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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 488. To ask the Minister for Health when approval will issue for the next phase of development of Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43938/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 489. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the extent to which the public health sector is catered for in primary care centres already in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43939/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department continues to monitor all Departments, public bodies and their agents in the context of ensuring that they remain within budget; the extent to which departures from expectations have been identified and remedies thereto suggested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43909/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which the Minister's Department monitors the performance of all Government Departments and agencies with a view to identifying potential overruns in expenditure in any given year and taking corrective measures or ensuring that those Departments take corrective measures.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: As I speak, the Joint Committee on Health is discussing the same issue relating to that Department and others. I see two issues. One is the degree to which budgeting projections are accurate. If they are not accurate, are there not contingencies? If not, why not? I would not regard it as good policy to find that individual Departments or their subordinate bodies were running shy of what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for the reply. Having been a member of a health board, quite a long time ago, I have been conscious of the overruns in the health area for many areas. The difficulty is that it has to be possible, at some stage, to identify precisely what the budget should be and then to be able to identify precisely the areas in which an overrun occurs, not only in the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Operations (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic division of his Department. [41821/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which all Departments remain compliant with the criteria laid down in respect of public expenditure and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44177/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department can ensure best value for money in terms of current and capital expenditure throughout the course of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44182/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the meeting by various Departments of the targets set by his Department in each of the past two years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44184/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to monitor current and capital spending; the degree to which both categories remain within tolerance levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44186/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has identified breaches in the norms set by his Department in respect of public expenditure and reform which need to be addressed in the long and the short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44188/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has made the necessary preparations to combat the effects of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44178/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position to deal with relevant fall out from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44180/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has identified a position fall out from Brexit with a view to harnessing same for maximum benefit to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44181/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department in the context of reform has introduced new criteria in view of the international and global trading challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44179/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the FEMPI cycle has been completed and-or will be completed in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44183/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific issues that have been brought to his attention which indicate a lack of compliance with the criteria set down by his Department in terms of procurement and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44185/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether procurement restrictions are restricting development of the economy in view of allegations to this effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44187/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Applications (24 Oct 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal of an application for access to the labour market in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44043/18]