asked the Minister for Finance (a) the number of (i) permanent and (ii) temporary civil servants; (b) their cost to the State for each year since 1957; and (c) their estimated cost for 1972-73.
Written Answers. - OPW Expenditure.
123.
The information sought by the Deputy is not available at present. If the Deputy would repeat the question in a fortnight's time, I hope to have the necessary information.
124.
asked the Minister for Finance (a) the total amount paid by the Office of Public Works to each architect in each year for the past five years; and (b) the names of the architects.
I presume the question refers to architects in private practice commissioned by the Office of Public Works on a fee basis.
The information is as follows:
Total amount paid to each architect each year since 1/4/67.
|
Name of Architect |
1967-68 |
1968-69 |
1969-70 |
1970-71 |
1971-72 |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Boyle, Liam |
— |
900 |
226.92 |
919.97 |
757.38 |
|
Brennan Louis J. and Associates |
— |
1,000 |
— |
— |
861.41 |
|
Buckley, Ryan & O'Corman |
— |
— |
100.00 |
1,303.64 |
1,149.71 |
|
Cantwell, W. & Associates |
— |
— |
— |
— |
349.31 |
|
Castello and Associates |
624 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Creedon, Robert |
3,500.00 |
2,837.00 |
2,334.00 |
1,000.00 |
— |
|
Cullen, T. J. & Co. |
— |
— |
1,000.00 |
— |
— |
|
Ellis, Brendan J. |
— |
— |
812.30 |
1,842.35 |
— |
|
Fehily and Associates |
— |
— |
— |
— |
648.59 |
|
Fitzgerald, Desmond |
125.00 |
— |
991.15 |
570.00 |
— |
|
Hanly, Daithi P. |
1,000.00 |
1,000.00 |
1,000.00 |
800.00 |
150.00 |
|
Hooper, Mayne & Partners |
— |
— |
— |
1,316.40 |
— |
|
Kennedy, Thomas P. |
— |
— |
1,000.00 |
— |
— |
|
Lardner and Partners |
— |
3,038.40 |
148.77 |
— |
1,528.56 |
|
Turlough Lynch & Associates |
— |
— |
1,200.00 |
— |
2,000.00 |
|
R. McGrath |
354.00 |
124.00 |
— |
— |
— |
|
McKenna, Pearse |
— |
4,153.00 |
33.20 |
3,393.25 |
1,950.00 |
|
Murray & Beaumont |
— |
1,500.00 |
1,041.27 |
— |
946.00 |
|
Newenham, Mulligan and Associates |
— |
— |
— |
2,040.00 |
— |
|
O'Connor, Brendan |
— |
— |
752.75 |
999.00 |
775.25 |
|
O'Connor, H. G. L. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,000.00 |
|
O'Toole, Dermot |
— |
692.86 |
218.80 |
140.68 |
— |
|
Stephenson, Gibney and Associates |
— |
— |
1,400.00 |
2,166.52 |
1,704.58 |
|
Williamson, T. F. |
— |
— |
— |
150.95 |
— |
125.
asked the Minister for Finance (a) the total amount paid by the Office of Public Works to each quantity surveyor in each year for the past five years; and (b) the names of the quantity surveyors.
