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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: I will allow the Minister time to deliver his reply in the hope that he can enlighten us as to how best to improve the opportunities of SMEs to be awarded public contracts.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: I will focus on the points the Minister made about the role of the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, who has responsibility for public procurement and the awarding of such contracts. He stated that there is an SME advisory group, on which the Minister of State sits, and that it meets regularly. What recommendations have emanated from the group in respect of amendments to existing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: Will the Minister confirm that no legislation will be required to ensure those recommendations and policy initiatives are not prevented from being successful due to restrictions imposed by existing legislation governing the issue? We produced a Bill in this regard. If necessary, we could work in tandem to ensure the commitments contained within the recommendations, the policy initiatives of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the publication from the Parliamentary Budget Office in regard to departmental expenditure ceilings; his views on whether expenditure ceilings are an effective method of controlling costs; the penalties for Departments that breach these ceilings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: I would like to hear the Minister's comments on the recent publication from the Parliamentary Budget Office.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: It is indeed a helpful contributory to the analysis of these figures and we have to take note of and acknowledge what is contained within it. The Minister said that vote allocations are the responsibility of each Minister, which is the case. Between 2012 and 2017 the overrun fell within the ceiling only once - in 2013, whereas currently the baseline is regularly exceeded by various...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: It obviously has become the norm rather than the exception. The record speaks for itself in that regard. Save for emergencies in regard to weather, Papal visits and so on I think the roles and responsibilities that have been mentioned by the Minister will have to be taken much more seriously. The Minister will have to take his role in arresting this issue much more seriously. I look...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: We do not force them to overspend.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: And the Minister was not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: The Government has been in charge of it for the past nine years.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Targets (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an ex post analysis has been undertaken on demographics cost provisioned in each budget; if there will be a new analysis for the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the next phase of the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17983/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flooding preparations in view of the report undertaken by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17987/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18348/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Civil Service Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18352/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Civil Service Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18351/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost to the OPW of maintaining the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18191/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level that are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18356/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level that are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18349/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Courts (18 Apr 2019)

Barry Cowen: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the first and full year cost of establishing a community court system in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18192/19]