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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: Is the Minister for Health aware that the last time a new home help package was approved in County Offaly was last June? Does he know these facts or is he aware that the provision he supposedly made for an allocation to allow services to stand still will not enable it to stand still? That is an abdication of responsibility on the part of those charged with that responsibility. It is an...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: I am asking the Minister if is he aware of-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: I am not being sanctimonious.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: It is notfauxoutrage; far from it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: There have been regional difficulties.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: It is a mess.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: A worker can join any union, but it has to be the right one.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates Publication (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will bring Supplementary Estimates for 2019 to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43687/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Expenditure (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of increasing the threshold for the over 70s medical card announced in budget 2020. [43665/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Expenditure (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the Luas cross city by each stage of the project, that is, planning, construction and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43726/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (23 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the original expected cost of the Westport to Castlebar road; the most up-to-date expected cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43727/19]

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: The Government committed to it.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: There is none to date and no land.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: I am here all the time. and will be here for a long time yet.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: Budget 2017 committed to the establishment of a land development agency that would have the potential to address the Government's difficulty in meeting its targets in the provision of social housing in the sense that it would be able to take over State lands and contract the development of houses and lease the units to local authorities which did not, unfortunately, have the expertise or the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: The Taoiseach will be well able to open it.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Capital Expenditure Programme (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 90. To ask the Taoiseach the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; and the cost of outside consultants for each of the projects. [42916/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Capital Expenditure Programme (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 91. To ask the Taoiseach the number of capital projects anticipated to commence in the next five years that cost €100 million or more; and the expected cost of external consultants for each project. [42917/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of making trade union subscriptions tax deductible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43648/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2019)

Barry Cowen: 173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of public health expenditure as a share of public expenditure, GDP, GNI modified gross national income in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will provide an estimate of same for 2020, in tabular form. [43442/19]