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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: 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.

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 thank Mr. Moloney.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (19 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for the information he has brought before the House but wish to raise the fact that the manner in which the OPR has dealt with the attempts of Cork county and city councils to provide a retail outlet centre in their development plans raises serious concerns about its judgment and understanding of its role in this particular process. The OPR's attempt to quash a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (19 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: With the kind consent of an Leas-Cheann Comhairle, would it be possible to share with Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (19 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: Okay.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (19 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: I acknowledge the presence of Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan, for whom this matter is of huge importance. I am sure he will also raise it in his own right. I would like to discuss the significant and troubling work that the Office of the Planning Regulator, OPR, has been undertaking over the past 18 months in respect of the ongoing development plans of local authorities in Ireland. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: I thank the CTTC for coming before the committee. We are all aware of the issues facing coach operators in Ireland and my constituency of Cork East is no different from that of Senator Dooley. It is a major concern that we do not have enough bus drivers. At a practical level, schools are telling me they cannot find bus drivers or private bus operators to do runs for matches during the day...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: It should take eight weeks according to the guidelines. Are those guidelines from-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: That is interesting. The CTTC has a golden opportunity today to tell the committee that has oversight of the NTA a little about its dealings with the authority. I find it next to impossible to deal with the NTA. Every time it has come before the committee it has been disappointing in my experience. What is it like for the witnesses?