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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: The Minister is referring to broadening the tax base rather than to tax cuts.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: It is a broadening of the tax base-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: -----rather than a reduction of taxes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: The Minister should ask his leader.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of consultation between the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief and an organisation (details supplied) on the provision of insurance in areas protected by demountable flood defence systems; the most recent data from an independent source on the insurance coverage in areas...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: This question relates to the insurance industry and the difficulties being experienced by people availing of a wide range of products offered by the insurance sector. In this instance, we are dealing with those businesses operating in flood plain areas where man-made projects and defence mechanisms have been put in place. What data are available to show that there has been an improvement in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister of State for his response. There was some detail in it but a lot more is required by those of us who have constituents who are anxious to see progress on the matter, whether those constituents are residents or business owners. Commitments were made, on behalf of all of us, that the way in which this issue was to be addressed would automatically lead to insurance being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: I would be the first to acknowledge and appreciate the 95 projects that are ongoing. I am thankful they are under way. It is the stability enjoyed by this Government over the years it has been in office that has allowed commitments in respect of this issue and others to be made and, it is to be hoped, honoured. It is our overriding interest as Members of this House to give value to those...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the potential overspend at the Department of Health; his further views on whether there will be a supplementary estimate for the Department in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25801/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Expenses (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedures in place to regulate and monitor general expenses for employees in Departments, State companies and semi-State companies; the accountability structures that exist; the role the Comptroller and Auditor General has with general expenses for employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26046/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (20 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE requested for home help hours; the amount it received for 2019; the amount of the funding which was for extra hours; the amount for mileage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26047/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 309. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [26063/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 315. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when an appointment for orthodontic treatment under the HSE can be expected. [26079/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (25 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated first and full-year cost of implementing support staff job evaluation in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26298/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (25 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 464. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 18 June 2019, the way in which he and the HSE will deal with the concerns relating to health expenditure in 2019; if there will be a review of the 2019 service plan to deal with these concerns; if a revised service plan will be published for 2019; the areas causing concern in this regard; the way in which these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 473. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment with a consultant at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, in view of the fact an appointment has been cancelled on three occasions. [26646/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (25 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full cost of implementing the Climate Action Plan 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26316/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (25 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 586. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full cost of implementing the Climate Action Plan 2019; the cost per year until the end of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26317/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (27 Jun 2019)

Barry Cowen: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units nationally; if an analysis has been undertaken to assess the BER rating of the units; the estimated cost of retrofitting the social housing stock owned by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27223/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (2 Jul 2019)

Barry Cowen: I thought people sat on the fence, not on a pot.