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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Construction Industry (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minster. This is the way forward in procurement but I will quote David Browne, a member of the RIAI, last month when the organisation was before the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Modern methods of construction, if adopted at scale in Ireland, can have an important role to play in meeting the targets of the National Development Plan by helping to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I appreciate that the Minister of State may not have the details now but it is my understanding that the Crossmolina flood relief scheme is waiting to be signed off in the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. All of the environmental reports have been done and, as I understand it, everything else has been done. We are just waiting for it to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Thank you for letting me in, a Chathaoirligh. Deputy Stanton has asked a vital question. As I said in my previous contribution, the underspend in the Department of Transport last year was €193 million. The N17 project needs only a small allocation to continue its development for such vital infrastructure. It does not make sense at all. I know the Minister will say it is for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister has outlined the role in terms of oversight but I want to ask about the Department's capacity to deliver real and meaningful oversight. We have the ongoing financial horror story of the national children's hospital and the underspending in housing during a housing crisis. The most recent figures show the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is 26% behind...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is not about providing them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I mean having that expertise.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is what I am trying to get at, namely, whether the expertise and the capacity is there to test technically, as much as from an accounting perspective. I do not believe it is enough to just allocate funding to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage or to the Department of Transport and then fail to have an oversight mechanism for the State to ensure that those...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that public expenditure on consulting contracts does not expose the State to any risks through the loss of expertise over time within the public sector and the sharing of sensitive information with private economic actors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31358/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What steps is the Minister taking to ensure that the public expenditure on consulting contracts does not expose the State to risks through the loss of expertise over time within the public sector and the sharing of sensitive information with private economic actors?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Over time, the over-reliance on public consultants leads to the loss of expertise and institutional knowledge in the public sector. Recent revelations in Australia have raised the potential for an even more immediate risk, the risk of sharing highly sensitive information with private consultants and then using that information for their own commercial gain. What steps has the Minister taken...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for that, but the question I asked was whether he had sought information from PwC. Was he concerned about what happened in Australia and the connection to Ireland? Notwithstanding all of the guarantees and safeguards he says are there, I would have thought that if something like this happened, the Minister would have sought extra assurance. The top tier of PwC has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline his Department's role in the oversight and supervision of capital delivery projects of line Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31359/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask the Minister to outline his Department's role in the oversight and supervision of capital delivery projects in line Departments. The Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform always had a role in overseeing the delivery of the capital projects. To make that even more clear the Department was recently renamed to specifically include the delivery of...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It disappoints me that the Minister does not understand the context or the seriousness of the problem in the short term. All of the providers who are present, whom I welcome to the Gallery, have been in touch with our party and with the Minister. They are not just making up the crisis that is there. There is a real crisis there at the moment. The Minister stated that the fair deal scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regional Development (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the approach taken by his Department in actively assessing the impact of public expenditure on regional inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30984/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the steps he is taking to expedite flood relief schemes in order to protect residents, businesses and local communities at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30985/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 85. To ask the Taoiseach the total spend on consulting services and on business-as-usual outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016, for each commercial public body under the aegis of his Department for 2022. [30396/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the rail line from Claremorris to Collooney was last cleared or maintained; if he will instruct Iarnród Éireann to clear the line in order to ensure the line and corresponding right of way is maintained for potential future use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30629/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of conducting a detailed engineering and track survey of the rail line from Claremorris to Collooney to assess future use options of varying specifications such as freight and passenger services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30630/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Electronic Commerce (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the proposed digital euro; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30631/23]