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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (26 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the student intake number of non-EEA students in both UCC and TCD dental schools for the years 2006 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [38274/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (26 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-EEA graduates in both UCC and TCD dental schools for the years 2006 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [38275/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (26 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to upgrade the dental school in University College Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38276/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (26 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the capacity of Irish dental schools to increase dental graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38277/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the officials from the OPW before the committee. I will start with a question to Mr. Conlon, or perhaps one of his colleagues might be better informed. Has the OPW previously commissioned the installation of bicycle sheds or shelters on its property?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Where were the more recent shelters installed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: In respect of those contracts, were they offered out by way of an advertisement on eTender or were they similarly commissioned, as here, under the MTMC scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: What was the cost of the bicycle sheds in Government Buildings and Farmleigh?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Does Ms Collier have any vague recollection as to whether they are anything like what we are talking about here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: When a decision was made that there was going to be a bicycle shed shelter installed in Leinster House - I think it was on 1 June 2021 - did anyone in the OPW say that we actually have a bike shed installed in Government Buildings and Farmleigh previously and should we not go back to that contractor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Am I correct in saying that the OPW came up with the design after the meeting of 21 June 2021 decided it would proceed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: After that design, the OPW came up with a total project cost estimate. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: That was a decision made by the relevant officer as Mr. Conlon referred to them. Was there anyone within the OPW reviewing that or having a second look at it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is an official completely on their own to calculate and determine the estimate cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Were other people within the OPW aware of that estimate, even if they were not reviewing it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: A decision was then made that we needed to go down the procurement route and Mr. Conlon mentioned in his report that can be done by either an advertisement on eTenders or by way of the measured term maintenance contracts, MTMC, framework scheme. Why was it decided not to proceed by way of advertisement on eTenders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: In terms of the bike sheds in Government Buildings and Farmleigh, and maybe Ms Collier would know more about this, were they advertised on eTenders or were they completed under MTMC?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: With the benefit of hindsight, does Mr. Conlon think that would have been the better avenue to proceed here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: When a decision is made to proceed down the MTMC framework route, who decides and on what basis is it decided which of the two contractors on that framework get the work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: When that contractor got the job, was it informed of the estimated cost that had been put on it by the OPW?