Results 801-820 of 1,055,405 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Seán Haughey OR speaker:Ossian Smyth OR speaker:Eamon Ryan OR speaker:Marc MacSharry OR speaker:Paul McAuliffe) in 'Committee meetings'
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: I am not asking Mr. Conlon to make a comment. I am here not to defend the system; I am here on behalf of the people. As the Chair knows, we had the same in this room with Mr. Holohan at the health committee, where, in the Minister's words, "Tony wanted a new challenge". It seems Mr. Conlon's predecessor wanted a new challenge and spent €35,000 of taxpayers' money. You could not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: I have other questions. There must be surface-to-air missiles over in the security hut. There is no doubt about it. We will have another hearing on that one, and I do not care how much ducting or what security concerns were involved. I had not noticed the new building and had to look it up. I have seen it, with the roof looking like Trump's hairstyle. Some €1.4 million spent on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: Great. I understand that. I have no doubt that somebody tendered for the project in all the appropriate ways and the €1.4 million spent could not be better value. It is absolutely laughable in the extreme. Common sense and respect for the punter, the taxpayer, is well down the list compared to the protection of the status quo.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: I am not comparing like with like. This needs a meeting all on its own. Was either project entered for architectural awards and did they win any?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: I have a question for Mr. Casey. All politics is local, but I am not running again. Is coastal erosion-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: I am not reconsidering.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: Definitely not. If you gave me 35 grand to do an aul MBA, I might stick around for a couple of years. Is coastal erosion under the remit of the OPW? The western seaboard, as we know, is rotting away because the weather is the way it is. I am in the Sligo area and there are big problems where I live in Strandhill. The fantastic head of public affairs at the OPW also lives there and I am...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: Mr. Mooney is talking about the minor works scheme, which is still there for people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: Have any applications relevant to coastal erosion in Strandhill been made by Sligo County Council to the OPW under the minor works scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: Mr. Mooney would know if there was such an application. I know, for example, that Galway might make approximately 17 applications per year and Sligo might make six per year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: There cannot be that many applications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: Would it be safe to say there is no current application before the OPW?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: Will Mr. Mooney check and come back to me?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: Rosses Point is also an issue. A village, Strandhill, has almost fallen into the sea on one side. On the other side is Sligo Golf Club and so on. There is a big issue there. An important place called Shelly Valley is under threat. It would be preferable for Mr. Mooney to give me a note on the issue. I worry that it is not going to be a local issue but a national issue. I am conscious-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: I am concerned. Fianna Fáil has been draining the River Shannon since 1946. We have not got there yet. Mr. Mooney will send me a note on the issue. I thank him and I apologise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: It is the result of spending 22 years listening to similar answers, albeit not from Mr. Mooney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: Do not be stuck if you need somebody to do an MBA or anything. I am certainly available.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: May I make one point on that issue? It is good to hear from the chief architect, who does fantastic work. Our job, however, is not to praise the fantastic work. It is to call out the glitches. I agree with Mr. O'Connor that the problem is not systemic. When there are glitches, however, the practice of the State is to circle the wagons and blame it on systemic failure because we will not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Marc MacSharry: It mitigates the impact, probably from about €10 million down to about €9.3 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: If possible, I would like the committee to get that information from the parties involved. Is there a procurement framework document on which suppliers of projects valued at €500,000, €1 million or whatever are put? How does it work?