Results 321-340 of 1,153,492 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Áine Brady OR speaker:Mary Lou McDonald OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh OR speaker:Aindrias Moynihan OR speaker:Leo Varadkar OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh22 OR speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan OR speaker:Niamh Smyth OR speaker:Chris Andrews OR speaker:Danny Healy-Rae OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Cormac Devlin OR speaker:Michael Collins OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn OR speaker:Alan Kelly OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh29 OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh30 OR speaker:Mick Barry OR speaker:Áine Brady06 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh28 OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh09 OR speaker:Mark Ward OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh16 OR speaker:Heather Humphreys OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh27 OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh20 OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh12 OR speaker:Áine Brady4 OR speaker:Jackie Cahill OR speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor OR speaker:Neale Richmond OR speaker:Michael Creed OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh6 OR speaker:Martin Kenny OR speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh3 OR speaker:Bríd Smith OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl5 OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice) in 'Committee meetings'

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: I thank Mr. Casey. I want to ask about the PR consultant contract in respect of which the tender was withdrawn. Was there a reason for that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: Is Mr. Conlon going to reappoint the current consultants for another year? I believe that is allowed.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Verona Murphy: Reports in the newspapers this morning indicate that Mr. Conlon was concerned about his reputation. I am sure he knows this already, but from the public's perspective and from our perspective in the context of value for money, it would be much easier to enhance his reputation if the mistakes made by the OPW are not continued. If we learn from them, Mr. Conlon will not need a PR consultant.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Greens say it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: No, the Greens have never said that. I do not need to speak for the Green Party but it does not say that either because it follows the evidence. We saw figures published today that show more progress on emissions reduction, farmers yet again stepping up and, quite frankly, farming and agriculture making more progress than some other parts of our economy, which should be acknowledged as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is great that we have it. You guys did not want it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: We have it anyway - we can agree on that much - so it is now a matter of having a discussion about how to spend it. I am sure we will have that conversation again. That does provide opportunities in terms of how we will use that windfall tax revenue to invest further in infrastructure. I imagine we will have a longer debate in the not-too-distant future but I do not accept that this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: The reason I got into politics - I have been a building contractor all my life and I am a block layer by trade - is that I want to help build for the future. I want to use my experience. I do not build for local authorities. I have always had our own jobs to do. For 40 or 50 years, we have been promised infrastructure. The Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, who is sitting behind...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I have a Cabinet Minister from the Deputy's constituency in-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: The junior and now the senior since the Taoiseach stepped down. Only for that, there would-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Will the Deputy allow the Taoiseach answer?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: I think the Deputy meant to say when I stepped up.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Stepped up or stepped down, whichever.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is like Lanigan's Ball. He stepped out and I stepped in.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2024)

Simon Harris: When I became leader, I appointed a Minister from the Deputy's constituency to the Cabinet. The Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, also serves the Deputy's constituency. Both of them advocate for the area. Statements of an absolute nature that no infrastructure has been delivered do not stand up to any degree of scrutiny.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It states: A significant level of works is required to bring the site up to standard. The average cost per unit of developing sites, including connectivity to services - gas, water and communications - and extensive remediation works on suboptimal sites available is in the region of €150,000. I fail to grasp how I have €442,000, and if I subtract €150,000 for the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will move on because it does not sound like Mr. Conlon is going to give me an answer. It is entirely unsatisfactory that he said that a unit is €150,000, which is the top end figure, and I am missing €150,000 in his calculations. I will move on. In terms of delivering value for money, Mr. Conlon said the cost is approximately €150,000 for 45 sq. m, which according...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I had a look at HUF Haus, the German company that does really fancy, Dermot Bannon-type houses, costs €2,000 to €2,500 per sq. m. Shomera is another, although I am not necessarily comparing like for like but, including installation and construction on-site, the cost is €2,081 per sq. m. HUF Haus produces top-of-the-range units. Mr. Conlon is saying we are paying 150%...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Had the OPW gone to Shomera, it would have cost €2,081 per sq. m.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am flabbergasted by those answers. I had a number of issues to go into by way of contractors' lists but the Chair was very good to let me in when I arrived late.