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Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Transactions (27 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the person or body to which the National Assets Management Agency sold a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13882/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (27 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance when consumers will receive a detailed breakdown of their insurance quotes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13657/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (27 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance if all lenders are on course to meet their commitments made under the tracker mortgage examination in terms of providing redress and compensation by set dates. [13658/18]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I was going to say something similar. The European Commission will examine favourably future programmes and has committed to the continuation of existing programmes. While we are in the early days of discussions on the next round of the EU Cohesion Fund policy, we should be bringing forward concrete proposals to the Commission for additional programmes or areas to be covered. I wonder what...

Other Questions: National Development Plan (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I apologise to Deputy Burton for following her questions twice in a row. The issue of PPPs is on the agenda of the Committee of Public Accounts this morning. I am supposed to be at that committee, so I might as well get my spoke in here instead. The Minister referenced the PIMA report. The Government took some of the IMF's recommendations on board. One of the recommendations was that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have a technical question. The Minister said that if there is difficulty with one of the funders of a PPP there is no exposure to the State. Are there indirect costs that could accrue? For example, if there is a slow down in the construction of housing is there a cost to the State if it is paying housing supports and in the case of schools if it is renting prefabs? Is that an indirect...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I ask the Minister the flexibility in terms of capital spend he has sought from the European Union in the light of the State's need to catch up on the capital investment programme and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I recognise that the updated capital programme is an improvement and to be welcomed. The smoothing of capital increases over four years is something of which we have availed and also welcome. However, we need greater flexibility, given that the capital budgets in the most progressive economies are 4% of GDP. We are not going to reach a figure of 4% of GNI* until 2025. Therefore, we have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is welcome. I refer to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight on capital investment. I am sure the Minister is well aware of it as it makes a number of recommendations that he may consider raising at the next opportunity available to him, given where we are and need to get to. It is welcome that there has been an increase in capital spending which we will continue to see...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: A note was sent to the Ceann Comhairle's office requesting that I be allowed to take Question No. 2 on behalf of Deputy Doherty as he is at a meeting this morning of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Licence Sale (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Why are unclaimed lottery prizes no longer returned to the prize fund and will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Licence Sale (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: How do we know that the unclaimed prize money is being used as per the contract and who has oversight in this regard? My colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, asked the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for the figure for unclaimed prizes but it was unable to provide it and it asked the regulator to raise the issue with the licenceholder. The licenceholder replied that it could not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Licence Sale (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is the Minister saying that he and the regulator know the figure but that it cannot be published because it is commercially sensitive or is it the case that the regulator does not know the figure because there is a secrecy clause in the contract such that the licenceholder does not have to reveal how much in unclaimed prizes is used for the promotion of the national lottery and special draws?...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Licence Sale (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Does the-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Licence Sale (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I want clarification-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Licence Sale (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Does the Minister know the figure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I apologise for not being here earlier but I was in the Dáil dealing with parliamentary questions. I have a couple of questions for the witnesses, the first of which is on risk. What formula is used in calculating risk?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: As a cost-benefit analysis and a cost-effectiveness analysis is required to be undertaken prior to a project being sanction, is the risk calculated at that stage?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Are those analyses made public?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Will Mr. Cahillane elaborate further?