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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: It was an underestimate. That is the reality.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: The Deputies know that is true.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: The service plan for the HSE for this year also took time to put together.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: Deputy Jonathan O'Brien is stating someone needs to get the story straight. As a Government, we have been consistent on this issue.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: We have said----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: We have consistently stated-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: They are not unreasonable questions. The House wants to know how we are going to accommodate the increased cost of the national children's hospital. I hope the Opposition is not suggesting we abandon moving ahead with the project.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: What we have said is that the Government, via the HSE, will accommodate the increased cost this year without stalling or preventing the investment in other projects that has been committed to.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: We are looking to accommodate a sum of €24 million in of a spend of nearly €700 million in the context of the health capital programme this year.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: It is not magic money.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: Of all people, Deputy Howlin should know how the profiling changes for capital projects throughout the year.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: We are endeavouring to ensure the capital plan will be presented to the Minister and, presumably, this House before the summer recess.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I am not sure that in reality raising it in Leaders' Questions is the best way to move this project forward, but I will certainly give an update on the situation as I understand it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: I know they can but it might not be the most effective way to get this project moving forward. The Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, is pushing this project as well. The scheme consists of 27 km of road improvements between Farranfore and Killarney along the N22. I presume that is the scheme about which the Deputy is asking. The scheme provides for a bypass of Farranfore village, a new...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy knows only too well that I will not make a funding decision like that on the hoof during Leaders' Questions. I suggest that he should work with the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, who well understands the importance of this project.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: He is in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and believe me, he is delivering for Kerry as well as he is for many other parts of the country in respect of tourism and transport infrastructure. There are processes by which projects are like this are prioritised, funded and delivered which must be gone through and the Deputy understands that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: I would like to associate the Government and myself with the condolences on the death of the late Councillor Manus Kelly that have been outlined by others. I also pay tribute to and recognise the extraordinary contribution of Ivan Cooper, a civil rights campaigner who was an inspiration to many people in the work he did and the causes he fought for. A process is currently under way to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: I am more than aware of the gravity of the decisions which may be made in the coming weeks in respect of relationships on this island and between Ireland and the United Kingdom and with regard to the protection of the Good Friday Agreement and all it has delivered in the past 21 years. In many ways I share the anxieties and frustrations the Deputy has outlined, but my job is to fix it, with...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: None of that is in place and we need to correct it, given the context of what is coming in the autumn. Everyone is well aware of the gravity of the situation.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2019)
Simon Coveney: I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to indulge me also. I congratulate the four Deputies who are heading to the European Parliament on their last official day as Members of the Dáil. I wish them well. The new European Parliament will meet for the first time on 2 July and Ireland will be well represented. I hope that if they want to come back, they will be able to do so. There is nothing...