Children’s science museum cost fears rise as detail of €560,000 legal bill emerges
TD says proposed €70m project for Dublin could turn into a ‘mini national children’s hospital’
Public Accounts Committee
Former UL president being paid €175,000 while on year-long sabbatical, PAC hears
Public Accounts Committee hearing: Kerstin May resigned as UL chief last June and is on leave in new post as professor of visual culture
‘I wasn’t responsible’: Former OPW minister says he learned of Oireachtas bike shed cost in media
Patrick O’Donovan agrees with view of Pashcal Donohoe, who said he was ‘embarrassed’ at price paid for structure
Doubling of build cost for Ukrainians’ modular homes ‘unacceptable’, says PAC chairman
State agreements being entered into with contractors are not fit for purpose, according to Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley
Cost of rapid-build accommodation set to double to potentially €442,000 per unit, C&AG says
Value-for-money report also reveals Revenue assessment that retailer Dunnes Stores owed State more than €36 million was settled for €5 million
Children’s hospital completion date now June 2025, TDs to be told
Board overseeing €2.2 billion project says contractors will ‘not be given another cent’ as Taoiseach warns of penalties
Siún Ní Raghallaigh, seven months after RTÉ affair: the Oireachtas hearings were ‘vicious. People were unfairly treated, as if they had no rights’
Former RTÉ chairwoman on ‘vicious’ Dáil hearings, a missed opportunity to fund the national broadcaster and life after being in the public glare of the Montrose psychodrama
‘Your bike could still get wet’: Review into ‘inexcusable’ €336,000 bike shed at Leinster House requested
OPW says public money must be spent ‘transparently’ as Minister of State confirms review into cost
PR firm warned Road Safety Authority about ‘tricky’ Public Accounts Committee members
Dublin public relations agency Drury provided short biographical notes on each TD
New national children’s hospital board set to sanction project’s builders, correspondence shows
‘Continued failure by BAM’ to deliver a compliant programme of works for facility, Public Accounts Committee told
‘Eyesore’ Grand Canal barriers have cost €125,000 to date with four future options in consideration, PAC told
Barriers were erected in May along 2km-stretch of canal to prevent homeless migrants pitching tents
Nature of Road Safety Authority’s funding a ‘crucial conflict of interest’, PAC hears
Almost all of the body’s €100 million in income for 2022 came from fees for its services including NCTs and driver testing
Taoiseach Simon Harris leads tributes following death of former Cork TD Bernard Allen
Mr Allen (79) served as a Minister of State and as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee
How did today’s Supreme Court ruling over Angela Kerins’s claim for damages come about?
Angela Kerins appeared before the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee amid public controversy about the charity sector in 2014
Supreme Court to rule on appeal by Angela Kerins in PAC damages claim
Lawyers for former Rehab chief executive claim client subjected to ‘witch hunt’ style of questioning by committee
State has ‘legal obligation’ to deliver National Children’s Science Centre which could cost €70m
Plan questioned after similar facility, ‘the Explorium’, reopened this year after pandemic
PAC chairman: close public contract ‘loopholes’ to reduce risk to taxpayer money
‘Major overhaul’ needed in how public bodies and government are signing off on contracts, says Brian Stanley
National children’s hospital development stretches back 13 years
Development marked by missed deadlines and ballooning costs
The Irish Times view on the National Children’s Hospital: another chapter in the never-ending saga
With massive State investment planned over the next few years in a range of areas, it is vital that lessons are learned and applied in future big projects
National Children’s Hospital: New ‘substantial completion’ date now February 2025, TDs told
Hospital will not be able to admit patients until August 2025 at the earliest, public spending watchdog hears
Delivery of new national children’s hospital set to be further delayed
The project has been beset by delays and spiralling costs but it was expected that ‘substantial completion’ of the hospital would happen by October 29th
Newly purchased navy ship won’t be deployed until staff numbers increase
Staffing issues mean Naval Service can deploy just two of eight vessels for patrols, with one left on standby
Ireland’s reputation being ‘rubbished’ by Defence Forces recruitment and retention issues
Independent TD Verona Murphy makes criticism as senior Department of Defence officials appear at Public Accounts Committee
UL staff expressed ‘multiple concerns very early on’ over student housing project, PAC hears
Controls to properly regulate the transaction were ‘overridden’, committee told
University of Limerick student housing scheme went ahead despite concerns, PAC hears
Dáil committee told that ‘key information’ was not available before deal exceeding €11m was approved in 2022
RTÉ reports: PAC chair calls for ‘speedy implementation’ of recommendations on culture and governance
Public has grown weary of the scandals within national broadcaster, says Brian Stanley
UK accepted return of 201 migrants from Ireland under current deal but none were sent
Britain says it has no legal obligation to accept returns under post-Brexit arrangement, but requests have been accepted by both
‘Incredible’: RSA decision not to appear before Public Accounts Committee criticised
Considerable anger on Public Accounts Committee over State body’s failure to appear
Estimated €450m expected to have been spent on metro projects before Metrolink construction
Figure includes estimated €300 million on current plan to connect Dublin airport to the city centre and €150m on past initiatives
Passenger growth on redesigned BusConnects routes ‘far higher’ than on those with no changes
National Transport Authority to appear before Public Accounts Committee in relation to programme overhauling Dublin’s bus network
Over 20,000 international protection applicants could apply for asylum in Ireland during 2024
Figure for first three months of the year is 75 per cent higher than comparable figure for last year
Immigration reforms: Higher level of passenger document checks at gates could see airlines avoid fines
Number of people claiming international protection in first 12 weeks of 2024 was 75% ahead of same period last year, committee to hear
Garda at centre of bicycle controversy fully reinstated, now considering legal action
Garda Commissioner told the Public Accounts Committee he did not agree that the investigation lacked a common-sense approach
National Gallery spends over €200,000 on severance deal with staff member
Details of the cost of the agreement with unnamed staff member are included in National Gallery’s annual report
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