with Mr. Griffin as far as the historical issues are concerned, I believe this project is the big issue and the big-money item that the Department will be dealing with for the next four or five years. It worries me slightly that the funding is not in place yet for something...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: The physical roll-out of this was planned for late 2016. Are we on track with regard to the beginning of that physical roll-out?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: Will it be late, middle or early 2016?

Topical Issue Debate: Wild Atlantic Way Project (15 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: I thank the Minister of State for his comments and I take his point on positivity not negativity regarding the product announced yesterday. The case I have been making to officials in the past few weeks revolves in large part around the future of Waterford Airport. I spent the last four years bending the ears of officials and politicians with regard to the future of Waterford Airport and...

Topical Issue Debate: Wild Atlantic Way Project (15 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: This is an issue that has been discussed actively within Fáilte Ireland and the Department for some time. Over the last nine months we have discussed the facilitation of a presentation to be given by Waterford council and the people dealing with tourism in Waterford to expand the Wild Atlantic Way along east Cork and Waterford's Atlantic coastline. Since I met Shaun Quinn, the head of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (15 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: 676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason capitation grants are lower for primary schools than for secondary schools; her plans to increase primary school capitation levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13930/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Draft Report on Visit to Vietnam (2 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: Another item that is worth delving into is the cost associated with the new Court of Appeal. Many more appeals cases are being heard because of the new court and for that reason it is worth examining.

Public Accounts Committee: Draft Report on Visit to Vietnam (2 Apr 2015)

John Deasy: As Deputy Connaughton must leave, he will start. I apologise that the other member of the delegation, Deputy Nolan, is not present.