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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (12 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: If the OPW was entering into a contract-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (12 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: The OPW would regard it as a fixed price contract, with some exclusions, for example, the nature of the works that have been discovered at Leinster House.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (12 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: I am struggling to understand something. The OPW sits within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which also hosts the Office of Government Procurement in the overall management of State contracts. Mr. Buckley is saying the property arm - the OPW - does not use a contract model that provides for the contractor being compensated on an ongoing basis for construction inflation above...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (12 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: My final question is for the Minister of State who has previously raised the issue of insurance and engaged with that industry on areas in which OPW schemes have been completed. The industry has provided certain statistics for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for the levels of flood insurance coverage in those areas and claimed that they are high. They would argue that it is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (12 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding insurance policies held with insurance companies prudentially regulated in the UK or Gibraltar but operating here under freedom of services in the event of a no-deal Brexit; if such policies will be still valid; if new policies will be possible; if the issue will be fully dealt with in the miscellaneous provisions (withdrawal of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of temporary run-off regime in the event the UK leaving the EU on 29 March 2019; the way in which the regime interacts with EU law on insurance; if it will be possible for new business to be written by UK companies not prudentially regulated here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6177/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (7 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation or engagement that has taken place between him and the insurance industry; the number of times in the past six months he has met with organisations (details supplied) on Brexit; the details of the meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6176/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (7 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance companies operating here under freedom of services which are prudentially regulated in the UK or Gibraltar by the type of insurance sold and the number of applications with the Central Bank from insurance companies wishing to be prudentially regulated here, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6178/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Compensation Fund (7 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the compensation mechanisms in place if after the UK leaves the EU an insurance company operating here under freedom of services but prudentially regulated in the UK or Gibraltar goes into liquidation; the way in which the Insurance (Amendment) Act 2018 applies in this scenario; if claimants in this instance would be entitled to 100% compensation; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Deduction Systems (7 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review on tax treatment of flat rate expenses; if these changes will come into force in 2020; if there are changes from the original proposal announced in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6180/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: As the Minister for Education and Skills will be aware, two staff members in the University of Limerick became whistleblowers. They are in dispute with the university. They raised issues relating to wrongful expenditure of public moneys. Their views were upheld by a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General and a report by Professor Richard Thorn who was appointed to report...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: I do not think the Government should underestimate the level of public anger at the spectacular cost overrun in the development of the national children's hospital. We learned today from TheIrish Timesthat senior officials from the HSE and the Department of Health discussed potential cost overruns almost a year before the date on which the Minister, Deputy Harris, says he was informed of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: The Minister has not dealt with the elephant in the room, which is the lack of any political oversight over the single largest capital project in the history of the Department of Health and the HSE. Why is it that officials representing the Minister, Deputy Harris, knew for up to a year that the cost of this project was spiralling through the roof before it was even brought to his attention?...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: When will we have clarity on the consequences for other projects in health, education and transport throughout the country that depend on capital funding? When will we have that clarity?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (6 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 119. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have their assessment of need carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5855/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (6 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a pension traceability system to ensure that on retirement persons are able to benefit from different pension schemes they paid into over the course of their working life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5790/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (6 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount of private pension funds that remain unclaimed for a variety of reasons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 4,450 persons have been waiting for an outpatient consultation in Cork city hospitals since before 1 January 2017. [5407/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Deduction Systems (5 Feb 2019)

Michael McGrath: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by substitute teachers whose payments are subject to emergency tax (details supplied); if he has been in contact with the Department of Education and Skills with a view to putting a resolution in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5560/19]