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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of fully removing the public service pension reduction ahead of schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43647/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital allocation for flooding projects in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the expected allocation in 2019; the capital allocation for flooding projects from 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43649/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of the national children's hospital in each year between 2020 and 2023; the amount in each year that has been accounted for in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; the amount that is in excess of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43548/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 283. To ask the Minister for Health when the pay deal agreed with nurses and midwives in February 2019 will be put in place; the cost of same in 2019 and 2020; and the nature of offsetting cost reduction measures such as changes to roster arrangements that are to be put in place to deal with the cost of the new pay deal. [42969/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to section 39 health organisations in each of the years 2004 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of such organisations that received funding in each year in tabular form; if a list of such organisations and the amount received in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 will be provided in a separate table; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Agencies Data (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost incurred in establishing the National Transport Agency and Transport Infrastructure Ireland; the operational cost of each; the number of staff in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43650/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: There have been regional difficulties.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: It is a mess.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: A worker can join any union, but it has to be the right one.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: Is the Minister for Health aware that the last time a new home help package was approved in County Offaly was last June? Does he know these facts or is he aware that the provision he supposedly made for an allocation to allow services to stand still will not enable it to stand still? That is an abdication of responsibility on the part of those charged with that responsibility. It is an...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: I am asking the Minister if is he aware of-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: I am not being sanctimonious.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: It is notfauxoutrage; far from it.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: Sorry?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: Is Deputy Adams involved too?

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: Hear, hear. Well said.

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: Thank you a Cheann Comhairle; you are very kind, not to mention my colleague. We support the main thrust of the motion and thank the Labour Party for tabling it. My question relates to the commitment made earlier this year with an eye on the electorate when a local election was in the offing. The Government conferred preferred bidder status to Granahan McCourt and in doing so gave it almost...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates Publication (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will bring Supplementary Estimates for 2019 to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43687/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Expenditure (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of increasing the threshold for the over 70s medical card announced in budget 2020. [43665/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Expenditure (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the Luas cross city by each stage of the project, that is, planning, construction and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43726/19]