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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: This year's outturn will be important. It will feed into next year, into the budget and so on. In the context of the Department of Health Vote, which includes the HSE, the edition of the Fiscal Monitor published yesterday shows an underspend of €33 million up to the end of June. Yet, the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, informed the Dáil yesterday that the HSE is €116...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: I accept that the figures published yesterday do not relate solely to the HSE. However, the vast bulk of the money involved relates to the executive's budget. I do not think the Minister is suggesting that the HSE went from being €116 million over budget to the end of April to underspending by €33 million to the end of June. There is an issue here with the system of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Chairman is keen to move on.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Minister for Finance (3 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: I will ask one more question. The Minister had a back-and-forth with Deputy Pearse Doherty in the Dáil recently about Christmas bonuses. The Minister kept stating that they are included in the base. He was adamant about the matter and gave the impression that they have been budgeted for. My understanding is that they are only in the base to the extent that they are in the outturn...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 97. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that four of the seven permanent radiation oncology posts at Cork University Hospital are either vacant or filled on a temporary basis while one of the five medical oncology posts is also vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27808/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 126. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in place to increase psychiatry of later life staffing levels in CHO 4 which are currently at barely a third of the level recommended under A Vision For Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27809/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of diplomatic ties between Ireland and Vietnam; his plans to further develop the links; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27610/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance the pre-committed expenditure for Budget 2020; the demographics, capital commitments and other pre-committed expenditure including the nominal equivalent for each component; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27616/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of non-voted expenditure carried over for Budget 2020; the other general Government commitments that will impact Budget 2020; the GEC increases and negative DRMs that will impact Budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27617/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the discretionary revenue raising measures that will impact Budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27618/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of charge-back refunds requested by customers of regulated entities; the amount of refunds issued by those entities in respect of transactions not authorised by the cardholder (details supplied); the policy in terms of the person or body responsible for the disputed transaction; the role of the debit and credit card provider in that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated nominal general Government balance in each of the years 2020 to 2024 in a disorderly Brexit scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27945/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected Exchequer borrowing requirements in each year between 2020 and 2024 under the orderly and the disorderly Brexit scenarios, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27958/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Summer Economic Statement (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason €600 million is included in annexe 1 of the summer economic statement for tax reductions; the tax head or tax heads the €600 million falls under; the reason apparent budgetary decisions would be included in the calculation for net fiscal space; his views on whether net fiscal space as outlined in annexe 1 is the appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost of the national broadband plan included in the pre-committed expenditure in each of the years 2021 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27947/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the meaning of the phrases "automatic stabilisers" and "temporary, targeted support for the sectors most affected"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27951/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Summer Economic Statement (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance if the €600 million outlined in annexe 1 of the summer economic statement is incorporated in the indicative nominal budgetary package in table 6 of the statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27952/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the commentary by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council on page 74 of its fiscal assessment that the expenditure forecasts for 2020-2023 are not credible and that the technical assumptions used imply an implausible slowdown in expenditure; his views on whether the observation is correct regarding expenditure forecasts; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2019 (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Christmas bonus has been incorporated in the forecast of the general Government balance for 2019; his views on the IFAC observation that it is not; the amount the Christmas bonus is projected to be for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27954/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2019 (2 Jul 2019)

Michael McGrath: 231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of the Christmas bonus for 2019 is in the base and therefore provided for in his budgetary arithmetic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27850/19]