Results 7,421-7,440 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: My final question will be a quick one. In Mr. Barry's role with the NRA, I presume he was involved with many capital projects.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: This is not a question to try to catch him out. How many of those projects had cost overruns and, if any did, how did he deal with them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: One would also presume that there would have been a very strict monitoring process.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Private Partnerships (26 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the post project reviews for PPPs (details supplied); when the reviews were completed; and if they have not been completed, when completion and publication is expected for same. [13758/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (26 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the post-project reviews for projects (details supplied); when the reviews were completed; and if they have not been completed, the completion and publication date for same. [13739/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (26 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the post-project reviews of PPPs (details supplied); when the reviews were completed; and if they have not been completed, when completion and publication is expected for same. [13869/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Private Partnerships (26 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 1118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the post-project reviews for public private partnerships, PPPs, (details supplied); when the reviews were completed; and if they have not been completed, when completion and publication is expected of same. [13753/19]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships Cost (27 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 95. To ask the Taoiseach if the total liability in public-private partnerships is recognised as debt in the national accounts or if it is included in the public sector net debt. [14416/19]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships Data (27 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 96. To ask the Taoiseach the total capital liability of on and off balance sheet PPP contracts; and the value as a percentage of GDP. [14417/19]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: It is up to the HSE; it is its report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Provided the HSE release it to us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: It is a HSE report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: There is no harm in writing to the HSE telling it that we expect to get a copy of the report shortly after 5 April.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: We have a number of amendments.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, to delete lines 25 to 29. These amendments are reasonably self-explanatory. One concerns the reasons why money could be put into the fund and another is to remove the provision that would see the €500 million transferred annually from 2019 to 2023. We are doing this because later in the legislation, there are certain limitations on how money can...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: It is one of the uses.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: We submitted to the Department a number of freedom of information requests for the briefing documents provided to the Minister. In one of those documents, a question was posed as to whether any situation was envisaged in which the rainy day fund would be used to bail out a bank or other financial institution. The answer was that, while the Minister did not expect the rainy day fund to be...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: It is a simple question.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: It is a very simple question. Does the Minister of State accept that this fund can be used to bail out banks? The Government does not expect it to be used so, but can it be used to bail out banks? It is a simple "Yes" or "No" question.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: There is a pot of money that "can be" used.