Results 1,501-1,520 of 20,048 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: Is all of the slated part of the roof to be done as well?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: It obviously will not be open to the public until the roof and so on are completed. Are we looking at a couple of years down the line before it is open to the public?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: Are any issues arising that could hold that up?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: While I have the OPW here, I will ask about Heywood Gardens. We are lucky to have Heywood Gardens and Emo Court. We do not have a coastline but we have Heywood and Emo in Laois. They are two wonderful facilities. I do not want to go back over this again but Mr. Conlon's predecessor came back to me with an explanation as to why all the natural woodland at Heywood was being bulldozed, with...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: The last thing I want to ask about is also a historical site, the courthouse in Portlaoise. Is Mr. O'Connor able to tell me anything about that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: It is not in the national development plan.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I know that but they were built with that intention.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: It was Brendan Howlin. I am sorry. Michael Noonan was Minister for Finance.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I want to develop that point. I know it primarily affected Deputy O'Connor's constituency. We all saw the effects of it on Midleton, Castlemartyr, Whitegate and Mogeely. I want to focus specifically on the interim measures because we are looking at more than a decade before these schemes are brought into being. The OPW says it is working on this in conjunction with the county council, and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I come to the length of time. What caught my eye in the briefing sent to the committee was that the average duration of the scheme development and preliminary design phase is 48 months. I understand what happens when you stop water from flooding one part of a town. In Mountmellick, for example, if you move it from Manor Road, you could finish up with it down in Acragar. There can be...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I hope it will look somewhat the same.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: The cash is not there for it. There is still no cash.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: Is Mr. O'Connor saying the family court in Portlaoise Courthouse will be on site-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: The family end of it will be separated out from the main court area.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: The situation at the moment is very unsatisfactory.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: I went in just before the election to collect documents regarding the election from the county registrar. I was looking at people who were there to deal with separation and divorce cases. They are there in the public area and a whole lot of other stuff is going on around them. What Mr. O'Connor is basically saying is that there is a site but there is no money to build.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: That is something political to be moved on.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: According to all and sundry, the election will be next March. That is for definite now. We can stand over that so Ms Morrison need not worry. Some of the Deputies are based in the Department of agriculture's building. Deputy Murphy is over in that Soviet block, is she not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024) Brian Stanley: With working from home, there may be a possibility of extra space becoming available there. Maybe it is full out. I do not know but that may be an option if offices had to be provided.