The information requested is as follows:
|
Payments |
|||||
|
Name of Quantity Surveyor |
1967-68 |
1968-69 |
1969-70 |
1970-71 |
1971-72 |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Beckett & Medcalf |
2,000.00 |
1,482.48 |
— |
— |
3,061.00 |
|
Richard J. Bigger |
411.01 |
457.27 |
1,100.00 |
144.86 |
— |
|
Boyd & Creed |
1,206.26 |
184.24 |
851.26 |
342.95 |
1,250.89 |
|
Brian O'Baoill |
438.49 |
— |
— |
400.00 |
412.50 |
|
Patrick A. Butler |
— |
— |
1,298.23 |
300.00 |
— |
|
Thomas M. Clear |
— |
350.00 |
— |
157.40 |
400.00 |
|
Gabriel M. Cleere |
600.00 |
230.01 |
— |
2,000.00 |
— |
|
Stanley J. Coggin |
— |
— |
530.91 |
1,372.53 |
138.16 |
|
Fergal J. Coghlan |
632.09 |
1,139.67 |
— |
1,232.79 |
296.80 |
|
Brendan J. Collins |
617.25 |
564.96 |
730.00 |
773.94 |
262.21 |
|
P. F. Coveney |
326.59 |
446.72 |
547.16 |
1,536.48 |
— |
|
John J. Cromie |
— |
1,600.00 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Francis Cross |
1,902.07 |
1,400.00 |
1,200.00 |
— |
152.93 |
|
John Cuddy |
250.00 |
150.37 |
910.72 |
— |
543.28 |
|
Ml. D'Alton & Co. |
— |
— |
796.22 |
— |
— |
|
Thos. D'Arcy |
400.74 |
1,700.00 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Dooley & Leonard |
2,744.96 |
1,000.00 |
— |
— |
2,612.10 |
|
Vincent Drum |
427.58 |
700.17 |
3,352.00 |
— |
920.89 |
|
John J. Gannon |
— |
— |
— |
2,126.99 |
1,480.22 |
|
J. C. Healy |
— |
1,170.00 |
248.04 |
450.00 |
— |
|
Henley & Kavanagh |
— |
742.33 |
597.56 |
— |
625.57 |
|
Joseph C. Hogan |
563.12 |
— |
506.67 |
— |
571.00 |
|
Francis J. Horne |
424.10 |
— |
— |
1,037.03 |
— |
|
Hyland, Tierney & Associates |
— |
2,700.00 |
— |
148.07 |
— |
|
T. B. Kennedy |
— |
— |
2,409.00 |
441.00 |
— |
|
Aidan Kernan |
125.00 |
350.00 |
112.53 |
250.00 |
— |
|
Keogh & McConnell |
362.65 |
— |
— |
136.50 |
— |
|
D. King |
480.81 |
401.33 |
— |
1,066.00 |
375.00 |
|
Leonard & Williams |
— |
2,600.00 |
1,400.00 |
189.19 |
1,585.18 |
|
McGreevy & Partners |
2,000.00 |
10,000.00 |
14,850.00 |
16,000.00 |
9,500.00 |
|
Terence O'McLoughlin |
454.80 |
— |
— |
400.00 |
141.04 |
|
Brendan F. Merry & Associates |
— |
— |
541.07 |
— |
1,219.03 |
|
Patrick Molloy |
362.00 |
1,180.27 |
1,297.75 |
496.44 |
2,841.12 |
|
Seamus Monahan |
— |
— |
— |
— |
6,247.54 |
|
Morrison & Buckley |
1,297.82 |
— |
1,651.39 |
— |
993.27 |
|
Mulcahy & Associates |
3,000.00 |
6,411.97 |
500.00 |
266.50 |
— |
|
S. McDermott Murphy |
528.15 |
595.98 |
1,531.30 |
— |
— |
|
Dermod O'Brien |
372.60 |
— |
1,150.33 |
— |
983.50 |
|
John O'Brien & Partners |
— |
713.18 |
— |
630.25 |
152.82 |
|
T. J. O'Halloran |
— |
— |
873.45 |
— |
— |
|
Niall O'Kelly |
177.00 |
— |
— |
4,000.00 |
5,000.00 |
|
Patterson & Kempster |
— |
— |
1,904.01 |
21.42 |
— |
|
A. F. Reddy |
1,212.82 |
— |
8,101.35 |
— |
12,696.37 |
|
James Sheehan |
781.55 |
1,129.09 |
— |
600.00 |
— |
|
F. D. Shortall |
— |
600.00 |
— |
739.70 |
— |
|
A. E. Smith & Co. |
406.98 |
400.00 |
— |
— |
548.85 |
|
Speidel & Partners |
983.50 |
4,597.43 |
2,958.84 |
— |
3,236.46 |
|
A. F. Whelan |
— |
1,802.58 |
410.31 |
1,045.48 |
— |
|
T. C. Whelan |
— |
6,494.88 |
— |
— |
— |
126.
asked the Minister for Finance (a) the total amount paid by the Office of Public Works to each engineer in each year for the past five years; and (b) the names of the engineers.
