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- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (16 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: The Office of Public Works has provided for a budget of €17,000 approx. in respect of guide services at Gallarus Oratory, Co. Kerry, in 2013.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (16 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: I am delighted to inform you that I yesterday launched an initiative called 'Friends of Irish Heritage', inviting submissions from local and community groups and local authorities that have an interest in becoming involved in our built heritage. This is an ongoing development from last year’s Community Involvement Initiative and I am again asking communities to come forward with their...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (16 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: The overall cost of providing a guide service in 2012 was €9,451,723.27 and the Table below details the costs per site. SITE GUIDE COSTS Ardfert Cathedral €50,577.57 Athenry Castle €67,657.49 Aughnanure Castle €75,485.23 Ballyhack Castle €13,532.28 Barryscourt Castle €43,880.25 Battle of the Boyne €314,427.46 Botanic Gardens...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (16 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: The stone referred to lies in an area owned by Coillte and has been stored there with its agreement since late 2010. As neighbours with whom the Office of Public Works (OPW) maintains good working relationships, Coillte agreed to allow the OPW to store stone designated for future work on sites in the Wexford region on its land, as storing it on the National Monument property itself would be...
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: It was a Eurogroup decision. On a point of information-----
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: It is difficult to decipher.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: Would Deputy Mattie McGrath like to give way?
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: The decision came from the Eurogroup and the chair of the Eurogroup is not the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan; it is the Dutch Minister.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: It refers to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It is a separate issue. The factual position is this: ECOFIN is the 27; and the 17 is the Eurogroup.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: What Deputy Mattie McGrath stated was wrong.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: My understanding is a contractor does not retain the certifier. In fact, it is separate entirely to the process. The contractor does not use a certifier for that.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: By taking this out?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: This is a clarifying change for the avoidance of doubt. Typically, payments under a construction contract are conditional upon a certificate of payment being issued by the named certifier under the contract. If section 3(5) were not amended, it might not be clear that this provision complies with the provisions of the Bill.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: The employer.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: That is between him and the main contractor.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: I am not sure I understand Deputy Fleming's point.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: I think we are talking at cross purposes. I will keep it simple. The way a subcontractor agrees the contract with the main contractor is not relevant to the Bill.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: The objective of the Bill is to ensure people get paid on time and to provide for an adjudication process where there is a dispute. What we are trying to obtain from the legislation is very net. The arrangements people come to as to how they are paid is a matter entirely for them to negotiate in contracts with the main contractor.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: The Schedule makes provision for all of the payments. There is now a legal provision for this. Where a person cannot get paid, an action will be taken under the adjudication process, presumably.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 May 2013)
Brian Hayes: Is the Deputy happy now?