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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Is an official completely on their own to calculate and determine the estimate cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Were other people within the OPW aware of that estimate, even if they were not reviewing it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: A decision was then made that we needed to go down the procurement route and Mr. Conlon mentioned in his report that can be done by either an advertisement on eTenders or by way of the measured term maintenance contracts, MTMC, framework scheme. Why was it decided not to proceed by way of advertisement on eTenders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: In terms of the bike sheds in Government Buildings and Farmleigh, and maybe Ms Collier would know more about this, were they advertised on eTenders or were they completed under MTMC?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: With the benefit of hindsight, does Mr. Conlon think that would have been the better avenue to proceed here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: When a decision is made to proceed down the MTMC framework route, who decides and on what basis is it decided which of the two contractors on that framework get the work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: When that contractor got the job, was it informed of the estimated cost that had been put on it by the OPW?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: When did the cost estimate come in from the contractor? Obviously, before the contractor starts the work it has to indicate to the OPW how much it is going to charge. When did that happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: What was that estimate? Was it in line with what was ultimately charged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Are those estimates just provided to the relevant officer as he or she is referred to in the report or does it go to a higher level within the OPW?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: When the relevant officer received the outline, bill or indication from the contractor as to what it was going to cost, he or she probably was not surprised because they had already set a price or an estimated cost of €350,000, is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: From listening to the witnesses today and listening to Mr. Conlon today, he is stating unambiguously that the expenditure is not consistent with the scale of the project under consideration. At what stage does this go beyond the small team and somebody in the OPW says this is a completely inappropriate price we are paying? When does that happen?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (25 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the review of the enforcement of child maintenance orders. [38098/24]

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: This Bill has been introduced because of the equality provision under Article 41 of the Constitution. Under that provision, there is a requirement to ensure that all citizens shall be dealt with equally before the law. That means that when the State and particularly the Oireachtas, when we enact laws, cannot unjustly or arbitrarily discriminate between citizens. It does not mean we cannot...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: -----and I met a man who had been convicted of murder and had received a life sentence. He was not in any way trying to impress me but I was surprised by what he said to me, that when he was being brought up as a young man, he was taught by his father that all the problems in his life could be resolved through violence. He believed that into his 20s and 30s. He consistently believed that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classrooms available to children with special needs attending national schools in the Dublin 4 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37853/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider closing the International Protection Office on Mount Street and establishing smaller application centres throughout the country, in order that all applicants are not required to congregate on Mount Street, Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37492/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (24 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to establishing a mechanism to validate the registration status of the owner’s address for those who have microchipped their pet dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37519/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 364. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons at present being provided with accommodation by IPAS that have been granted or refused international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37493/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (24 Sep 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the physiotherapy waiting list for each local health area as of 1 September 2024, or latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12, and the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he would indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-4, 5-17, 18-64 years and aged 65 plus, in tabular form. [37798/24]