I presume the question refers to engineers commissioned by the Office of Public Works on a fee basis.
The information is as follows:
|
Name of Engineer |
Total amount paid to each Engineer each year since 1/4/67 |
||||
|
1967-68 |
1968-69 |
1969-70 |
1970-71 |
1971-72 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Barry, John B. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
3,500 |
|
Bjuke, Carl G. |
— |
100 |
1,022 |
1,330 |
— |
|
Bourke, W. J. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
210 |
|
Clarke, Fergus T. |
— |
— |
— |
533.90 |
1,800 |
|
Clifton, C. H. |
4,890.30 |
319 |
600 |
2,124.05 |
491.82 |
|
Coyle, Dermot C. |
— |
— |
— |
378.50 |
1,107.65 |
|
Delap and Waller |
1,996.29 |
1,847.28 |
4,375.65 |
2,055.23 |
2,105.48 |
|
De Leuw, Chadwick, O'hEocha |
60.55 |
879.48 |
— |
7,031.15 |
2,214.35 |
|
Egan, John |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,000 |
|
Garland, Thos. & Partners |
800 |
1,126 |
— |
— |
1,232 |
|
Hanrahan, Prof. E. T. |
— |
— |
— |
— |
94.50 |
|
Illingworth T. |
— |
121.68 |
403.20 |
1,036.82 |
832.70 |
|
Kenny & Partners |
12,500 |
2,473.37 |
4,000 |
18,488.19 |
— |
|
Keoghan, Donald |
— |
— |
— |
1,500 |
— |
|
Killeen, A. B. |
— |
— |
— |
300 |
150 |
|
Larchet, Gerard J. |
3,751.09 |
— |
1,097.36 |
— |
2,450 |
|
Lyons & Partners |
5,293.89 |
— |
3,876.93 |
3,240.34 |
1,552.50 |
|
McArdle, McSweeney & O'Malley |
— |
— |
— |
5,611.67 |
1,104.06 |
|
McCullough & Associates |
— |
— |
— |
— |
2,812.00 |
|
Molony, Sir Hugh |
— |
812.90 |
— |
— |
— |
|
O'Connell & Harley |
536.61 |
473 |
434.62 |
1,121.86 |
1,290.80 |
|
O'Connor, T. J. & Associates |
— |
— |
— |
1,741.86 |
15.34 |
|
O'Leary, D. |
— |
— |
— |
1,696.49 |
— |
|
O'Dwyer, Nicholas, Son & Partners |
— |
754.96 |
691.20 |
— |
432.93 |
|
Ove Arup & Partners |
3,875 |
6,931.93 |
3,369.73 |
25,090 |
16,139.16 |
|
Pettit, E. G. & Partners |
3,000 |
3,000 |
— |
2,000 |
— |
|
Rooney & McLoughlin |
— |
— |
458 |
1,624.64 |
769.13 |
|
Stephens, Prof. L. F. |
— |
— |
— |
236.25 |
— |
|
Tierney, J. V. & Co. |
— |
— |
1,300 |
476.78 |
— |
|
Varming, Mulcahy Reilly & Associates |
88.12 |
— |
— |
1,350.02 |
469.49 |
|
Walsh, Malachy |
— |
— |
1,000 |
150 |
4,248.14 |
|
Wren, Matt |
2,186.60 |
— |
— |
426.97 |
— |
127.
asked the Minister for Finance (a) the total amount paid by the Office of Public Works to each auctioneer in each year for the past five years; and (b) the names of the auctioneers.
