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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: These are the golden questions that have never been put.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I thought it was postponed to allow us to get home early in light of Storm Lorenzo.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe agus gabhaim comhghairdeas leo. An Bord Pleanála has a full and clean audit opinion. Well done for that. Earlier on, we were talking about a risk register. How often does An Bord Pleanála update its risk register?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Does the board give it serious consideration when it sits down to look at the risk register as to what is on it and what should be on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Will Mr. Walsh give us more detail on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What is an SOP?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I commend An Bord Pleanála on the documentation and the annual report as well. They are good and easy to read. I come from a slightly different background and I do not condemn An Bord Pleanála or the local authorities about planning. They have been underfunded and under-resourced for a long time. I do not expect Mr. Walsh to comment on what I am about to say but I will preface...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is that where that figure is coming from?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I have read it and I see that An Bord Pleanála is making progress.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: This is more of a policy issue, which may one for another committee, but I have a difficulty with this tunnel we are going through where we push through developments that should be given more consideration. There was no problem getting applications through at local authority level during the Celtic tiger period. I watched that and An Bord Pleanála was understaffed and under-resourced....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Walsh must be the first public servant to come in here and say that. That is great. The IT project that went out to tender has been raised by my colleague and is addressed on pages 10 and 32 of An Bord Pleanála's annual plan. From start to finish, what is the cost of the project and when will it be completed?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What is the price of it from start to finish, including the original contract and the extension? When will it finish?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: What does the contract say?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I am being a bit unfair to Mr. Walsh because I am cutting across him but it is a specific question. What does the IT project cost? Maybe An Bord Pleanála could send a note to us through the Chairman. When did it start? What was envisaged? What was the business case for it? When will it be completed?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Could An Bord Pleanála set that out and send the Chairman a note on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Page 10 of the report refers to a review of protocols and processes. At what stage is that review?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is under the national planning framework on page 10.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is the review completed?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Was it carried out by external consultants?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It has been completed and gone to the board.