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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy cannot have it both ways.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy cannot, on the one hand, raise concerns about me providing an additional level of investment and, on the other, be the first Member to walk into the Chamber and condemn me if I do not provide that investment.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: There we go.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: It is accounted for properly. As we speak, the HSE officials are before the Joint Committee on Health dealing with this matter. The Minister, Deputy Harris, appears before the committee regularly to deal with related issues. I deal with questions on it regularly, principally from the Deputy. It is only fair to acknowledge that his pre-budget submission addressed how additional resources...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As set out in the Revised Estimates for 2018, the capital allocation for my Department’s Vote is €5.2 million in 2018. In addition, Vote 39 for the Office of Government Procurement, which is a division of my Department, has a capital allocation of almost €1 million in 2018. The purpose of capital investment undertaken by my Department, including the Office of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy's exact question referred to my departmental spending profiles. He asked me about my Department.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Broughan asked about my Department and I answered the question on my Department. I take the Deputy's broader point. As I said earlier in response to other Deputies, I have responsibility for the Government's overall capital expenditure. Something different about capital expenditure this year is the fact that the capital profiles for all Departments were announced earlier in the year...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Accommodation (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: An Garda Síochána requested the Office of Public Works, OPW, to source additional accommodation in Bandon for a number of divisional teams which are being established in that area, namely, court presenters, duty and rostering management and protective services units. The OPW is liaising with An Garda Síochána to source a property solution to accommodate these units based...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Accommodation (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the key issue that has confronted the OPW in dealing with this is the availability of properties to meet the different needs to which he has referred. I have been informed that this work began in November of last year and a full search of local property in Bandon took place to ensure that the various needs he has described are met. It appears at the moment that no...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Accommodation (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: On the particular question regarding the properties being Bandon or locally based, I am afraid I do not have the answer to that question available to me now. I will, however, ask the Office of Public Works, OPW, to respond directly to Deputy Moynihan on the matter. The latest timeline I have refers to the work now under way by the OPW fire officer in assessing the safety of various...

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Does the Deputy mean that accountants-----

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all the Deputies who contributed to this debate. In particular, I thank Deputies Moynihan and Fitzmaurice for their contributions and for staying in the House for the conclusion of the debate on this very important legislation. I want to offer two broad thoughts on the group of contributions I heard this evening, if I can, before I go on to deal with the content of them. The...

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Now that the Ceann Comhairle has told me that, I will ensure I cut my cloth accordingly and we can conclude this evening.

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: It is in all of our interests to conclude this. Will this lead to the vote taking place in the voting block tomorrow?

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: That is fine. I wish to comment briefly on some of the other points that were raised here this evening. I listened to Deputy Ó Cuív's comments about the need to simplify the tax code and the sharing of information between Departments, which is what underpins the public service cards. I agree with his point that if a citizen supplies information to the State, particularly when...

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: It is a big change to the tax code but I wish to see the roll-out of PAYE modernisation. The Deputy was good enough to acknowledge the Revenue Commissioners' efforts to reach out to companies. It has every chance of being a success but I know that issues such as the Deputy raised can certainly affect it. Deputy Fleming made many points about health and housing, which are key themes of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at a Departmental level. Decisions on how and where those allocations are invested by Departments are a matter, in the first instance, for my ministerial colleagues. The ten-year National Development Plan (NDP) has...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: This scheme is being progressed by Clare County Council (CCC) as the Contracting Authority with funding from the Office of Public Works (OPW). When completed the scheme will provide protection for 74 residential and 10 non-residential properties. The tender competition initiated last year had to be relaunched due to issues surrounding the costs submitted by the preferred tenderer which could...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Bord Gáis Privatisation (24 Oct 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I assume that the Deputy is referring to the €400m of proceeds from the sale of Bord Gais Energy that the Government announced, in Budget 2015, would be made available to support the Government's Social Housing Strategy. As the Deputy will be aware, the intention when Bord Gais Energy was sold was that €400m from the proceeds would be made available to establish an...