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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (4 Dec 2018)

Barry Cowen: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the progress being made on the planning and funding for an inner relief road in Edenderry, County Offaly, to alleviate traffic congestion in the town. [50204/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Barry Cowen: 604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years from March 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the cost of same; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report in tabular form. [50090/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Barry Cowen: 616. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years March 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the cost of same; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report in tabular form. [50102/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Barry Cowen: 640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years from March 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the cost of these; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report in tabular form. [50095/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Barry Cowen: 685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in each of the years March 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the cost of same; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report in tabular form. [50099/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Barry Cowen: 727. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years March 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the cost of same; the company involved; and the title and publication date by report in tabular form. [50092/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Retirements (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: I spoke on this Bill during Second Stage at the beginning of November. Notwithstanding the optional interim measures which the Minister mentioned, there was an expectation arising out of his comments on this issue that it would be passed long before the proposals that are pending Committee Stage. Deputy Heydon mentioned impending birthdays but many birthdays have come and gone and many...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Gender Equality (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach should not have accepted it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the controls in place to prevent Departments from breaching their expenditure ceilings in a given year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49187/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: This question is primarily related to the overspend and the excess in respect of the Department of Health that we have seen in recent years. Is it definitive that the Department of Health will be over budget this year by approximately €700 million? They are not necessarily budget expenditure ceilings. They appear to be negotiated ceilings. In respect of the Department of Health, it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: I would like to think that would be the case, and I sincerely hope it is, but it has not been in recent years. We get the kickback from the public when they hear about an excess expenditure over either negotiated or budgeted ceilings in various Departments. They do not see that on the ground, and they do not see it in respect of health. Perhaps the HSE was right and it has cost €700...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 4 o’clock However, the Minister acknowledges the EIB has already committed €500 million towards the entirety of whatever process is put in place to provide the national broadband plan. The Government recently published the national development plan with various aspects of it having been launched in recent times and more to come in the coming months. Regarding next year's...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has undertaken a value for money review of the cost of the national broadband plan; the impact it will have on the on the wider national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49186/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: I will let the Minister answer first and will add up my time after that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: I hear what the Minister is saying. An evaluation is taking place and it is difficult for him to commit on the cost this will entail, in spite of how long it has been going on and the various reports and controversies surrounding the provision of broadband. As he said during the lunchtime news, 27% or 28% of the population, or 500,000 homes, still do not have access. All they want to know...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts that have been made to incorporate retired public servants into the wider public pay discussions; if there are legislative reasons trade unions cannot represent retired public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49185/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 to pass all Stages before Christmas; if he will consider backdating the qualification for application of the Bill to when the interim measures were announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49184/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details on the management of the River Shannon as part of the report managing flood risk in Ireland; the timelines of the projects announced in the report; the annual money allocation until 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49188/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public service pensioners who retired pre-March 2012 by public service pension reduction income bands in each of the years 2019 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49577/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (27 Nov 2018)

Barry Cowen: 211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public service pensioners who retired post-March 2012 by public service pension reduction income bands in each of the years 2019 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49578/18]