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- Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: I begin by responding to a really useful point made by Deputy Ó Ríordáin. I welcome the changes that have been made to promote gender equality and how sports capital funding might be aligned to that goal by using real tools within the process. Deputy Ó Ríordáin also referred to the idea of sports clubs coming together. We all know that any groups coming...
- Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: In his report to the Dublin county board, the outgoing secretary cited the lack of facilities in the city. This site is 15 minutes from the city and right in the heart of the local community. It would be fantastic for Ballymun Kickhams GAA Club to be located back in the community we represent instead of being out near the airport in Páirc Ciceam, even though that is a great facility. ...
- Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: As the chair, I should remain independent, but I will call on Deputy Ó Ríordáin to conclude.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: I join with other Deputies in calling for the details for the large-scale sports capital grants to be made available and to allow projects to make applications. I have spoken to the Minister of State many times about Bohemians Football Club in Dalymount stadium, a stadium with a huge history but also great potential. The partnership between the FAI, Dublin City Council and Bohs has the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: 26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the large-scale sports infrastructure fund will open for applications. [45220/23]
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Yes, that would be very useful. There are many issues around the word "compliance". I will raise a different type of compliance. The Comptroller and Auditor General has drawn our attention to a settlement of almost €1 million between the board and the Revenue Commissioners in regard to relevant contract tax. I want to explore how that occurred. Will Mr. Gunning clarify the figures...
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Is Mr. Gunning saying there was no penalty attached?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: What was the amount of that penalty?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: When Mr. Gunning suggests that it is the same amount, therefore, that is not true because there is a penalty of almost €1 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Is it fair to say that the error of using the wrong system, or the "misclassification", as Mr. Gunning calls it, has cost the taxpayer €1 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Obviously, it has come back to the Revenue Commissioners. However, it has cost the project €1 million. That is a significant sum.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Given all the legal and governance advice available to the NPHDB, why did the hospital board which deals with construction contracts not explore the possibility that the RCT system should have been retained? Mr. Gunning spoke of 2018, whereas the date I have is 2019. Why did the board not sit down with the Revenue Commissioners to discuss this until that date?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Is Mr. Gunning saying that the question had not arisen until he raised it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: The reason to have the board is for it to be the legal vehicle for managing the contracts and the financial arrangements around them. Was this not discussed at the very beginning of the contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Was that the opinion of the internal staff or was it the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Is it the case that no external legal advice was sought when that decision was made?
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Okay. I will move on to the increased costs claims. I have some sympathy for the NPHDB in this area. It is well known that contractors often tender for something and they make their profit through the process of increased costs claims and wearing people down along the way. By and large, the NPHDB has fought many of those claims, with some success. I am fearful that we might be rushing to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Okay, so I-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Children’s Health Ireland and National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Discussion (19 Oct 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: I am interested in the process of how that is done. When the decision is made to do that, what checks does the board put in place to ensure that what has been claimed by the contractor is physically in place on the ground?