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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (18 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he can confirm that projects costing in the range of €100-€200 million will no longer be required to go through the external assurance process; if his Department will revert to conducting technical reviews of projects over €100 million not covered by the external assurance process; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (18 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish the review of alternative dispute resolution provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23924/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (18 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual value of EAP contracts in 2022 by Department; the successful external applicant and the value of each contract, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23925/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (18 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the allocated funding for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for each year since 2006, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23927/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (18 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for introducing the technical reviews conducted by his Department with external assurance process; if he will outline any research that supported the policy decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23929/23]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The dental treatment services scheme was meant to entitle those who needed free public dental services as needed but this is an empty entitlement if the services simply are not available. They simply are not available in Mayo and other counties. We saw the vote of no confidence in the Minister, passed by the Irish Dental Association last week. The Minister for Health admitted that the...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I too thank the Independent Group for tabling this motion and giving us a chance to debate it in the House. I want to concentrate specifically on Mayo University Hospital because what is happening there is really dire. It is getting worse day by day. Some 212 appointments were cancelled in just the first three months of this year. This is an increase of 136 compared with the same period...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rural Schemes (16 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I appreciate that. Obviously, it is results based. However, when the Minister of State says that everyone will be eligible, the fact is that if the parcels were marked out of seven and they cannot achieve a score of four or more, they would be eligible but they would not get any payment. I want to let the Minister of State expand on what she says "we are now proposing that non-turbary...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rural Schemes (16 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have been raising the issue of the impact of domestic turf cutting on agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, eligibility and scoring for farmers with commonage land for weeks. I have spoken to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, about it, as well as writing to him. The Minister of State will know there has been significant uptake of ACRES among...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (16 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide in tabular form a list of all major public projects with an estimated cost of over €200 million at any stage of development; a list of all major projects with an estimated cost between €100 million and €200 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22545/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (16 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide in tabular form a list of all external assurance process reviews tendered for to date; the value of the contract and the name of the successful company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22546/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22403/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (16 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency places in the public nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When will the school transport review be published? One of the reasons I ask is that there are 250 students, rising to 300 next September, attending Sancta Maria College in Louisburgh. As it stands, it costs €850 for one child, €1,452 for two children and €1,800 for three children to get to school. Parents want to send their children to the nearest co-educational...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When will the capital works management framework be published? It began in March 2019. It is beyond urgent that it be published to bring clarity to much of what we are talking about.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the planned reform to the public spending code, outlining how said reforms will achieve greater speed and efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22175/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask the Minister of State to outline the planned reforms to the public spending code and explain how these reforms will achieve greater speed and efficiency. In November 2021, the then Department of Public Expenditure and Reform introduced an external assurance process, EAP, for major public capital projects. There is a mandatory requirement for funding Departments to participate in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As the Minister of State knows, the new process consists of independent expert reviews. These reviews have replaced the technical reviews previously conducted by the Department for business cases. Independent reviewers seems to mean consulting firms and for large EAP contracts, this seems to mean the large, generalist consultancy firms. What I am concerned about is that these consultancy...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I would appreciate it if the Department would provide a note indicating exactly where the IMF made the recommendations for the change. It remains unclear if these reforms will make any substantial difference to the speed of project delivery and this is what concerns me. The then Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath stated in January 2022 that the timelines...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to expedite flood relief schemes to protect residents, businesses, and local communities at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22173/23]