Results 19,541-19,560 of 26,685 for speaker:David Cullinane

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (7 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 783. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital and non-capital support given to regional airports since 2008, broken down by year and by airport, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11575/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (7 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 784. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the formula used to determine capital and non-capital funding for regional airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11576/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (7 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 785. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in each of the years 2008 to 2016 in respect of public private partnership, PPP, operational payments as compensation to PPP companies for toll income payments being less than expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11577/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Data (7 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 786. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department compiles information in relation to the condition and age profile of the stock of public swimming pools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Industry (7 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 800. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures her Department has put in place to combat bogus self-employment in the construction industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11249/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: There are extraordinary circumstances in which Departments may not comply with rules and the circumstances are set out. We have many reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General which flag up a lack of compliance with the rules. These are flagrant breaches of the rules. All those documents from the Comptroller and Auditor General should be examined. It seems that all a Department has to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Reading from the Comptroller and Auditor General's most recent reports, he states that it should be noted that the level of non-compliant procurement may be higher due to under-reporting. He went on to state that the HSE, for example, does not have adequate systems to capture instances of non-complaint procurement and accepts that it is unreported at this level. He also found that all...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the review of public procurement oversight his Department has undertaken in view of the significant disclosures of material non-compliance with procurement rules involving contracts worth €500,000 or more that have been reported by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his annual report 2015; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I am inquiring as to whether the Department has carried out any review of public procurement rules. I have done some research into this issue and as a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, I can tell the Minister that non-compliance with public procurement rules comes up repeatedly. The Comptroller and Auditor General has reported on this consistently as a difficulty, particularly in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Yes, as long as it is not taken over by some other organisation.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: On correspondence, at the last meeting we discussed a letter from the president of WIT to correct the record of a previous committee hearing. I looked back over the report of the hearing and think we might need to receive further clarification because there was a context. The context was that there was a spin-out company, FeedHenry, which had been sold for €64 million and the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: We need to write back to him.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Yes, the president of the institute.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: To get a breakdown to learn if he was a shareholder and so on in order to get a complete picture of the conversation and the context.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: It may not be a matter for the committee, but who has responsibility for governance of the National Lottery?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: In terms of oversight, I have a concern about some of the marketing and some of the new scratch cards, for example. There is an online presence, about which I am very concerned.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: In terms of democratic oversight, would it be a matter for the sectoral committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: If the regulator was to come to the Oireachtas, before which committee would he appear?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: He is accountable to us.