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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: I want to touch on the convention centre farce and the shortfall. Was it the OPW or the Department that gave permission to not withdraw that money or not decrease the money because of the shortfall in international delegates? Who gave permission to spend more than the contract stipulated?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: I ask Mr. Buckley to explain. Did the OPW deduct the money as per the contract?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: We know that. There was a shortfall in international delegations.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: A sum of €1.32 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Is the contract not crystal clear?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: What sort of legal advice is the OPW seeking?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: I do not understand. If a contract is drawn up and if it says if there is a shortfall in international delegates coming that the State pays less and that money can be taken back. We should bear in mind this is taxpayers' money.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Bourke is saying that because the contract is so convoluted and complex the OPW did not take the money back.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: I wrote down what Mr. Buckley said. He said it is a complex matter and the OPW is seeking legal advice. If the contract and the stipulations are clear, why would the OPW need to seek further legal advice? I will ask the Comptroller and Auditor General about this in a moment. Is it not the case that the OPW was found out for being happy enough to let even more taxpayers' money than it has...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: What is the complexity?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: We know that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: The contract is still the contract.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Is there not an amount of money from 2022 to 2023 that should have been deducted?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to come in on this briefly. Is it a complex matter? Is there a requirement to seek further legal advice or is it pretty much clear-cut that this money should have been deducted? Was this lackadaisical?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Without a doubt. The State's financial watchdog is telling the OPW that this contract was clear, that the OPW did not follow through and that it was lackadaisical with taxpayers' money. The OPW could not give a hoot or a damn. How dare they.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Yes but we have gone through the other tenders where there is wanton waste of taxpayers' money. Here was a contract that stipulated clearly that the money was to be handed back. The witnesses have come in with an attitude of "Who shot John" and have said that complex legal advice has been sought. We have asked the State's financial watchdog whether or not that contract was clear and we...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Is the Comptroller and Auditor General incorrect?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: Respond to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin
(15 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: If he responds to the Comptroller and Auditor General's comment.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Food Promotion (13 Dec 2022)

Imelda Munster: 285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update with regards to activity regarding the Fáilte Ireland Food and Drink Strategy 2018-2023; and if there will be a new strategy developed for the period 2024-2029. [61973/22]

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