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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Health Budget and Expenditure Management: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Health Budget and Expenditure Management: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: That is my point. These are complex Departments with complex budgets and challenges. Mr. Desmond has acknowledged that the overruns in those Departments are not as significant as in the health sector, so we will park that. What is it about health that makes the overruns in that Department so large? I am asking that as a public representative. To follow on from what my colleagues have...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Health Budget and Expenditure Management: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: Can Mr. Desmond back that statement up with evidence? I will accept it if he can do so. Is the health budget more challenging and complex than the budgets that have to be managed in the Departments of Education and Skills and Employment Affairs and Social Protection or is Mr. Desmond surmising that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Health Budget and Expenditure Management: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: No, but Mr. Desmond is suggesting that the complexity of these services makes the budget a little more challenging than, say, in education and social protection. That is my point.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Health Budget and Expenditure Management: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: However, Mr. Desmond did comment on them when he said the Department of Health has more complex challenges than other Departments. I have brought him back to the point where he does not know that for sure and is surmising that it may be the case. I thank the Chairman for the latitude I have been given. We would have always thought that the big supplementary budgets for health are caused...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Health Budget and Expenditure Management: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: No, the figure is 5% right across the system. There is not a particular spike, as I understand it, in the allocation to the State Claims agency. There is an average of 5% right across the whole sector.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Health Budget and Expenditure Management: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: The increase is spread right across..

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Health Budget and Expenditure Management: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: It would be great if Mr. Desmond could forward that information to us. I thank him for coming in today. I appreciate it.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 87. To ask the Taoiseach the number of women and men, respectively employed in his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department in tabular form. [52062/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 88. To ask the Taoiseach the various grades in which males and females are employed in his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department in tabular form. [52079/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 89. To ask the Taoiseach the ratio of males to females employed in his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department in tabular form. [52096/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of women and men, respectively, employed in his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52052/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the various grades in which males and females are employed in his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52069/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the ratio of males to females employed in his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52086/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the persecution of Christians in over 60 countries often happening alongside the persecution of other religious minorities; the stance Ireland has taken with regard to these acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51684/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied) that encourages action in countries that persecute Christians and other religious minorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51685/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the tightened controls on religion that are being imposed in China as part of a population control measure; if he has spoken with his Chinese counterpart with regard to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51686/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of women and men, respectively, employed in his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52056/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the various grades in which males and females are employed in his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52073/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (11 Dec 2018)

John Lahart: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the ratio of males to females employed in his Department; the agencies under the remit of his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52090/18]