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Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Surely that would raise a red flag that something was not right and questions needed to be asked about the lowest price?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. O'Brien can comment on the general point.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I am sorry-----

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: In taking on a project we need to know we can pay for it. In 2016, the national children's hospital was announced and the figure given by the Taoiseach was €650 million all in. Where would that figure have come from? Under the big capital projects, did the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have had a guesstimate at that stage? Is the same the case for the national...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Therefore, it was a guesstimate at that stage.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is fair enough if that is what it was.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I have a memory of there being a delay because finances were being put in order. We had to be able to show we could pay for it. There was an upper limit on that as well. There should have been some tolerance within that guesstimate that it would be at least an average.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Many more people would have tendered for it if they thought the project was going to be €1.4 billion for construction.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Is €500 million a guesstimate for the national broadband plan? Has there been a guesstimate on it?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That could be a case of "Think of a number and multiply it by six" or it could be a case of "Right, we don't know".

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which electrification of the Maynooth train will commence; his plans to extend the scheme to Kilcock; the ancillary works that will be undertaken in and around Maynooth station in order to accommodate electrification of the line; his further plans to extend the station and its facilities; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We need the figures and I want the Taoiseach to come back and give me the one for which I have asked. Does "turnkey" refer to the signing of contracts or the keys provided? We do not know. We do not know the comparison between what is cost effective, value for money and what works. We need to get the breakdown in order that the information can be evaluated. This is public information and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: No, I did not. I asked-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: As Taoiseach may be aware, I am a member of the Committee of Public Accounts. At last Thursday's meeting, we heard from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in respect of the current housing crisis and the related figures for 2018. The Secretary General of the Department, Mr. John McCarthy, attended the meeting and, in reply to a question I posed, he stated quite...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 66. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social media platform used. [11128/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 67. To ask the Taoiseach if he has engaged and-or consulted with a public relations online advertising agency regarding social media advertising and online promoted content in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the amount spent by company. [11145/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social media platform used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11118/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has engaged and-or consulted with a public relations online advertising agency regarding social media advertising and online promoted content in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the amount spent by company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11135/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019 by campaign and social media platform used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11122/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged and or consulted with a public relations online advertising agency regarding social media advertising and online promoted content in 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount spent by company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11139/19]