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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (1 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister for his response. This came to a head earlier this year when a contract was awarded by the HSE in Limerick to a company with a fractured history in the delivery of a capital programme. The Taoiseach stated at the time the children's hospital issue was being debated in the House that previous performance in the delivery of capital projects would have to be given weight...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (1 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: If a player who played poorly in the semi-final says he can improve his performance in the final, I still have to make a decision not to pick him when picking the team for the final. The public has seen the performance of the procurement process and the evaluation, preparation and recommendations of a contract for the children's hospital, and these have left much to be desired. People...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 Implementation (1 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration has been given to updating the format of the capital tracker to mark projects as delayed; the date in which construction is planned to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39612/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Land Development Agency (1 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the acreage of State land managed by the OPW transferred to the Land Development Agency for the development of residential units; the number of units that have been delivered; the number of acres that will be transferred to the agency in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39611/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Expenditure (1 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the anticipated cost of borrowing funds for the Exchequer in order to fulfil expenditure requirements under a no-deal Brexit scenario; the effect this will have on the national debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39613/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2020 (1 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the demographic analysis will be ready for budget day; if it will involve an ex-post review of demographic costs in previous years; if the scope of the analysis will be expanded particularly in relation to health expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39610/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicle Grants (2 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding spent and number of cars covered by the electric vehicle purchase grant in each year since its creation by month, by hybrid cars, plug hybrid cars and fully electric vehicles to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39996/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (3 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of the Supplementary Estimate that will be required in 2019 for health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40469/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (3 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of SMEs that have availed of public contracts in each year since 2009; the aggregate value of these contracts in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40470/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (3 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the children’s hospital; the estimated total cost of the project; when the project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40465/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (3 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date in 2019 by the HSE based on the accrual accounting method; the budget for the HSE to date in 2019 under the same method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40467/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (3 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the value of the supplementary estimate that will be required in 2019 for health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40468/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to sign the contract for the national broadband plan; the roll out timetable in terms of the number of premises to be connected in each quarter of 2020 and 2021; the number expected to be connected at the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40466/19]

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: There was no "hear, hear" from Deputy Finian McGrath for that. He has to pay for something.

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: Some things never change. A century ago the First Dáil convened to strike out on a new path for the nation. The Independence project has been fraught with challenge in the years since, but we have always risen to it. Today, as successors of the Members of the First Dáil, we are confronted with a new and difficult task. The dark horizon of a hard Brexit that we confront poses...

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: When it has literally come down to a handful of votes at a divided Westminster, they have been nowhere to be seen.

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: Sinn Féin's "vote in four but get two" approach to parliamentary democracy is a cynical sham. Under Deputy Adams, it was "They haven’t gone away, you know." Under Deputy McDonald, it is "They haven't turned up, you know."

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: However, in the midst of all this uncertainty we must welcome the creation of a new socialist group. In a world gone mad another left-wing split provides reassurance that some things will never change. Inspired by talk that the GAA would split Dublin after winning the five in a row, the hard left has gone for the split first in the hope success will come later.

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: All this parliament dodging and party splitting is a timely reminder that, without the stability provided by Fianna Fáil, we would drown in the alphabet soup of left-wing groups that have little interest in policy and absolutely no interest in government. Abstaining in the vote on the budget is an act of national necessity. It is definitely not an endorsement of the years of Fine...

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: That was a breach of the good faith in which we approached that budget. This is further compounded by the failure to create a special purpose vehicle, SPV, for credit unions to invest in, despite Central Bank approval. The Government is leaving a reservoir of finance to help build homes completely untapped. It would also be a source of funds for embattled credit unions throughout the...