Results 401-420 of 1,049,541 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ray Butler OR speaker:Paschal Donohoe OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Verona Murphy OR speaker:Carol Nolan OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín)
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: Yes, Mr. Fitzgerald.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: Does Professor Kilcommins know who provided the contract - who drew it up?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: Maybe Professor Kilcommins could find that out. If that was not dealt with, the same mistake can be made again if we do not know how it happened.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: Let the committee know how it was dealt with and who was responsible at least.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: And it was not a new phenomenon. It was obviously standard for a while.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: It is all about what we learn from mistakes. There is a long way to go here before there is evidence of learning but I will expect to see it next year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: I have one important question. What is the normal valuation put on a student bed as being value for money? What is the normal cost? This query is probably for Mr. McCaffrey.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: It costs that much per bed for student accommodation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: Would external solicitors be involved in these things or is it just HR that is dealing with it internally?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: It was €130,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: If the Department saw a proposal that was costed at in or around €200,000, it would be happy enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: That is the development cost. I asked what would value for money in this regard be. Is the Department in agreement with that amount quoted in respect of value for money?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: Is there no consideration at all in the Department whether we get value for money?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: We saw where that got us now with the OPW paying €442,000 for a prefab.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: How does the Department look at it? Where do its representatives go to look at it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: How is this figure for the development cost established? Does a developer just come in and say it is costing €200,000? I would probably have a good insight on the basis of it being a fact that once we go up in densities, etc., it is costly. At the same time, however, the Department has turned down a project priced at €130,000 per bed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: I am sorry, but I do not understand. That would have been value for money then.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: Unfortunately, that is why we are where we are. It is the students who are being penalised.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: University of Limerick
Special Report No. 117 of the Comptroller Auditor General: University of Limerick Property Acquisitions in Limerick City (3 Oct 2024) Verona Murphy: Well-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)
Verona Murphy: I apologise but the bell is ringing here in my office. Regarding the Department of Education, if we are looking to discuss school transport, which I absolutely am, can we have a representative from the Department of Transport, so that we can have proper engagement on this? Ultimately, it is tendered to Bus Éireann, so we cannot have proper engagement without having both of bodies in....