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- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I say, by way of conclusion, Ms Tallon is a lot more understanding than the average taxpayer and citizen watching this debacle might be.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I need you to speak to me in English and tell me exactly what that means.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can Ms Graham help me here? We need to step our way through it. I sense a little evasiveness here and I do not want that to happen because we need to be clear. Can I surmise that, by March 2013, the report on the lots and their value was received? I presume it listed the successful tenderers and so on. In March 2013, the Department knew that €50 million was the cost - the quantum...
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: No offence, but is that not very sloppy? Ms Graham has clarified one point for me. By March 2013 - last March - we knew we were looking at €50 million, albeit a ceiling, in respect of outside consultancy. The Department went to the trouble of communicating with the organisation to get clarification vis-à-visflexibilities and so on. Ms Graham understands that this is a ceiling...
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Ms Graham for that. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Members of the Oireachtas are asking questions, naturally enough, because that is their job. A number of these questions were asked of the Minister and found their way to Ms Tallon’s Department. The answers that come back are in the category of non-answers. The Department knows the Oireachtas has an appetite for establishing...
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is his deduction.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Did Ms Tallon make the Minister, Deputy Hogan, aware in March 2013 of the figure of €50 million in respect of consultancy costs when she had established it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Ms Tallon did not make the Minister aware of that figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: What does Ms Tallon mean by “specific terms”? Could she translate that for me?
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The €30 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Ms Tallon said to us that the Minister was clearly aware of the establishment budget and of the constituent parts of that budget. The Minister, it seems, was aware of everything, according to Ms Tallon, bar the expenditure in respect of consultancy services. That is what I understand from what she is saying.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does Mr. Tierney envisage this on an ongoing basis, for the upgrade and maintenance of the network, in other words, the pipe work, that he will require?
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The capital works that Mr. Tierney will require.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is that further significant spend on consultants?
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am not disputing. I am trying to establish the facts. There is no need for Mr. Tierney to be defensive. Does he envisage further significant spend in respect of consultants?
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: When it comes down to the oversight of this matter, my colleague, Deputy Sean Fleming, has referred to the voluminous list of State agencies and bodies. Indeed, in his presentation, Mr. Tierney gave a comprehensive account of the different layers of accountability within Bord Gáis and cascading down to Irish Water. However, there is one question that needs to be answered, that is, what...
- Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Am I correct in saying that, from that date, for a period of three months the Department to'd and fro'd with different queries as regards the content of that proposed budget?