Results 521-540 of 1,047,183 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Máiría Cahill OR speaker:Catherine Murphy OR speaker:Joan Collins OR speaker:Bríd Smith OR speaker:Catherine Martin)

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There were other ancillary measures to allow for entry through the ministerial gate while the security hut was under construction. There was security at the back gate of the Dáil. Can we ensure that is included? However, the important part will be to get the business case and the value-for-money report so we have a view of the total amount of the spend. I presume the business case...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: In the OPW response to the committee on 13 June, it indicated there are no insurance valuations for the heritage properties in State ownership as they are covered by the State's own indemnity. I requested a follow-up and the OPW confirmed there is no insurance valuation on Castletown House. The majority of OPW heritage assets are recorded on an asset register with a €1 value on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McCarthy for that reply. For the benefit of the committee, there is an entrance that was built at the same time as the house and for the past 17 years it has been purely pedestrian. It is incredibly popular, one of the most popular sites in the country. For the past 17 years, there has been access at the rear that is leased from the owner. The owner offered it for sale...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, it was offered for sale first to the OPW which went to the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform which spent six months navel gazing and no decision was made.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: We had them before the committee in the past. My understanding is that the figure was around €5 million. It was sold for perhaps €1 million more. I cannot be sure of the amount. It was a closed bidding process. The problem is that this asset now cannot be enjoyed in the first instance and, given the money that has gone into it, it was very shortsighted not to have purchased...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yesterday, or the day before yesterday, a portion of it went up for sale.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The problem is that access in is important. To even get a lease it would be important to get access but that requires a willing partner and the new owner is not a willing partner. My point is that we often look at value for money as things, that is, on what we spend and what we get for it. Not spending the amount of money to buy it is almost criminal. It is outrageous, let us put it that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Most certainly, yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: If we just flag that the matter has come up.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: That is going to be flagged for them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It is certainly a matter that several of us have an interest in pursuing.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Again, can we ask the OPW in advance of coming in about the business case and the value-for-money report? Please ask them to provide that in advance.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: And how that has changed, given the one that is out in Sandyford.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I raise another thing we should look for. We should write to the OPW to ask it if a capacity review has been conducted within the past ten years or so and if so, whether a report was produced. If it was, the OPW should provide the committee with it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: When it comes to the OPW, I do not know what the position is. There is a relatively new chair. Many of the things that happened did so under his predecessor. Can we ask the previous chair to be included in the invitation?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Can we ask him then?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, but we will ask anyway on that basis.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I wish to refer to correspondence that came in to Deputy Pa Daly's office. It came from an Irishman who is married to a man who does not have Irish citizenship. His husband had exceeded the wait time considerably and he was in contact with a number of others who were in the same situation. Many people received emails from the Department of Justice stating that there was a delay but that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Citizenship Applications (26 Sep 2024)

James Browne: I acknowledge that in the past there were significant delays in processing citizenship applications. What the Minister, the officials in the Department and I have done to streamline matters and introduce a new processing system with the online application form and e-vetting has led to a significant change in the processing time relating to citizenship applications. I am confident that by...