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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2024 (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement between his Department, the Minister for Health and the director general of the HSE in advance of the budget 2024 announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52364/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2024 (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is disappointing that the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, is not here and that another Minister has not swapped dates with him so he could have a debate on the issue of our health services, which are important. The Minister and his Department were key in the Government's decision to underfund health. Will the Minister of State outline the engagement between the Minister, the Minister for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2024 (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Department of Health requested €2 billion in order to meet the standstill costs for 2024. The head of the HSE, Mr. Bernard Gloster, wrote to the Minister for Health outlining his concerns before the budget. He said there would be significant and punitive risk to the public and that it was imperative that the Government should be in no doubt as to the position. This was in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget 2024 (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This is not extra money. It is money required by the health service to stand still and allow it to deliver what it has delivered heretofore. The Government forces health services to wait and react to demand rather than giving them resources that would allow them to plan and prepare. Representatives of the IFAC outlined to the Committee on Budgetary Oversight that spending less on health is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the flood relief scheme for Crossmolina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52367/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This question relates to flooding in Crossmolina. I know the Minister of State is familiar with the town. I have raised the issue with him a number of times. Will the Minister of State provide an update on the flood relief scheme for Crossmolina? People have seen damage to their homes and lives, just like the businesses in Cork, Galway and other places. They remember the destruction the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I know the Minister of State will agree that this has gone on for far too long. He referred to 17 November. I was told this scheme would start this year. Going forward, from 17 November, with the full information being there, when will it be signed off? When will construction start? There needs to be clear communication with the people of Crossmolina. The Minister of State knows what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I completely understand that but we are standing here after 11 p.m. on a Tuesday eight years after that flooding happened. I was told early this year that it would start before the end of the year. Why was I given that information when I am now being told it will take several more months. It is extremely difficult for people to understand that the pillars are being moved all of the time....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Civil Service (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to legislate to bring senior civil servants under the standard disciplinary measures of the civil service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52370/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Civil Service (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is currently legislation to amend the Civil Service Regulation Acts. This was initiated in 2018 and is only now being brought to the committee. This legislation, if it is ever progressed by government, does not address the issue of accountability of most senior civil servants. Does this Government have plans to legislate to bring senior civil servants under the standard disciplinary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Civil Service (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As things currently stand, Ministers are limited in their ability to hold Secretaries General to account. The Civil Service Regulation Amendment Act 2005 expanded the remit of the disciplinary process, bringing secretaries general somewhat under the umbrella of the process. However, the extent to which they are under the remit is limited because the legislation sets the Government rather...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Civil Service (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The elements not available to the Minister in respect of the Secretary General are the lower rate of remuneration, the reduction to the lower grade and suspension without pay. The final level of sanction, as the Minister of State has said, is dismissal, which is a matter for government. The finance committee was informed by the Department of public expenditure and reform that, despite the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is disgraceful that in 2023, the residents of Clare Island are still dealing with water outages for up to two weeks at a time. They are still unable to get any commitment from Uisce Éireann on when the necessary upgrades will happen. The most recent continuous outage lasted a full ten days, with some parts of the island affected by disruptions for 14 days. Water outages are a very...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is a real problem here, and we need to take a grip of it, first with regard to Uisce Éireann and the local authorities. I do not think that people would accept it, nor would the Minister, if there was an area here in Dublin without water and having water outages as often as these communities do, particularly the one we are talking about here tonight, Clare Island, and also with...

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I would first like to thank Deputy Shanahan and the Regional Group for developing and bringing forward this Bill. This is a vitally important area to which this House needs to give more attention. Delivering capital projects is vital as it affects our ability to provide housing, healthcare, transport, connectivity and almost every aspect of the State. It can be the difference between a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the analysis that has been conducted on the impact of the increasing reliance on public private partnership and leasing contracts and the potential impact of public finances into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52368/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to reduce the over reliance of the public sector on private consultants making particular reference to the requirement of public bodies to report consultancy fees in their annual financial statement under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (28 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the repair of local authority homes affected by defective concrete blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52209/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (30 Nov 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 9. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the western rail corridor; the consideration he has given to carrying out a detailed engineering and track survey of the rail line from Claremorris to Collooney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52785/23]