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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister, for that reason, is working with the HSE to deal with that and to make sure that additional capacity is found in order to catch up on the backlog.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I am sure the Minister will be happy to come before the House-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----and make a statement on it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I would have to check my diary. A couple of weeks ago. I do not remember the exact date.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I do not want to mislead the Dáil. I cannot remember the exact date.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: Thanks very much, Deputy. First of all, it is not €3 billion. No projects will be stopped and no projects will be cut but some projects may have to be-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ----deferred. It requires a reprofiling of about €100 million worth of capital expenditure this year out of a total capital budget of €7 billion. It requires a reprofiling of the budget of somewhere between 1% and 2%, half of that coming from the Department of Health and the other half coming from other Departments. Where there are overruns in expenditure, there are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----with 15 theatres, five MRI machines, parent accommodation, and outpatient and-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----urgent care centres in Blanchardstown and in Tallaght-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----allowing a whole new model of paediatric care to happen in this country, the kind of which we have never seen and a hospital that will be born digital with an electronic health record. That is the value of it. Like many of these big, expensive, important projects, whether it is the port tunnel or terminal 2 at the airport or the Luas, when it is built, everyone will be glad that it was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: An investigation will be carried out into the reasons for the overruns. PwC, the major accounting and consultancy firm, has been retained by the Department of Health to carry out that investigation. I am always afraid to put a timeline on investigations or inquiries, as they always seem to take longer than we expect-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----but as soon as it is done, that report will be furnished to the Government and published thereafter. If people wish to make further inquiries on foot of that, having all the facts, that would be very welcome. Mr. Robert Watt is the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. He regularly accounts to committees - the finance committee and the Committee of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: Before I reply, I want to recognise, on my behalf and on behalf of the Government and my party, the Ceann Comhairle and his staff for organising what was a really appropriate and successful commemoration on Monday.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I also join Deputy Micheál Martin in expressing my condolences to the family and friends of Orla Church. I was filled with sorrow over the weekend when I heard of her untimely passing. I also pay tribute to her and thank her for her contribution to helping the health service to update its guidelines for GPs and others in relation to cervical screening. I recognise that it was a very...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Staff (23 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: My Department works closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, which has overall responsibility for Brexit. Within my Department, staff across several divisions contribute to the work on Brexit. The International, European Union and Northern Ireland Division covers work on all international, EU and British-Irish and Northern Ireland affairs within the Department,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I guarantee that the level of scaremongering about what will not be done or what might be cancelled will go well beyond anything remotely connected to reality in terms of what we have to do to find that additional funding for the children's hospital. It is the case that the cost of capital projects across the board are escalating and not just Government projects but also in the private...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: No, it did not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: That was not for the final complete project.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: It was a tender.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: It was not the tender for the final cost of the project. That only came in more recently.