Results 481-500 of 1,737 for speaker:Noel Rock

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

Noel Rock: Mr. Mulvey is on fire today in pre-empting questions before they are asked.

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

Noel Rock: Does Sport Ireland have any communications with the ODCE or any insight into the progress it is making?

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

Noel Rock: That is fine.

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

Noel Rock: One thing is troubling me and I am coming back to it again. This resembles a movie sequel in some ways, where some of the cast members change but some of them do not. Mr. Noel Mooney has resurrected into the position of interim chief executive officer. Mr. Donal Conway is now running unopposed for president. There are two vital dates ahead for the adaptation of the report, namely, 20 July...

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

Noel Rock: I appreciate where Mr. Horan is coming from. It is worth reading a sentence from the Minister's letter to Mr. Conway. It says: "Together with your decision to appoint former FAI employee and loyalist Noel Mooney to the post of general manager, this development means that the new regime has a very old look about it." My concern is that some reforms will be implemented and others will not....

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

Noel Rock: Mr. Treacy does not feel the appointment made fulfilled those criteria?

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

Noel Rock: Good.

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

Noel Rock: I thank Mr. Horan.

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

Noel Rock: I thank all the witnesses for coming in. I am sorry I could not be here for their opening statement, but I read their remarks with interest. The Dunkettle project will cost more than €100 million and will, in effect, require Cabinet approval. Over recent years, TII has built up a well-deserved reputation for bringing in projects, especially road projects, on budget. It has...

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

Noel Rock: Am I right in saying that because this is a bespoke scheme it does not really sit into a portfolio?

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

Noel Rock: That is understood. The question was to give TII an opportunity to set out its stall with regard to institutional memory. It is a hard-fought reputation in that regard.

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

Noel Rock: Judging by the opening statement it is at a delicate time as well.

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

Noel Rock: There are questions I want to ask but I can understand why I am constrained absolutely from asking them with respect to TII and the process. I presume the TII representatives requested for this session to take place at a later date. Is that the case?

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

Noel Rock: I think that is a missed opportunity and a shame but I thank the TII representatives for coming in and for their answers.

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

Noel Rock: No, Vice Chairman, with the greatest of respect, the TII representatives cannot talk in any detailed terms about this project or about where we are right now. We cannot ask detailed financial questions because the organisations are in the middle of a process. It is not about Dublin or Cork or whatever. I would say the same if TII was appearing about the metro project. TII is also at a...

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

Noel Rock: That is absolutely fair, Vice Chairman. I am not having a personal dig at you or at anyone. It is more that there are types of questions I would like to ask but I cannot ask them right now. They are the types of answers I imagine you would want, Vice Chairman, with the greatest of respect.

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

Noel Rock: I acknowledge Mr. Nolan's point that it is better to have a two-stage process than a two-footed tackle. It is better to go into a process and spend adequate time mapping out every aspect of the project, rather than to start the project and then to be obliged to revise it repeatedly. That makes sense, and that is why Mr. Nolan is so successful in what he does. I have two questions for Mr....

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

Noel Rock: Once the agreed cost is set, the maximum it can go over that is 25%, in terms of the liability to the taxpayer. Is that correct?

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

Noel Rock: When was that practice established?

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

Noel Rock: I see Mr. Nolan has his finger on the buzzer.