Results 17,841-17,860 of 26,408 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Is it less than the amount the Department is paying?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: With respect we went through this the last time. There is a closed purchase here. We are not in a competitive process. The Department has disclosed to us that it is purchasing this land for, I believe, €23 million. Therefore there is not really any competitive tension of any description. It is a closed process where there is only a buyer and seller and that is it. We are trying...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Sorry, the Valuation Office has valued it at €23 million. A separate valuation was done by the board. It would be useful for us to know what that valuation was in order to ascertain if the taxpayer is getting good value for money. I fail to see how that is commercially sensitive.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: If there is a closed process, how is it commercially sensitive? If it can be explained to me how it is commercially sensitive, I can accept it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I am not saying it is not; I just want to be fair.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I am asking direct questions and I want straightforward answers. The Meelick site, on which we had some discussion the last time, was bought for €1.5 million. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: And now what is it valued at?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Since the time it was bought for €1.04 million, has the site been valued by the current or previous board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I am asking Mr. Murnane a very straight question. I understand that it was bought for €1 million. Since it was bought, was it ever valued by the organisation for a higher amount above the €1 million that was paid for it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Is Mr. Murnane clear on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Will Mr. Murnane find out to make sure that is the case? Will he communicate with the committee secretariat on what he finds out?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: A final question, because I know that time is up, concerns the conditionality on the sale because from my reading of the letter from the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills, the sale is subject to rezoning. Is that correct Mr. Gleeson?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: At present the Harold's Cross track is zoned for recreational use.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Did somebody say earlier that a previous rezoning application was made but was refused.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: When was that made?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Mr. Gleeson will be familiar with the Government circular that he referenced and a copy of which he gave to me at the last meeting, which states that it is advisable to ask the local authority to confirm that it has no objections to the particular development proposal for the site in question. Obviously the development proposal is to build a number of schools. Was the local authority in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: That is why I asked earlier whether an official from the Department of Education and Skills was present.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Okay. The sale is subject to rezoning. Must a rezoning application be made to the local authority and approved by the local authority before the sale is concluded? Is that the official view of the process?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Before the deal is concluded and any money is exchanged I understand Mr. Gleeson's view is the same as mine; a formal application for rezoning must be made. That will have to be considered; it goes out for public consultation. We all know there is a process involved in terms of rezoning, it is a material contravention of a development plan and so on, so a zoning decision will have to be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Who would make the application for rezoning, would it be the board or the Department? Will it still be in the ownership of the board?