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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: I agree with Mr. Conlon on that. The OPW should never have been doing this but that does not save the taxpayers’ money.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: We have the Land Development Agency Where was it in all of this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) James O'Connor: I thank the Chair. First and foremost, I want to acknowledge that 12 months have passed since Storm Babet. A huge body of work has been undertaken locally by the local authority and in conjunction with the OPW in 2023 in trying to advance the Midleton flood relief scheme, which has been long overdue. I wish to acknowledge that at the start of my remarks. I might come back to Mr. Casey...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) James O'Connor: Okay. How many Members requested this work?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) James O'Connor: Was the letter issued to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, the OPW directly, or was it referred onto them by An Ceann Comhairle?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) James O'Connor: Right. Does Ms Collier have a copy of that correspondence?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) James O'Connor: Can she provide that letter to me?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) James O'Connor: Can Ms Collier provide the names of the Members on that list?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) James O'Connor: Can Ms Collier find that information for me now?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) James O'Connor: We need that information before the end of the meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) James O'Connor: There needs to be accountability on this. It is hard to know where to start. For an agency in charge of 2,500 properties across the State, there is an unmerciful amount of, what we call, blindfolded trust on the OPW's side of the table. This has done inordinate damage to the reputation of our national Parliament and to the public's perception of what the State is spending hard-earned...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: Was there any shareholding in the five of them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: Mr. Fitzsimons might have information on that. Was one of the contractors a subsidiary of the main contractor?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: Would that be normal?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: I want to get into the timelines here. The cost comes to an average of between €130,000 and €160,000 per unit. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: When it comes to the overall cost, will Mr. Conlon explain how in the name of God did they get to what is now the final figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: I know, it is sites.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: I saw the reports. If the average was coming in at €145,000 and the cost is coming in at-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: -----€442,0000, that means it is €297,000 for site works per unit. That is absolutely beyond stupid.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (22 Oct 2024) Alan Kelly: The differential is €297,000.