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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 415. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list the public construction projects where there has been a discrepancy between the tender value and the construction cost; if he will list the tender value and the construction cost for each of these projects; if he will provide this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31993/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 417. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public construction projects which have been tendered but did not proceed to construction; if he will list this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31995/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 418. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public construction projects which have been tendered; did not proceed to construction and were then re-tendered; if he will list this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31996/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 419. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public construction contracts where novated specialists have been used; if he will list this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31997/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Construction Projects (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public construction projects which have gone to arbitration; if he will list this information per year since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31994/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Government bodies and agencies are permitted to buy supplies locally in cases where they can be purchased at a lower cost than via the National Procurement Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to annul or withdraw the Local Government (Boundaries) (Town Elections) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 114/1994); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32202/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: 635. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for cataract surgery will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31494/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: There is a finance Bill every year.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I refer to the ceiling, the schedule of the numbers only.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I will signal my intention to table an amendment on Report Stage that it should be part of the legislation rather than a White Paper.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: On the next point, in subsection (10), to which there is no amendment but which is part of this, the Bill states that the Minister can specify the difference between current and capital expenditure. How satisfied is the Minister that his Cabinet colleagues and staff in the Departments observe that line because, as he mentioned here previously, the definition of current expenditure in one...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Exactly. I am sure what the OPW does under current expenditure could be considered capital expenditure by another Department. Previously, in the Department of Health we saw the HSE dipping into its capital budget to balance its current budget. Is the Minister satisfied that those definitions are sufficiently strong and correct? He has the blue book, but what I am asking is what is the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Is Public Financial Procedures available on the Department's website?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: As Gaeilge, as well. Finally, on this section, as we have mentioned capital expenditure, where fits the different stimulus packages for which the Minister called in this legislation? The Minister mentions current and capital expenditure in subsection (10). Where does the stimulus package work its way through these figures?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I am delighted. Would the Minister elaborate?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: It is current.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Current.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: Will that require a Supplementary Estimate because the Department will be spending more than its original Estimate? Will the Minister explain that?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Fleming: I am not arguing about that funding being spent. They are now spending more than was originally intended. It is for a good purpose, but will it require a Supplementary Estimate?