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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to delivering Project Ireland 2040 within the overall multi-year capital resource envelope that has been set out. For 2019, the capital allocation has increased by €1,325 million or just over 22% above the 2018 allocation as stated in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2019. With regard to implications arising from the National Children’s...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Museum (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to delivering Project Ireland 2040 within the overall multi-year resource envelope that has been set out. For 2019, the capital allocation has increased by €1,325 million or just over 22% above the 2018 allocation as stated in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2019. With regard to implications arising from the National Children’s...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to delivering Project Ireland 2040 within the overall multi-year resource envelope that has been set out. For 2019, the capital allocation has increased by €1,325 million or just over 22% above the 2018 allocation as stated in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2019. With regard to implications arising from the National Children’s Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to delivering Project Ireland 2040 within the overall multi-year resource envelope that has been set out. For 2019, the capital allocation has increased by €1,325 million or just over 22% above the 2018 allocation as stated in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2019. With regard to implications arising from the National Children’s Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 and 220 to 222, inclusive, together. The current position on these flood relief schemes is set out in the table below. Scheme Current Status Arklow Wicklow County Council is progressing flood protection measures for the town of Arklow with funding provided by the Office of Public Works. Consultants have been commissioned to undertake engineering and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to delivering Project Ireland 2040 within the overall multi-year resource envelope that has been set out. For 2019, the capital allocation has increased by €1,325 million or just over 22% above the 2018 allocation as stated in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2019. With regard to implications arising from the National Children’s Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised that the Office of Public Works approved funding to Kerry County Council of €75,000 in March 2018 under its Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection scheme for a Coastal Erosion & Flood Risk Management Study for Dingle Bay East-Castlemaine Harbour. The area mentioned in the Deputy’s question is included in this study. Kerry County Council is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Kerry County Council carried out a pre-feasibility study for the Sneem area, the recommendation of which was to carry out further more detailed river modelling to assess the feasibility of the measures identified in the pre-feasibility study. Working in co-operation with Kerry County Council, the Office of Public Works (OPW) have agreed to undertake this study and assessment, which will be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (12 Feb 2019)

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 key role in leading development at county level...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I will take these questions. What I said yesterday is that I believe we need to be far more sparing and careful with the use of two-phase processes in the future. I believe they may have a role in the future, in particular to facilitate preparatory works for some projects, such that when and if a final agreement is reached a project can then move ahead without further delay. As I said, we...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy opened up by saying he was pleasantly surprised to see me here. I do not know why he would be. This is the third time I have been subject to appropriate questioning by the Dáil or by a committee of the House in regard to my role in this. The Deputy opened up with an assertion and I am not sure why he opened on that point, given my role in it. I will move on to answering...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Kelly put three questions to me in respect of my role in the situation, the alleged dysfunctionality in my Department and the timeline for engagement with the Minister for Health. First, what was my role? As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have responsibility for the use of taxpayers' money. I acknowledge that. I have done so on many different occasions.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Clearly, an issue developed here -it has developed on my watch - in respect of a cost estimate and it has led to very serious concerns in this House and throughout the country. What would I have done differently and what are my learnings from what has happened? Yesterday, I published an entire set of different proposals on how we can change the procurement process relating to vary large...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: That matters because the Deputy is making an allegation about the operation of my Department and we are acknowledging-----

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: -----in the context of this issue what needs to be done differently in the future. In acknowledging that, I will also point to the kinds of projects that we do get right and that are in place.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The reason for that is we had just finished many different sequences of budgetary meetings that had been focused on how we put together the budget. Nearly all of those meetings were focused on current expenditure. That is the reason, as some of the emails acknowledge. We had just finished a period of Estimates negotiations and we were then moving on to implement the budget. As soon as I...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I will deal with the final question.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Perhaps the Deputy could clarify why she thinks we are hostage to EU procurement rules. Broadly speaking, we are subject to and part of the procurement policy of the European Union.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: There are circumstances in which we can do so, such as, for example, in terms of the use of local labour. We can ensure that flexibilities are there in respect of procurement but because procurement policy follows on from the operation of the Single Market, I am not aware of any circumstances in which we could completely ignore it.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I will deal with that. We tried to put together one utility company to deliver infrastructure for something that really mattered for our country, which was Irish Water. Deputy Barry opposed that too. Let us be clear.