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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 886. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [19415/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 903. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons living with dementia who are availing of the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 929. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. [19584/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 939. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [19619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 962. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [19781/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 969. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [19846/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: I thank our guests for their submission. Many of the questions I had intended to ask have been asked but I will elaborate on them. The various issues raised, analysed and scrutinised by the council to compare and contrast Ireland with international norms of taxation, transport and other issues are fine, and the council stated the economy is performing reasonably well, save for some labour...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: How many jobs are there in the business sector where public liability insurance is required? Is that information available? I am talking about businesses which rely on public footfall. The Professor mentioned public liability, and this is directly related to it. If there are gaps which mean that the council cannot comment on the situation, where are those gaps and how can they be filled?...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: Some companies, such as those in services or retail, rely exclusively on footfall. That figure should be quantified.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: Some companies need public liability insurance more than others.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: While it is true that every business needs it, there are different levels of requirement. One can analyse different data, for example price data, which will indicate the level of footfall, which subsequently enlarges the risk associated with public liability. That is the sort of information we would like to see.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: National Competitiveness Council (8 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: It could be compared with the situation internationally. We are hearing anecdotal evidence that one cannot get insurance in this country but that it can be got in the UK. There is also anecdotal evidence to suggest that soft tissue injuries led to compensation awards five times more regularly here than in the UK. However, we need more and more of that in order to put the insurance industry...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: After the debacle of the national children’s hospital, here we are discussing another capital project that has been mired in controversy from day one. What happened on Tuesday was yet another in a series of announcements on the rolling out of broadband in Ireland. The first such iteration was as far back as 2012 and that promised high-speed broadband to 100% of homes and businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Measures (9 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ministerial gross expenditure ceilings as originally budgeted for, that is, ceiling for 2018 according to the budget 2016 expenditure report for each year since expenditure ceilings were established by gross capital and gross current expenditure; the actual ministerial gross expenditure for each of these years including 2018 by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the ministerial gross expenditure ceilings in each year of their projections (details supplied) since expenditure ceilings were established by gross capital expenditure and gross current expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20320/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he will accommodate the cost of the national broadband plan, which was not fully accounted for in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; the amount needed over the life of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to pay for the national broadband plan above that already allocated; if other projects within the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact the national broadband plan and the €1.5 billion required in addition to the funding already allocated in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 will have on capital expenditure over the life of the national development plan; the projects that will be impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if further Exchequer funding will be committed to the National Development Plan 2018-2027 in order to pay for the national broadband plan while protecting other projects scheduled to be delivered under the national development plan; the impact this will have on the fiscal position of the State and national debt; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the briefing given to the Cabinet from his Department in regard to the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2019)

Barry Cowen: 130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the briefing given to the Cabinet from his Department in regard to the national broadband plan is consistent with the correspondence from his Department that was published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20629/19]