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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?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Would it be correct to state in Ms Tallon's way of thinking it was an adequate and comprehensive "interrogation" - to use her word - of that budget?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Am I correct in saying that Ms Tallon was aware from the outset that there would be consultancy costs associated with this budget?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Would Ms Tallon have been aware of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: In respect of each of these tasks that were put out to tender and those consultants who came on board to do that work, had the Department examined the matter to satisfy itself that it was necessary to bring in persons from the outside to carry out those works?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: If Ms Tallon does not mind-----

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----we have a limited amount of time here. The budget was submitted, the budget was scrutinised and there was toing and froing. Mr. Tierney and his team have been clear from the get-go that there was an awareness from day one at every level of Government that there would be external consultancy needs to carry out this task within the timeframe and on budget, etc. The Department received...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Plus €30 million contingency.