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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Both projects are handled by the exact same department in the exact same local authority and are in the exact same area - namely, the Poolbeg Peninsula - yet this does not concern Ms Tallon.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I know, but surely Ms Tallon must be concerned. These two projects were significant problems for Dublin City Council before I became involved in politics, and they still are. It is not a coincidence. They have been run by the same department of the same council.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: One is an incinerator and the other is a wastewater treatment plant; I know they are different projects.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I am given-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I have more points.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I appreciate Ms Tallon's concern, but my problem is that it has not been present previously. The problem with financial and governance weaknesses did not just appear from out of the air. They have always been there. I will make two final points on the city manager's response. When he refers to the delays and why the client representative costs overran, my interpretation is that blame is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: The Chair normally gets in before me.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I warned the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand the distinction Mr. Mulhall is making but I am not sure of the relevance of the point. To decide whether option A or B represents better value for money one must examine both options with regard to how the money would be spent, the value and other various aspects. By 2007 the project had already cost almost €50 million and nothing had been built.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: This is very helpful and it brings me to my next point, which is on the Hennessy report commissioned by a previous Minister. Why were none of these issues raised in the report? Why did they not come to light in the Hennessy report, which examined the lifetime of the project, its economic benefits and impacts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Did it examine how money had been spent previously?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I have seen it. We discussed whether the Hennessy report was worth the time and money spent on it. If I remember correctly it was difficult to come to a conclusion on that point. However, it does not seem to have been worth it at this stage.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Yes, and unfortunately it does not suit our purpose today. To continue with the audit report and the issue of client representative costs, we received correspondence from the Department on 30 May 2012 which included a breakdown of costs incurred on the Poolbeg waste energy project. It went into some detail with regard to the costs and we discussed it at the time. I stated it raised more...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Was Ms Tallon concerned about this information, which the Department received from Dublin City Council before it was sent on to us?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Heading No. 5 on page 19 of the local audit report states Dublin City Council paid Dublin Port Company €8.5 million for its interest in the Pigeon House Road and Shellybanks Road under a compulsory purchase order in September 2011. Was the valuation for this CPO done in 2011 or was it from a previous date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I asked the same questions on the previous occasion when Ms Tallon was before us with regard to when the CPO was issued, when the price was paid and when the valuation was determined.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: We discussed it with regard to the 2007 CPO but not the one that was meant to issue in 2010 which according to this took place in September 2011. At the time Ms Tallon stated she would follow up on this point and I would very much appreciate it if I could receive detailed information on the CPO process for the lands in question with regard to what prices were paid and when the valuations...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: This detail is not in the report.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: It is a necessary process.