Results 521-540 of 1,054,602 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Maurice Quinlivan OR speaker:Verona Murphy OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh) in 'Committee meetings'
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: It would take approximately 75 to 80 years to replace it at that rate. Would that be correct, Mr. Laffey?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Did I hear correctly that Irish Water has more than 3,100 employees. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Irish Water obviously has to use contractors.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Does it also use call centres?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: It has one call centre.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Has it ever had more than one call centre?
- 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.