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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: Is the Department concerned about it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: That decision threatens the entire NDP in regard to road projects. I want to get an insight from the Department, which is funding all of those projects, as to what its take on it is.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: That is not very reassuring.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: Does Mr. Moloney think the NDP as it stands is reflective of our climate obligations? Does he think it now needs to be analysed and reviewed as a consequence of what has happened with the An Bord Pleanála decision?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: Does Mr. Moloney not see the irony in what he has just said, given the point I have been trying to make to him? Essentially, what has happened with the An Bord Pleanála intervention and the outcome of what has happened in Galway has pretty much torn apart the plan. Does Mr. Moloney agree with that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: I want to move on as I do not think we are getting anywhere. With regard to the funding envelope for the NDP as described, I want Mr. Moloney to bring that away and to look at the State agencies. There is An Bord Pleanála, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the relevant Department, the local authority and now, to add insult to injury, the Office of the Planning Regulator...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: That is not what I am asking. To be fair, I am not trying to be smart with Mr. Moloney. I am just trying to figure out how we can deal with the issues we have in this country, where we seem to be tying ourselves up in knots when it comes to delivering capital projects. I am even hearing some reports from Irish Rail that An Bord Pleanála is delaying some of the projects it has ongoing,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: I will continue with the line of question I was on. I regret to tell the Secretary General that I am very worried by the presentation and the answering of my questions earlier, and Deputy Murphy built upon it. Mr. Moloney needs to appreciate that, from our point of view, the public has no confidence in our State's ability to deliver on capital infrastructure. I cannot blame the public for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: It is a year late; that is right.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: Correct. They were expecting to have that done last year.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: No, it is the planning review being undertaken by the Attorney General. That is due out in three weeks.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: As time is limited, I must stop Mr. Moloney there. Has Mr. Moloney any view on the crisis within An Bord Pleanála?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: If it is impacting on all the projects being funded by the Department it is more than appropriate for Mr. Moloney to comment.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: Mr. Moloney said he gave additional resources. Will he give an outline of what they were?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: Would Ms Callaghan have any information on that, please?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: Thirty additional staff. Will Mr. Moloney give us any outline, from what they have said, what their issues are?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: We need to get that information.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: I do not believe anybody doubts that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: I seek one point of clarification on follow-up from today's meeting. It is with regard to the communications of An Bord Pleanála for additional resources. Will Mr. Moloney guarantee it will be furnished to the committee? I asked this earlier and he said he would look into it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: That can be given to the Committee of Public Accounts.