Results 281-300 of 2,450 for speaker:Kevin O'Keeffe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Were staff structures discussed at all?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Did they come back with any further requests or suggested changes to staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It is on the record that Sport Ireland was to come on board this year and that it was the turn of the FAI to be audited this year. If Sport Ireland only had its pre-March account audit skills in all this, do the witnesses think it would still be in a position to unearth what has now arisen? The officials say they have upped the ante regarding the auditing and the forensic accounting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: To clarify, I acknowledge that Sport Ireland has not visited the FAI headquarters in the past three years because it cannot get around to every organisation every year. The witnesses themselves acknowledge that every few years Sport Ireland does visit the organisations' headquarters. It will visit the FAI headquarters this year. That was agreed, and we have been aware of that. If Sport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance Review Group Report for the FAI Board and Sport Ireland: Sport Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Why did they wait two years to run to the ODCE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We will move now to our second session today. We will discuss the current position regarding the upgrade of the Dunkettle interchange in Cork. I welcome Mr. Michael Nolan, chief executive, Mr. Peter Walsh, Ms Geraldine Fitzpatrick and Mr. Paul Moran from Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII Before we continue, in accordance with procedure I am required to read the following note. By...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I will now open the discussion to the floor. I thank the representatives for appearing before the committee. Mr. Nolan referred to the sensitivity of negotiations with the on-site contractor. As the delegates are aware, this issue has received much coverage in recent weeks, notably in the Dáil Chamber a couple of weeks ago when it was discussed by the Taoiseach and by the leader of my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: To return to the original procurement process, when TII went to the Department to seek to go to stage 1, how much work had it done? TII had obtained the planning permission. If I sought planning permission to build a little house in the countryside and if I intended to build it where there was a rock formation, I would do some site investigation works. I would know whether I would need a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am interested in how many contractors showed an initial interest but then walked away because they could not bring the project in at €100 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: If it was in Dublin, you would not be saying that, Deputy Rock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: For the record, I have no regrets in asking the TII representatives to come in. I stand over my request.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: As I said earlier, the organisations are in a dilemma and a precarious situation. I have to ask one more question. Why have we gone so late into the year with the negotiations? This topic came up at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts on the national children's hospital last January. Some other colleagues raised the matter. Why is TII waiting until now to have the negotiations?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am becoming grievously worried, because if one contract falls behind, other projects will fall behind as well. In my own region, many projects are pending, including the M22 Macroom bypass and the M28, which is a motorway upgrade from Ringaskiddy to Carrigaline and to the Port of Cork. Looking at the bigger picture, there is also the planned Cork to Limerick M20 motorway, and another ring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Deputy Eamon Ryan has joined us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It is a bit hilly there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Upgrade of the Dunkettle Interchange in Cork: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We are going to conclude. I will make two comments. The first is for Mr. Paul Moran. An Taoiseach has assured those of us in Cork that the M20 is going via Mallow, Buttevant and Charleville to Limerick rather than by the M8 and M24. I acknowledge the good work of TII. One of the biggest engineering works undertaken without much interruption was at the Red Cow interchange and getting...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: As the Tánaiste is aware, pulmonary hypertension is a rare heart and lung disease. A drug, Selexipag, has recently been approved. When will the Government and the HSE approve funding for this drug so that beneficiaries can avail of it? The drug has been well documented and Professor Sean Gaine, a well-known leading medical adviser on this disease, has asked for it to be considered.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (11 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is being taxed correctly. [31027/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electricity Grid (10 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the export of surplus power to the national grid by members of the farming community; and if the necessary new paperwork is in place (details supplied). [30159/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (10 Jul 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will discuss with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment measures to ensure that assistance is given to the farming community to achieve the targets for climate change action 2020. [30148/19]