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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have 30 seconds so I will finish on this. The community provision of services, particularly post release from prison where somebody may have gone through an addiction programme, or from an addiction centre is on a voluntary basis. We give people information on where and how to engage with community-based services. Do we have a register of, or statistics on, the people who engage with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Or we could just legalise it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: That was a personal comment. I did not make it on behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of pay negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49531/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister is aware of the threat of industrial action in a number of sectors, particularly the health sector. I note his press release this weekend outlining the consequences of that. While I do not agree with it and find it unhelpful, there is a very small window of opportunity to try to address the ballots currently taking place. I know the Minister will probably disagree with that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I acknowledge the recruitment figures the Minister mentioned. However, 2,000 fewer nurses work in the system than ten years ago. While we have increased the number, we are still behind where we were in 2008 and we have a long way to go. The INMO general secretary has called on the Minister to engage in direct discussions with INMO members on this. I do not believe - I do not think the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the allocations provided for in the National Development Plan have now been abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48990/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I recognise it is a significant increase, but I am asking a different question. As part of the NDP, a document was published which addressed each portfolio and what would be allocated over a number of years in order that we could track exactly where the money was spent. I am asking whether the plan has been abandoned or changed because the allocation for two of those portfolios was reduced...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister is saying there will be no significant change to the Votes or the outlying figures from Department to Department, although there may be switches from capital into current in any given year, and that it will be consistent with what was published. Over the next three years, there will be an increase of €290 million, or 0.3%. Will the Minister indicate where that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of community employment supervisors and provision of their payments under a Labour Court recommendation of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48989/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will not add to what Deputy Burton has said but I contend that these workers are providing a fundamental public service. Everyone recognises that and they are funded by the public purse. For that reason alone, the Labour Court recommendation on them should be implemented. This is a Labour Court recommendation and failure to implement that by the Government undermines the court.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Did the scoping exercise carried out last year come up with any other proposal bar looking simply at how much it would cost to implement the Labour Court recommendation? If any other organisation or private entity ignored such a recommendation, the Minister would be critical, as would I. I have added the figures. If one includes the ex gratiapayments, it would come to €854 million....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the further work and publications expected from the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48991/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Can the Minister give an update on this issue? I know that we covered it in part in the priority questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: We covered this under priority questions and we also mentioned new entrants and the recruitment and retention of staff. Are we looking at the end of 2019 for the final module which will look at other areas outside of the health service?

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: While I do not agree with the amendment, I understand the meaning behind it. Certain people in this Chamber and outside are so fundamentally opposed to abortion in any circumstance that they do not want to be complicit in it in any way at all, and that includes contributing their taxes to it. Deputy Donnelly has pointed out the flaw in the amendment. If there is an immediate risk to the...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Nobody forced the Deputy to do anything.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Deputy should have respect for me too because nobody forced the Deputy to do anything.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: So do I.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships Data (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the annual unitary payments for each of the past and current public-private partnerships will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48993/18]