Following is the information requested:
|
Year |
Auctioneer |
Amount of fees paid |
|
£ |
||
|
1967-68 |
Messrs. T. McKeogh & Sons Ltd., 23 Blackhall Street, Dublin 7. |
1,100 |
|
1968-69 |
Mr. T. J. Gavin, Rochfortbridge. |
27.90 |
|
Mr. Vincent J. Clarke, Park Street, Dundalk. |
25 |
|
|
Messrs. P. J. O'Dwyer & Co., 1 Clare Street, Dublin 2. |
40 |
|
|
1969-70 |
Messrs. Sheeran Ltd., 25 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin 1. |
35 |
|
1970-71 |
Messrs. Sheeran Ltd., 25 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin 1. |
70 |
|
1971-72 |
Messrs. Sheeran Ltd., 25 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin 1. |
35 |
|
Messrs. A. J. Sexton & Son, 59 O'Connell Street, Limerick. |
3,250 |
128.
asked the Minister for Finance (a) the total amount paid by the Office of Public Works to each consultant in each year for the past five years; and (b) the names of the consultants.
Following is the information requested:
|
Name of Consultants |
Year |
Amount Paid |
|
£ |
||
|
Polycon Group (Building Industry Consultants) |
1967-68 |
1,480.72 |
|
Herbert Berry (Furniture Designer) |
1967-681968-69 |
817.36273.00 |
|
Professor Ralph Downes (Organ Consultant) |
1967-68 |
£ 67.10 |
|
Professor L. Cremer (Acoustics Consultant) |
1969-70 |
592.84 |
|
Henry Smith (Catering Consultant) |
1967-68 |
108.50 |
129.
asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent each year by the Office of Public Works for the past five years on various architectural projects to provide new and improved facilities for research, training and advisory services for the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
The expenditure involved was as follows:
|
1967-68 |
£60,065 |
|
1968-69 |
£139,550 |
|
1969-70 |
£199,295 |
|
1970-71 |
£116,965 |
|
1971-72 |
£185,000 |
130.
asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent each year by the Office of Public Works on boat lifting facilities, harbour buildings and major fishery harbours; and if he will indicate the harbours improved.
The Office of Public Works has for many years carried out improvements to fishery harbours including such facilities as those mentioned in the question. The total number of harbours improved would run into many hundreds. Particulars for the years 1970-71 and 1971-72 are given below. Up to 31/3/72 the cost was met partly from the Vote for Public Works and Buildings and partly from the Vote for Roinn na Gaeltachta. The projects previously financed from the Vote for Public Works and Buildings are from 1/4/72 paid for from the Vote for Fisheries.
|
1970-71 |
1971-72 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
|
(a) Major Fishery Harbours: |
||
|
Dunmore East |
95,000 |
30,000 |
|
Killybegs |
5,000 |
3,000 |
|
Castletownbere |
142,000 |
112,000 |
|
Howth |
11,000 |
5,000 |
|
(b) Other Fishery Harbours* |
242,000 |
172,000 |
|
Totals |
495,000 |
322,000 |
* Details of the harbours improved in 1971/72 other than major fishery harbours were supplied in reply to Parliamentary Questions by Deputy Blaney on 24/6/71 and 13/4/72 (Dáil Debates Vols. 254 No. 14. Cols. 2543-2544, 260 No. 2, Cols. 263-266).
131.
asked the Minister for Finance the number of national parks for which the Office of Public Works are responsible; where they are located; and the total acreage of each park.
The Office of Public Works is responsible for seven State-owned parks. These are as follows:
|
Park |
Location |
Acreage |
|
Bourn Vincent Memorial Park |
Killarney, County Kerry |
11,007 |
|
Derrynane National Historic Park |
Caherdaniel, County Kerry |
314 |
|
Ilnacullin (Garinish Island) |
Glengarriff, County Cork |
37 |
|
Phoenix Park |
Dublin City |
1,752 |
|
St. Stephen's Green Park |
Dublin City |
22 |
|
St. Endas |
Rathfarnham, County Dublin |
40 |
|
Kilkenny Castle Park |
Kilkenny |
22 |
132.
asked the Minister for Finance the number of national monuments for which the Office of Public Works are responsible; and where they are located.
