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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
James O'Connor: I would rubbish that. Let us consider the extraordinary work done at Cork Airport in the renovation and refurbishment of large elements of the airside infrastructure, including the new runway. That work was done in record time and under fantastic leadership within the DAA, particularly in Cork. I am sure that Senator Buttimer will concur. Infrastructure delivery in Dublin seems to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
James O'Connor: But the budget was very big.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
James O'Connor: They are excellent. I have flown on them. If I recall correctly, they were servicing the Paris route for a short duration last year. I will ask an important question. This one is for Mr. O'Neill, who is the chief operating officer at the moment. I have heard some rumblings that the incentives that the DAA is providing to get airlines to base aircraft at Cork Airport are not as good as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
James O'Connor: The decision to send some of the A330s to Manchester was questionable. That is my only criticism. It raises the question of whether Aer Lingus is basing aircraft with the new company, Aer Lingus UK, because it is not making enough profit through the airports on the island of Ireland. Is the fact that there is not enough of a financial incentive to base all of Aer Lingus's aircraft here a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
James O'Connor: Would changing the aircraft maintenance hangars not be more cost-effective than moving many of the facilities on the southern side of Dublin Airport?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
James O'Connor: I am referring to the northern apron.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
James O'Connor: As a follow-on to this discussion, it would be interesting if we spoke with IBEC. I am sure that the committee will consider that. I will not put another question and will instead make a short contribution. I worry about the next five years because we have rushed back to almost being at 2019 levels and even growing beyond them. As matters stand, the airport is not capable of handling...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: I will follow up on an excellent round of questioning by Deputy Hourigan with this question. Was the Office of Public Works on site in Owenacurra carrying out measurements or surveying the building?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: That is why I am asking. The reason I am asking Mr. Fitzgerald that is that there are other buildings in close proximity in the immediate site next door to the Owenacurra centre over which the Office of Public Works would have maintenance remit. That is what is plugging my curiosity, as it were. It has been brought to my attention by people in the local community that the Office of Public...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: What has been extraordinarily frustrating from my perspective, and Mr. Fitzgerald can attest to this because we raised it immediately with him at the first Oireachtas forum that took place for counties Cork and Kerry in Ballincollig following the HSE's decision, is the constant changing of the story around why the centre was being closed. First, the decision was postponed. Then we heard of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: I have to pause there because my time is limited. I asked two questions and neither has been answered. To be fair I asked the questions of Mr. Reid as well. I will be very clear and ask them one at a time. First, will Mr. Fitzgerald rule out here and now that the Owenacurra Centre site will be sold for any purpose other than mental health care?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: Mr. Fitzgerald should bear in mind that he told me and other Oireachtas colleagues of mine that day in Ballincollig that site was going to be retained by the HSE for mental health care services. That is news to me now that we are getting a watered-down commitment here at the Committee of Public Accounts in that regard. As Mr. Fitzgerald knows, no cameras are present at those HSE meetings...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: Mr. Fitzgerald is not committing to it either.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: In my defence, he is not committing to it either so that is worrying.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: Will Mr. Fitzgerald come back to me about the OPW first and foremost? The second question I asked relates to a timeline. Can I get any indication as to how long this is going to take?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: This issue is important for the families of the eight remaining residents who are there. What is the immediate plan for those residents in the coming years? Mr. Reid has stated he will not ask anybody to get out. Is it the intention to move the eight remaining residents who are not in need of nursing home care due to advanced age but who are currently resident on that site? Will they be...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: In the short run it goes without saying that we have gone from having a capacity of approximately 20 service users in early 2021 and reducing that to a three- and four-person placement with this new residential house. That is not acceptable in the short or medium term. There is an urgent need to increase that. The service plan in the immediate future has been covered in depth by Deputy...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: Without being flippant, Mr. Fitzgerald is talking about establishing a community-based service. The service that was there was outstanding. It was the heart of the community. It was a few minutes' walk from the main street in Midleton, next door to the biggest supermarket in east Cork. Everything was there for the service users' needs, and it has been taken away. Irrespective of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: I have two quick questions related to my constituency. The SouthDoc service is very important to the people of Cork East, Kerry and County Cork in general, but it is at enormous risk because of the potential reshuffling of existing centres. Will the HSE to commit to meeting a delegation of public representatives from the area to discuss this problem? I am happy to do this on an apolitical...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022) James O'Connor: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald. Second, on the delivery of primary care in east Cork, it is impossible to get a doctor at the moment if one moves into places like Youghal and other areas of my constituency. The delivery of a primary care centre in Youghal is one of the largest capital projects the HSE will undertake in County Cork over the next few years. Will the HSE give me some indication of...