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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Collins Barracks, Cork will be the location of the headquarters of the military formation that will control military operations in the southern region of the country, in the new Defence Forces structure that emerges as a result of the recommendations set out in the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to local authorities introducing a staged payments method for drawing down the vacant property grant which would allow for easier access to funds for those that are eligible for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm what the funding applications were for in respect of the applications made by Cork County Council to his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and 2023 for the Old Pier at Keelbeg, Union Hall, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 572. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the instructions given to the HSE concerning the level of spend on new medicines as set out in the letter of determination concerning Budget 2023, Budget 2022 and Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51076/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 573. To ask the Minister for Health the reason health technology assessments for medicinal products only consider clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and budget impact when assessing a medicines’ value; the reason other elements of the general criteria for assessing a medicine under section 19 of the Health Act 2004 are not considered, including the health needs of the public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 574. To ask the Minister for Health if any health technology assessments regarding individual medicines have been subject to external review or audit, or if any international comparisons have been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51078/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 575. To ask the Minister for Health if any quality adjusted life-year thresholds are being applied to medicines assessment and reimbursement currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51079/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: 576. To ask the Minister for Health the level of VAT payments made by the HSE’s corporate pharmaceutical unit to the Revenue Commissioners in 2022 relating to the supply of medicinal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51080/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for being here and for all the work they are doing. Mr. Moloney, in the last paragraph of his opening statement, stated: The public spending code, as a tool, can help to ensure the projects can be set up for successful delivery. Effectively, using the code provides for a sound approach to addressing issues that arise in project development in the right way and in a...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: They take ten to 12 years.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Does Mr. Moloney accept that what is going on is no longer acceptable? The timescale is just not workable. The population of this country has increased by 40% in the past 23 years, a lot of building has occurred and industrial estates, housing estates and new roads have been developed. However, we are unable to deal with flooding. It now costs the State more because we are now paying out...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Mr. Moloney talks about making best efforts. I will mention one project. My office is in Blackpool in Cork North Central. There was major flooding in 2010, 2012 and 2013. There was a plan set out by the OPW. Following judicial review it ends up back in the Department. My understanding is that the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, has sat on...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes, but it has been in Mr. Moloney's Department now for 15 months.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: However, they gave a report which is sitting in Mr. Moloney's Department, and as a result, we are now gone back to a stage where we have to do all of the environmental impact studies again, which will delay the project for anything up to two years. Am I correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Is it not because someone in the Department sat on a file? There is no accountability.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: Hold on a second. I put down three parliamentary questions in the past 12 months and each reply I got was that this was going for further public consultation. I am now being advised that it cannot go for public consultation. Is it not the case now that money will be wasted because reports are out of date and we have to go back, whereas the Department is supposed to be controlling public...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: But that is 15 or 18 months ago. We need a decision. This is about the whole process at which we now need to look as regards why it sat in Mr. Moloney's Department for 15 months. In fact, while this information was given to me last week, I understand the Department with responsibility for the OPW has still not been notified what the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: When was that external advice given to the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: It is there for quite a substantial period of time.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Colm Burke: This goes back to the overall issue I am raising about projects, which are now urgent - not just in Blackpool but right across the country - where we seem to have a process that goes on ad infinitum. It is ten or 12 years later and now we have a situation where over €500 million will be paid out this year as a result of people suffering damage to properties and loses. There is a need...