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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (2 Oct 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: 448. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in funding required for section 39 organisations for total pay restoration of section 39 workers as per the internal audit report of the HSE. [40017/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (2 Oct 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: 445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of section 39 organisations employed by the Department of Health and-or the HSE to carry out services and functions. [40009/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (2 Oct 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: 446. To ask the Minister for Health the difference between section 38 and 39 organisations and their relationship with the public sector. [40013/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (2 Oct 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the level of public funding for section 39 workers in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [40015/18]
- Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: And us.
- Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: I was not going to speak either because my colleague, Deputy O'Reilly, has outlined all the arguments in favour of the Bill, as the two previous speakers have eloquently done also. I wish to comment on some of the claims which were made. It is not factually true to suggest there would be two bottles on a shelf, one with a label warning of the associated risks of alcohol and cancer, and...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: As to the health overspend, why are we not able to predict it? The Minister has said that one of the drivers is the acute hospital sector. We know that every year. For the last five years, the acute hospital sector has been the area where we have seen that overspend. What is the Minister's difficulty in predicting the drivers within the overspend?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: On the overspend in the acute hospitals sector, is the Minister concerned that the third quarter of the year is always the quarter where a significant increase is seen?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: What steps are being taken in the Department to ensure we are not in the same position next year?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: If I can touch on housing, why has the Department made a decision not to go above the figures in terms of planned house-building set out in the capital plan? In light of the current crisis, is there a particular reason we are not spending more on housing?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: Yes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: Would the Minister agree that if we ramped up house construction, it would not pose a risk to overheating the economy?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council identified that sector as being at the greatest risk of overheating in the heat chart it provided in respect of the economy.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: I will go into more detail on those questions in the second round. In the context of the rainy day fund, can the Minister give us some more detail on what type of fund he is proposing and what discussions he has had with the Commission on its establishment?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: Was it positive in the sense that if we want to access the rainy day fund, there will be no issue?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: What kind of conditions? Are we talking about an event of natural disaster or once-off event following which we could access it? Is it not also true that if we wanted to access money from the rainy day fund over and above the expenditure benchmark, that would be against the fiscal rules?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: In terms of the expenditure benchmark, if we wanted to spend over and above what would be allowed or would be recommended, and we wanted to access the rainy day fund in order to do that, is that permissible under the current fiscal rules?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: I have some brief questions. I am unsure if the Minister will be able to answer them because I know he cannot reveal any budget measures. On the Sláintecare report, the Minister is aware that it recommends an additional allocation of €396 million for its implementation next year. Is it the intention of the Government to begin the implementation of Sláintecare? If so, will...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister will appreciate that I have not held this brief for very long and am still learning it. On the underspends in Departments, he indicated that the overspend in health will have to be built into the base if it is determined that it is a recurring cost and that he will try to mitigate that partly from taxes which have exceeded expectations. We know that some are running above what...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)
Jonathan O'Brien: It does not always happen.