Results 501-520 of 1,053,618 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Thomas Gould OR speaker:Brendan Howlin OR speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick OR speaker:Cathal Berry OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Michael Moynihan) in 'Committee meetings'
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: How much does that cost per year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Irish Water has a lot of highly skilled staff. It has been outlined that and why it needs them. For example, there were 67 on more than €150,000 last year. Some are receiving bonuses of in the region of €30,000. There are a significant number of people - 280 last year - on more than €100,000 on top of that. It has a lot of highly qualified people. How much did...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: It spent more than €2 million. Does Irish Water hire PR companies?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: That is Irish Water staff. I am asking if it hires PR companies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Would Irish Water get a PR company to write a press release if it was sending something to the newspapers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: People would be trained by a PR company, however.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: How much does Irish Water spend on PR in-house and out-house?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I was struck by the press release in The Irish Times on 7 February. There were a lot of phrases and language in it that to me looked like copy and paste and stuff I see coming from PR companies. There were words and sentences one would see over and over again. Mr. Gleeson might come back to the committee with that figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: How many engineers has Irish Water got in-house?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: In the region of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is it 100 or 1,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: It would be closer to 1,000. That is a lot of highly skilled people. I will revert to Deputy Murphy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am sorry, Mr. Gleeson, but someone has a device switched on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Deputy Murphy may continue. I am sorry about that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Yes. I will call Deputy O’Connor now, as I know he has another engagement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Laffey for that clarification because it was raised yesterday in the Dáil.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I want to revert to some questions I have. We know that data centres are using a lot of electricity. How much water do they need? What percentage of your water is it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Okay, so it is not huge.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I will move on to the issue of local representation. I served on a county council, as have some of the members who are present. I think Deputy Murphy and I served on county councils when water services were under the remit of local authorities. It was fairly satisfactory because if there was a local problem, it would go to a local engineer and the problem would be identified and resolved...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: We were running around in rings for a year, as were dozens of other people, including those in the call centre for which Uisce Éireann is paying €15 million per year, and the billing department. There are layers of people involved in this stage, but this has to be simpler. There has to be a straight line of communication and it has to be short. The longer you make the line of...