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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: The Deputy can have one very brief question. It is the usual for him.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett. He has made his point.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: As many others could.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is still on the line. If he wants to make a contribution, he can indicate across the IT systems. In the meantime, I call on Deputy Canney.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: As if we do not always.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: Three other members have the opportunity to raise further questions. I call Deputy Conway-Walsh.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: The Deputy is out of time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: I thank the Ministers and their staff for making themselves available. I thank the Ministers for their detailed presentations and responses to various questions. We acknowledge that we remain on course to meet the summer economic statement commitments in the budget package as a whole. We acknowledge the difficulties associated with ongoing discussions around the health budget and the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: The Deputy has learned well from the past obviously. We acknowledge that. On the previous occasion the Ministers were in, and notwithstanding the record spending associated with housing, the huge commitments contained within the NDP, that they view as particularly important, and especially relevant to the success of the plan and the housing commitments that have been made, we discussed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: 598. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [41639/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (28 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has any concerns that the support of some EU states for Ukraine might be wavering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41706/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (28 Sep 2023)

Barry Cowen: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to recent comments by the leader of the British Labour Party in relation to the United Kingdom and the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41705/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (3 Oct 2023)

Barry Cowen: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the energy summit he convened at Government Buildings in the summer. [36290/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (3 Oct 2023)

Barry Cowen: 79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the Defence Force's training engagement with the EU Military Assistance Mission in Ukraine and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42528/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Barry Cowen: 113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Force as of September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42527/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (3 Oct 2023)

Barry Cowen: 496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide clarification on when Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) 2 will be implemented in Ireland; the measures that are likely to be included (details supplied); and if he will provide an assurance that any measures will not have an economic or social impact on affected farmers and a full impact assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Oct 2023)

Barry Cowen: 670. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment in the ophthalmology department at University Hospital Galway. [42686/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Oct 2023)

Barry Cowen: 671. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment in the ophthalmology department at University Hospital Galway. [42687/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Oct 2023)

Barry Cowen: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a county basis of the number of people in Offaly, Laois, Longford and Westmeath who are currently availing of the rent tax credit, in tabular form; if he has plans for any changes to the credit in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42869/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (5 Oct 2023)

Barry Cowen: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a county basis of the number of businesses in Offaly, Laois, Longford and Westmeath that successfully applied for inclusion under the temporary business energy support scheme, in tabular form; the estimated value or worth of the support in each county; if he has plans for any other similar scheme in the near future; and if...