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Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: There is no point of order. I am calling the speakers from the list before me.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I call the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I call the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Will Members please allow the Minister of State to continue?

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Despite that, I had three Dáil elections and a Seanad election behind me. I can recall the debate very well. It was a very hotly contested debate, full of acrimony, full of accusations, full of unpleasantness and full of false allegations. It did not do any good for our society. In fact, it divided society badly at that time. I sat in on most of the hearings chaired by the now...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Clare Daly said that she probably did not agree with anything else the late Peter Sutherland said but she might be pleasantly surprised. He was a great champion of human rights, he was a great champion of the refugees, and outspoken about it, and he was a great champion of levelling the playing pitch in so far as he could at European level and global level, and he did that. I happen...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to prioritise particular projects in the context of the capital review programme; the extent to which he expects to address issues in health, housing or other sensitive areas in this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2344/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: My question relates to the extent to which the Minister might find it possible, in the context of the capital review programme, to identify the most important items of infrastructure with a view to benefiting the economy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge his understanding of the matter, with that of the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and other Members of the House. Given the extensive challenge presented by the sector, does the Minister believe that it might be possible in the short term to make an intervention or to assist the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, in making an intervention that would have a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if in the context of public expenditure and reform he is of the view there is a need for a shift in emphasis in view of the extent to which the economy has increasingly become dependent on corporate taxes while encouraging continued foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2345/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he expects his Department to be in a position to positively influence economic growth while retaining prudent policy measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2594/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he plans to discourage dependency by Revenue in the future on one sector in the economy having particular regard to the lessons learned previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2596/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he remains satisfied that each Department continues to effectively operate best practice in the context of public expenditure and reform with a view to ensuring long lasting benefits for the population and the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2597/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which each Department continues to maintain good practice in terms of expenditure in keeping with both the effects of the economic recession and the growing demands of the recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2605/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects reform to continue to play a positive role in Ireland's progress in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2595/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects his Department to be in a position to approve projects in the capital programme that are most likely to have immediate and positive impact by way of addressing infrastructural deficits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2598/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position to approve capital expenditure in the health services with particular reference to the augmentation of the bed complement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2599/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position to make strategic approvals in the capital programme to address requirements in the health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position to make strategic approvals in the capital programme to address infrastructural deficits in road and rail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2601/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Bernard Durkan: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position to address issues such as strategic road and bridge improvements in the capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2602/18]