The Commissioners of Public Works have responsibility in varying degrees under the National Monuments Acts for over 1,000 monuments or groups of monuments. The monuments are spread throughout the country.
133.
asked the Minister for Finance (a) the names of the firms of architects and landscape consultants appointed to advise on the treatment and development of the area south of the Phoenix Park known as the Inchicore North-Long-meadows estates; (b) the amount of money paid to them to date; (c) the amount due; and (d) the advice given and if his Department are acting on it.
(a) Messrs. Fehily Associates, Landscape Architects and Town Planning Consultants, 7 Clyde Road, Dublin 4. (b) £648.59. (c) £200 (approx.). (d) The consultants submitted outline schemes providing for a range of open-air recreational facilities in the area. The financial and other implications of these schemes are still being examined.
134.
asked the Minister for Finance (a) the total amount spent by the Office of Public Works each year since 1960; and (b) the amount spent under the following headings each year for the same period: (i) new schools, (ii) new Garda barracks, (iii) other buildings, (iv) arterial drainage and (v) Government Departments.
The following is the information requested:
|
1960-61 |
1961-62 |
1962-63 |
1963-64 |
1964-65 |
1965-66 |
1966-67 |
1967-68 |
1968-69 |
1969-70 |
1970-71 |
1971-72 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Total expenditure from Vote for Public Works and Buildings |
4,490,990* |
5,430,345* |
6,926,554* |
8,192,123* |
9,355,210* |
10,117,496 |
8,750,953 |
9,569,296 |
10,678,081 |
11,370,361 |
12,564,256 |
12,841,412 |
|
Grants for the Building Improvement and furnishing of National Schools |
1,260,088 |
1,698,476 |
1,824,430 |
2,325,994 |
2,928,914 |
3,122,470 |
2,772,039 |
2,818,665 |
3,510,154 |
3,761,808 |
3,358,446 |
3,665,142 |
|
Erection and Improvement of Garda Stations |
21,581 |
67,805 |
209,275 |
466,848 |
426,823 |
388,784 |
203,242 |
168,527 |
98,824 |
144,005 |
236,314 |
271,576 |
|
Other works, including the provision and improvement of Government offices, the cost of which is borne on the new works Subhead of the Vote for Public Works and Buildings |
300,889 |
441,212 |
913,449 |
1,043,577 |
1,311,238 |
1,870,315 |
1,295,236 |
1,597,447 |
1,519,432 |
1,440,490 |
1,549,510 |
1,511,153 |
|
Arterial Drainage |
1,092,791 |
1,153,728 |
1,685,355 |
1,875,301 |
1,874,588 |
1,597,864 |
1,351,628 |
1,420,710 |
1,594,457 |
1,672,058 |
2,011,744 |
1,901,895 |
* For the years 1960-61 to 1964-65 (inclusive) the amounts shown represent the total expenditure on Vote 8 (Office of Public Works) and Vote 9 (Public Works and Buildings). These Votes were amalgamated from the year commencing 1st April, 1965.
It would not be possible without an inordinate amount of research to furnish separate figures under the headings (iii) and (v) in the question.
Arterial Drainage
|
Year |
Expenditure |
|
£ |
|
|
1960-61 |
1,092,791 |
|
1961-62 |
1,153,728 |
|
1962-63 |
1,685,355 |
|
1963-64 |
1,875,301 |
|
1964-65 |
1,874,588 |
|
1965-66 |
1,597,864 |
|
1966-67 |
1,351,628 |
|
1967-68 |
1,420,710 |
|
1968-69 |
1,594,457 |
|
1969-70 |
1,672,058 |
|
1970-71 |
2,011,744 |
|
1971-72 |
1,901,895* |
|
19,232,119 |
* Provisional.