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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of allowing self-employed persons reclaim VAT on petrol purchased for business purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30041/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence has been received from a group (details supplied) regarding a school project in County Donegal; if a reply has issued to the correspondence; the status of the progress being made to deliver the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29108/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Carers Strategy Implementation (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 378. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts made and steps taken during 2018 and to date in 2019 to assess the health, mental health and needs of caregivers of children with medical needs; the relevant research undertaken or commissioned by his Department or the HSE; the pilot initiatives under way or completed; and if evaluation reports from same will be provided. [29248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Funding (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided for the redevelopment of the Curragh racecourse; the areas this funding was drawn from; the budgeted amount at the beginning of the redevelopment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29102/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend high-speed fibre broadband to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29071/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 570. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the parameters for deciding to exclude properties (details supplied) in County Donegal in high-speed fibre broadband installations in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29072/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 577. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend high speed fibre broadband to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29330/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry but I have had to work between committees. The witnesses are very welcome. I have a couple of short questions on the national children's hospital, which many of my colleagues have raised. What is the square footage of the national children's hospital?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Roughly.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Of course, I will be fair. This is not a case of trying to get the witnesses. I was trying to google it myself to see. My question relates to the location of the national children's hospital compared with the previous version of the hospital at the Mater Hospital site. Is the size roughly the same or is it significantly different?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: The reason I ask the question is because we have spent a lot of time discussing the overruns with the national children's hospital, but once it is built another issue will arise, namely, the running of the hospital. Has the Department looked at the annual cost of running the national children's hospital, given the size and scale of the hospital compared with the previous version that was...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Have those estimates increased in recent years?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: If we were to look at the documentation, which we do not have here at this committee, at the estimates for the running of the new national children's hospital, and at what was estimated four years ago, would we be looking at the same estimates today?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Desmond can forget about capital costs.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I was going to move to that point. This is crucial because with a national capital project that takes bricks and mortar to build but also costs money every year thereafter to keep the lights on, clean the building, staff the building and all the rest of it, we need to make sure that the runaway costs that we are seeing on the capital side are not repeated with the current expenditure. If...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It depends why it changed.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: To be helpful, if there is significant deviation or change in them, the HSE can add a commentary as to why it believes those changes took place. Again, there may have been none. I just want to know. In regard to the health overrun, I asked the Minister for Finance why he believes we are going to buck the trend in 2019 compared with any other year and why the health budget will not see a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Excuse me, what was that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Talking about planning of staff, I am sure other Deputies will have the same experience as my own. Mr. Mulvany talked about planning, growing staff and so on. Is it not the case that in the "living within your means" part of what he is saying, what we are seeing now is that acute hospitals and community hospitals are not replacing staff who are on maternity leave in many cases? This can be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Pearse Doherty: What happens when somebody goes on maternity leave?