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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I am still in the dark as to the practical steps of the review. There will be rolling selective reviews and new processes. When will Departments be informed of the process? Does the notion of a rolling selective review mean that some Departments will not be involved in the process this year or will they all be involved? Will this process be completed ahead of the summer when Departments...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: The spending review will be complete in the second half of this year. Can the Minister confirm that it will not have any impact on budget 2018? He has identified a third of the expenditure in the various Departments. How were those budget votes identified? If they are excluded will they not be limited or subject to scrutiny? Does that mean that certain areas of expenditure will get away...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I was not happy with the answer the Minister gave on the consultants issue and I am not sure taxpayers would be happy either. Will the Minister provide the background material to the Committee on Budgetary Oversight? We do not need what is being used to fight the case. We want the material that is giving the Minister the confidence which he clearly has in the Chamber that no liability is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overall expenditure in the Roscommon-Galway constituency on flood relief works for 2016, in tabular form, with a breakdown for counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3426/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details on the capital review which is due in 2017; the timelines involved; if he will be inviting submissions on the capital review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3425/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: This morning the Central Bank issued its most recent report, reducing growth forecasts on account of Brexit. What work is under way in the Minister's Department on the impact of Brexit on expenditure plans or the likely impact of Brexit on the budgets for 2018 and 2019.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I apologise. I spoke to the wrong question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister outline some of the dates for when the public consultation process will get under way and when there will be engagement with the Departments and various stakeholders, local authorities etc.? What role will the new national planning framework have in the context of the capital review? The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, has...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: On the capital plan, there was an earlier discussion on public private partnerships. There were 45 extra PPPs proposed for 2017 within the existing capital plan but how many will be met during the year?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: That started long before the Minister was around, in fairness.

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I commend Deputy O'Dea on this Bill, which took 18 months to prepare. Deputies are sick of me talking about silos in government. This is one area where they are most apparent. The Department of Health is the lead Department in this scheme but the Departments of Social Protection and Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government are also involved. I got very frustrated listening to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are expenditure plans in order meet the challenges and avail of the opportunities in view of the fact that the UK is leaving the Single Market and in all likelihood the customs union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures in place to enable Irish SMEs to compete fairly for public procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the schedule for the river Shannon dredging works which were announced prior to Christmas 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3427/17]

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: Where is the-----

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I absolutely endorse everything that Deputy Eamon Ryan has just said. That is the perfect system in terms of using all the assets of the State in a co-ordinated manner. I fear, however, that our current system of government will prevent that from happening because the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment will probably object to the Department of Transport, Tourism...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the situation of householders in counties Mayo and Donegal whose houses have been affected by pyrite; and the timeframe for dealing with this issue. [3824/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which resource hours are to be allocated to primary and post-primary schools as per changes to the scheme announced recently; if the new arrangements will take into account scenarios whereby a school intakes additional students requiring resource hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5024/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies Establishment (2 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a national infrastructure commission; if this will form part of the capital plan review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5169/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the national epilepsy service; his views on whether a seven-day service would be more appropriate than the current service; the supports and services that are available to epilepsy sufferers outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5025/17]