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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: Retrospectively and for the future, we have this constant issue in Ireland when it comes to large scale capital projects which is true with health projects, and it will be very much the case in transport because of the decarbonisation of the economy, where we will have an increase in rail projects, which is to be expected. One is looking at light rail systems being put into places like Cork...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: With regard to the national development plan, which falls under the responsibility of this Department, we had €174 billion of a plan put in place and it was one of the first items that was looked at under the programme for Government but the inflation costs have had a very significant impact on that. With regard to the projects across the entirety of the document, where transport is...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: How is deep is the deficit now compared with what it was a few years ago? Has it been any analysis of how much inflation has hurt the ability to carry out the list of projects?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: I am not trying to catch Mr. Moloney out and if that is something he could come back to me on, I would appreciate it because I believe it is very important. Obviously, we had a parcel of €174 billion in planned expenditure under 2021 figures. I want to establish how much that figure would be now with regard to today’s new economic reality, in the way that inflation took place.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: I thank our witnesses.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: I appreciate the second round of questions. I want to touch on a matter Deputy Colm Burke raised. Deputy Dillon raised it with the witnesses as well. They will be aware that my constituency was absolutely annihilated by flooding and that the damage is extraordinary. The immediate estimate is, to our knowledge, €54 million for roads alone. Bringing the debate back to the OPW, very...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: I would really appreciate that. To be clear on the Midleton question, there is a question on the minds of many members of the public and on mine as a newly elected public representative. This is my first term in the Dáil. We had the Covid pandemic for two years of this term and, understandably, many projects were impacted in terms of the ability of the Civil Service to process them....

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: I appreciate that and I look forward to getting that information. We will deliberate on it further when I get it.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (14 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a person (details supplied) must sign for credits with the Department. [49730/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 54. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the facilities of Midleton Hospital after the devastating floods during Storm Babet; if he will provide the details of the funding available for repairs to the hospital; if he will provide a timeline for a return of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48224/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 80. To ask the Minister for Health if he would provide an update on any HSE facilities that were damaged after the devastating floods during Storm Babet; if he will provide the details of the funding available for repairs to these facilities; if he will provide a timeline for a return of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48225/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (9 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the additional supports that his Department will provide for a local authority following the devastation of Storm Babet (details supplied); how quickly this funding will be made available to the same local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (9 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for the additional supports his Department will provide for a local authority following the devastation of Storm Babet (details supplied); if his Department will provide funding towards further machinery to help speed up the repairs across the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48227/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: I want to ask about recent flooding in my constituency, particularly around the Midleton area. Last night I met residents in the Woodlands area, as did Deputy Stanton, and in Willowbank. Significant sums of money are needed to help with clean-up operations, with tree-felling, with interim repair works to private bridges and roadways, as well as for preventative measures for flooding. Would...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any immediate plans for sourcing a temporary location for a crèche that got flooded during Storm Babet recently (details supplied); if he will give financial supports to the crèche to help it get back on its feet as the owner was unable to obtain flood insurance; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Weather Events (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the extra funding being made available to Cork County Council for the repair of local roads which have been devastated during Storm Babet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47776/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 357. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will expedite a scheme in County Cork by the OPW under the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme (CFRAM) in County Cork (details supplied); if such area has been designated with Tranche 2 status under the scheme; if he will acknowledge that there is now an urgent necessity to bring forward these schemes owing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will liaise with a relevant local authority, the Office of Public Works and other relevant stakeholders to carry out the necessary appropriate screening assessments with respect to a stream (details supplied) in County Cork which bursts it banks during Storm Babet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47774/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in assessment of the amended Stage 1 Report, which was submitted to her Department as requested in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47928/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

James O'Connor: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to the intended works for the previously approved additional school accommodation application of a school (details supplied); if her Department will update the school as to the timeline for these works in the context of the addition of an ASD unit to the project, given that she advised in June that the...