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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: What we need is less spin and more action. We do not need more debate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Patients who are lying on trolleys and their families want action from the Government and less spin.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It would take 2 million hours to clear the waiting lists. The Government is planning to fail.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: There are fewer nurses and fewer midwives.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Did the professor withdraw his assertion that the lives of newborns are at risk in the hospital as a result of the Government's policies?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: That is the reality.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister indicate when the public spending code will be published and whether it will in any way, shape or form apply when trying to ensure that the projects under way are not allowed to absorb more taxpayers' money?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: When will the Minister be able to give us an assurance? When will he have the figures? This has been going on on his watch for four years. The project has increased by more than €1 billion, yet he somehow takes offence at my questioning him about an overrun that is continuing to escalate on his watch. I am entitled and right to ask these questions on behalf of taxpayers. I would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: When can the Minister give a commitment that it will not exceed €2 billion?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: In fairness, I asked the question three times. The Minister will not give us a timeframe for when he can give a commitment that the project will not escalate further.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the reviewed and revised public spending code will be published, in view of repeated overruns in large-scale capital projects; the way in which it will address the deficiencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46895/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Robert Watt, recently acknowledged that the State had a problem in delivering large capital projects at a cost of more than €100 million. He said a new public spending code was needed to address cost overruns on projects costing more than €100 million and that it was to be published in the following...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is clear that a new public spending code is required. It has been required for a long time, but I am still no clearer on when it will be published. The Minister has said he will give it his attention after the Finance Bill is passed. Two months ago, its publication was promised in the next number of weeks. I am sure that Mr. Robert Watt knew there would be a budget and a finance Bill....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital projects that are to be delayed or deferred in the years of the National Development Plan as a result of cost overruns such as the national children’s hospital and National Broadband Plan, which the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council calculates could reduce funding for capital projects by as much as €17 billion; and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The national development plan set out approximately €116 billion to be invested in capital projects in the ten years from 2018 to 2027. According to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, if the Government continues its trend of allowing major overruns on major Government flagship capital projects, the funding available to other capital projects will be reduced by as much as €2...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Government's approach is extremely worrying. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has shown that, under the Minister's watch, major capital projects, of which I have mentioned two, are running at 100% to 300% over budget. In respect of the national broadband plan, we are looking at an overrun of 500% for infrastructure which the public will not even own at the end of the day. That is an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister says that lessons have to be learned from past projects and talks about revising the public spending code, an issue to which I will return in a later question. I have outlined two projects, however, that are being funded by taxpayers' money, by fathers and mothers who are out working every hour they can get and paying their taxes. These people expect the Government to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Preparations (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date by which the necessary Brexit infrastructure at ports is expected to be completed by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46898/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Expenditure (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the saving measures recommended by the health budget oversight group and shared with his Department for the remainder of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46894/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital allocation for flooding projects from 2020 to 2025; if the projects have been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46896/19]