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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: What we do know is that it was over-budget by €200 million by late August. The reply to the parliamentary question in September did not indicate that.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is important lessons are learned but it is unfortunate they were very costly lessons for the taxpayer.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (30 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made to the Ombudsman by those in direct provision regarding the actions of accommodation centres; if the Ombudsman or his Department keeps records of complaints made to the accommodation centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4377/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (30 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the scheduled date for the commencement of operations by the legal practitioners’ tribunal in accordance with the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4378/19]

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: My colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, has outlined Sinn Féin's position on the Bill. I want to pick up on some issues he did not address owing to time constraints, one of which is the contradictions in the briefing notes obtained by Sinn Féin via freedom of information requests to the Department of Finance. These are notes provided to the Minister in the lead-up to the publication...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (29 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital projects that will be delayed or deferred across all Departments due to the cost overruns of the national children’s hospital by the date on which they were due to commence; and the date to which they have been deferred in tabular form. [4152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (29 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 309. To ask the Minister for Health the private companies and consultancies that have been paid for the tendering and procurement process of the national children's hospital; and the amount paid to these companies for the tendering and procurement process in each of the years since the process began for the hospital. [3764/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (29 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost escalation for the national children’s hospital since October 2018; the manner in which the cost overrun will be spread over the following years until the completion of the project; the way in which revenue will be found and sourced to fund the overrun; if the cost overrun will affect the National Development Plan 2018-2027; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (29 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects that will be delayed or deferred across all Departments due to the cost overruns of the national children’s hospital by the date on which they were due to commence in tabular form; and the date to which they have been deferred. [4151/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: We will do that next. We will deal with that matter in private sessin.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I refer to whistleblowers B and C who presented to us on Tuesday. I have a number of issues to put to Professor Fitzgerald but I would like to do so in private session, having consulted the whistleblowers this morning. I note from the professor's correspondence also that he wishes to discuss certain issues in private. I ask that the committee go into private session.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank Professor Fitzgerald for his frank contribution during private session regarding persons B and C. I will follow up with the university in the next couple of days with correspondence on what I believe may be a resolution to a number of issues facing the university with regard to them. It will beyond my remit then to do any more about it. I hope Professor Fitzgerald will be able to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Can I suggest, if the members are agreeable, that we take the opening statements as read because I have to be in the Chamber shortly?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will be be leaving at 5 p.m. but will be back at approximately at 5.25 p.m.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I apologise because I had to step out of the meeting so if I ask a question that has already been asked, please tell me and we will move on and I can get the answer from the transcripts later. Take me through the process. The witnesses referred to the relief that was introduced this year for landlords - is that classed as a tax expenditure? Take me through how we even come to that stage...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Would that have been a decision of the Minister? Does it get recommended to him?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: It was pitched to us as a measure to try to encourage individual smaller landlords rather than landlords with multiple properties to stay in the market. I presume that would have been the basis of the policy decision at that time. Mr. Cullen said that the Department moved to the initial design, the impact analysis and all that. On that point, was any analysis done on how effective it would...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is it considered a tax expenditure or is it considered as part of the tax benchmarking?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Does Revenue share that view?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: In relation to various methods, I note that everyone uses the initial revenue foregone method. I will ask a question I put to the Parliamentary Budget Office, PBO, before the witnesses came in. The second method in the PBO paper was the revenue forgone method, which looks at behavioural analysis. There is a difficulty around trying to cost that. The PBO said that other countries look at...