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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: We then have No. 4.2, No. 4.3 and No. 4.4. The Horse Racing Ireland annual report is No. 4.5. Any comments on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: These accounts are all to be noted. We have had our attention drawn to the two issues by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Last week, as part of the work programme, we went to Howth to see the situation out there. A number of members examined the properties and heard from local business people. It was quite a shocking experience to listen to the story of properties being vacant for...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: Lest there be any doubt about this, we wish to find out where the leases have been stalled and whether it is within the Department or from a legal perspective, either in house or out of house, to determine each lease across Howth and in the other locations we are discussing. Does any member who was there wish to comment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: Our work programme is set out. Next week we will have the procurement issues we discussed previously in respect of school supplies and so forth. The members of the group that were in the Visitors Gallery will be present also. Will members indicate to the clerk to the committee whether they are available next Wednesday? It is our intention to travel to Northern Ireland. No. 6 is reports...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: I thank Ciaran and welcome Deirdre. We look forward to working with her. In the first session at 10 a.m. next week we will have the Small Firms Association and the Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation. The second session will be at 12 p.m. with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to examine Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; Vote 12 -...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: The representatives of that office are appearing before the committee immediately afterwards. We are hearing first from those who are affected by, or have a view on, procurement. After that we will deal with the Accounting Officer and their staff.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: We are giving the opportunity to both organisations to give their views about procurement, why it is not working for them and how they have been adversely affected by the procurement process. Having dealt with that, as an example, we have other examples from previous hearings that we will be able to put to the Department's officials and to the section that is responsible for procurement. We...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: Yes. We will suspend until 11 a.m. when the officials from the Office of Public Works are due to meet us.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to please turn off their mobile phones. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: Mr. Quigley needs no introduction.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: I thank Mr. McCarthy and invite Ms McGrath to make her opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: It is a matter we could take up next week when we deal with procurement matters.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: Let me clarify what Deputy Patrick O'Donovan was asking. In section 6.4 of the appropriation accounts, under the heading of "Services supplied to Departments and Offices 2013 (Subhead C9 Rents, Rates etc.)", a few examples include the Houses of the Oireachtas and the figure was more or less the same in 2012 and 2013, at €1.128 million. Does it involve repairs or rent?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: To whom are we paying rent?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: May we have an example? Does it relate to this building?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: Where else? Is it located on Kildare Street?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: Is Kildare House State-owned?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: Does the figure represent the rent for the Passport Office?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: How many other buildings are included? That is the point. That is part of the request for the information Deputy Patrick O'Donovan was tracking down. As an example, can the OPW provide a breakdown of the bigger figures for the Houses of the Oireachtas in terms of the location of properties and rents? The rented properties figure for the Department of Social Protection amounts to...