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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I move amendment No. 18: In page 6, line 30, to delete “Except as provided for in subsection (4),”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will just speak once because these amendments are grouped. This relates to the drawdown of funds. Three of Sinn Féin's amendments were ruled out of order and we have gone over that argument so I will not repeat it. It is a proviso for a drawdown that the Minister must get the permission of the Oireachtas to do so. That is not the case, as Deputy Paul Murphy outlined earlier. There...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: It will be drawn down into the central fund and then the Minister can direct it wherever he or she wants to from there without a vote of the Oireachtas. The Minister of State referred to cases in which the Dáil may not be able to sit. What is an example of that? We have spoken about weather events.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: It should then be provided for in the legislation that, in those extreme circumstances whereby the Dáil cannot sit, that power would be given to the Minister. Being in recess is not an extreme circumstance. The Dáil can be recalled within 24 hours.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I move amendment No. 21: In page 7, to delete lines 9 to 23.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I move amendment No. 22: In page 7, lines 27 to 29, to delete all words from and including “or the Government” in line 27 down to and including “section 9(4)” in line 29.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships Cost (27 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 95. To ask the Taoiseach if the total liability in public-private partnerships is recognised as debt in the national accounts or if it is included in the public sector net debt. [14416/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships Data (27 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 96. To ask the Taoiseach the total capital liability of on and off balance sheet PPP contracts; and the value as a percentage of GDP. [14417/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Private Partnerships (26 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the post project reviews for PPPs (details supplied); when the reviews were completed; and if they have not been completed, when completion and publication is expected for same. [13758/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the post-project reviews for projects (details supplied); when the reviews were completed; and if they have not been completed, the completion and publication date for same. [13739/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the post-project reviews of PPPs (details supplied); when the reviews were completed; and if they have not been completed, when completion and publication is expected for same. [13869/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Private Partnerships (26 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the post-project reviews for public private partnerships, PPPs, (details supplied); when the reviews were completed; and if they have not been completed, when completion and publication is expected of same. [13753/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 9. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on reducing the use of agency staff in the public sector under the terms of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018 to 2020. [5957/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Two of the questions I was going to ask were posed by previous speakers. I will not repeat them. I want to touch on Deputy Lahart's comments regarding non-performing loans, which are raised as a concern in the report. The Deputy put it very well when he stated that there is political consensus in this State. While we recognise non-performing loans as an issue, how they are being addressed...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Can the funding be used on general expenditure without the permission of the European Commission?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Okay. I also asked about the national development plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is not true. I will get to it in a minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will also be running to the launch of the periodic report, so I will be brief. First, I wish Mr. Barry the best of luck with this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Regardless of our political affiliations, we all sincerely wish him good luck. I wish to ask a couple of questions, the first of which will be on the board. I do not want Mr. Barry to say anything that could affect future relationships on the board, but its membership is not an issue solely for the Minister. The legislation is clear, in that the chair of the board nominates three members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Chairperson Designate (13 Mar 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Does that surprise Mr. Barry, given that we have the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, the public spending code, the development board with its expertise and sub-committees dealing with procurement and tendering? To hear that the original tender documents did not capture the scope of the project-----