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Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State should not tell me that is what is being done. Fine Gael has been in government since 2011. I remember begging it not to sell Project Arrow to Cerberus at a par value of over €6 billion. NAMA was allowed to sell it for €800 million although it had a par value of over €6 billion. It was all residential property in Ireland. I begged Fine Gael and...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State and I are probably tired of listening to each other at this stage.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: We would not have to go over this issue again and again if the problems were going away. Sadly, they are not. The homelessness crisis is linked to housing, Government policy, landbanking and many other issues. The Minister of State accused the Opposition of not coming up with new solutions. Has it dawned on him that perhaps we have come up with solutions and recommendations but the...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: As the Ceann Comhairle can testify, I did not interrupt the Minister of State. Deputy Clare Daly referred to people losing the roof over their head because a landlord decided to sell the property or refurbish it or facilitate a family member, all of which is legal. At the root of the problem is the fact that we do not have a sufficient quantity of State housing.

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: The last time I checked, approximately 9% of housing was local authority stock. The current figures indicate that local authorities built 2,022 houses and AHBs built 1,388, giving a total of 4,251. However, there are 70,000 people on the waiting list. Approximately 20 social houses Wexford were built in 2018. That does not come close to dealing with the problem. As I stated...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: The cost of calling a halt is in the contract. We have not reached the point of no return. We are really only starting. The extra cost we are looking at now will be far exceeded in time if the Government continues along this road. The Government needs to stop and retender.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Tánaiste is talking about learning lessons for the future, but I would like him to learn them for the present because I would argue that if the Government stops now, which it is allowed to do according to the terms of the contract, and retenders, it could save itself in the region of €500 million. The Government should opt for a remeasurable contract rather than stick with a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: I would look at the performance of the legal firm because it is crucial to what we have ended up with.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Government would.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: The Tánaiste should please check it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: The cost of the children's hospital is out of control. I laid out last night what I see as being at the root of the problem. How many variations have there been since this contract was awarded? What is the value of the different variations? How many more variations might the Government be expecting? The procurement process should have delivered the correct form of contract but it did not...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: I am not arguing about the two-stage process. Whether the Ministers had opted for one-stage in total or two, if they had opted for a remeasurable contract, they would not have run into the problems they are running into now. It is February 2019. This project will take approximately four years. The Minister said he knows that going ahead is the right thing to do. None of us know that....

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: It will rob us blind with this form of an arrangement.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: I ask the Minister one question.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: I believe it is possible to stop the project. If the contract was drafted properly, we have default determination, which does not apply, but we have termination of will, which is the Minister's call. In terms of public works contracts, condition 12.6.3(3) states: "... all other amounts due to the Contractor under the Contract but not damages". They are excluded from loss of profit. The...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: A big problem at the heart of all this is the procurement process. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board was dealing with the construction element and with operational maintenance. We now find ourselves in a position where different entities such as BAM and others are able to look for an awful lot of extra money and we are still at a very early stage. I would argue this was...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: I am not bringing any accusations. I am looking for answers.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: I am sorry. Did the HSE insist on the capital works management framework? Who did? I do not know if those answers are readily available. Perhaps they are. In any event, I will come back in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ports Facilities (12 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: On 3 May last, the Minister told the House that the structure of the port’s ownership was somewhat unorthodox and would certainly need to come under more immediate scrutiny. That does not seem to have really happened, however. Several weeks ago, the Minister of State in the Department of Defence, Deputy Kehoe, brought a delegation to Brussels to meet the European Commissioner for...