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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Who has a cross-departmental oversight role on the efficacy of procurement by Departments? To be honest, I would have thought that the location and the continuing cost of a procurement contract to a Government organisation, such as the HSE, should be of significant concern both to the Minister of State and the Office of Government Procurement.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, if I may. Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirleach. I have found this extremely frustrating. The Minister used the word "hope" a good few times. It feels like the Government is a spectator in a market at the moment. The Government nearly has an ideological feeling that it does not have a right to engage and fix this particular issue, which is strange because at least one of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Has the Government any specific plan for a stakeholder public banking system?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Chief Government Information Officer (Revised) (2 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: With the permission of the Chairman, I would like to ask a question on the budget deficit, which, for 2020, is expected to be 5.5% of GDP and approximately 10% of GNI. In many ways, this is an economic elephant in the room that we will be faced with when, God willing, the pandemic is subsiding. Has the Government developed any plan to reduce the budget deficit and the timescales that might...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have been contacted by student nurses who are to go on placement in a number of months who have not been given their first vaccine. They have been called back a second time to be given their first vaccine. They feel embarrassed because people who are over 85, some of whom have contacted me, still do not have a date for their first vaccination. There are vaccines in Tuam but there are no...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Out of 200 countries.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Ireland has the longest lasting and most severe workplace restrictions in Europe. We have lost 163 days of work due to closure. This compares to 34 days in Germany. Does the Minister not agree that it is an outstanding fact that this country has had to lock down for longer with restrictions more severe than other European countries due to the way this illness has been managed? Indeed, for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken by his Department to ensure competition in the SME loan market; if his attention has been drawn to the impact the withdrawal of a bank (details supplied) will have on SME lending and financial services for rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10646/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance the recent engagement his Department has had with the three credit union representative bodies (details supplied) regarding the provision of SME lending and ensure the productive use of credit union members savings that are at present on deposit in the major retail banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10647/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the time period by which weddings with a minimum of 25 persons in attendance will be allowed take place under the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19. [10600/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability nationally seeking HSE-funded residential placements in each of the past five years to date; and the average cost per placement in each of the past five years to date. [10612/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in County Meath awaiting a HSE-funded residential placement; and the waiting times for same. [10613/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in County Laois awaiting a HSE-funded residential placement; and the waiting times for same. [10614/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in County Cork awaiting a HSE-funded residential placement; and the waiting times for same. [10615/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in County Donegal awaiting a HSE-funded residential placement; and the waiting times for same. [10616/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in County Mayo awaiting a HSE-funded residential placement; and the waiting times for same.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10617/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in County Dublin awaiting a HSE-funded residential placement; and the waiting times for same. [10618/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in County Cavan awaiting a HSE-funded residential placement; and the waiting times for same. [10619/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in County Wexford awaiting a HSE-funded residential placement; and the waiting times for same. [10620/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in County Limerick awaiting a HSE-funded residential placement; and the waiting times for same. [10621/21]