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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The final question is on taxes and the forecasts. I have not studied this but I am aware from studying the health budget that it is the fourth quarter where we always see significant pressure, perhaps because of recruitment issues. The August 2018 figures for excise duty were €249 million less than predicted. Are these cyclical figures also, such as in a quarterly cycle, or would we...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The final query is about VAT, in which we are some €80 million behind.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, said that no one on these benches had a monopoly on compassion or empathy, and I agree completely. No one on these benches believes we have that monopoly. The Government does not have a monopoly on solutions either, however, and there are solutions being suggested right across the Chamber. The Government seems to think it has a monopoly on...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (19 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will be very brief. As Deputy Michael McGrath has outlined, we are not even discussing the Bill itself tonight or the amendments being tabled for tomorrow. We are only discussing whether they can be moved and discussed tomorrow. The Ceann Comhairle has ruled that this is what needs to happen and we agree with him. It is unfortunate. I hope it is not something we will have to do...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have two questions, the first of which relates to the health budget and, depending on how one looks at it, the projected underfunding, or overspend. For a number of weeks, Sinn Féin has been trying to discover how much of that overspend is going to be classed as a recurrent cost because the answer to that question will impact on the budgetary process. We have not been able to get an...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Will the White Paper tell us how much of the overrun is recurring expenditure that has to be built into the budget?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Will we ever find out how much is recurring expenditure? How do we find it out?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have looked at some of the recruitment trends in health. The fourth quarter of the year is usually when most recruitment is done, which indicates the number of new staff is likely to be above the target. Predicting the amount of new staff is becoming increasingly difficult. Do the witnesses believe that the Government should be providing that type of information? Should it tell us how...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: We are in the middle of a housing crisis and we need to increase our housing output, I would argue, over and above the Government target. Mr. Coffey says that if we do this too quickly there is the potential for housing to be a driver in overheating the economy. How do we get around that? If we need more houses and we have to build them to accommodate the crisis how do we in doing so...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address matters (details supplied) regarding the construction of roads. [37236/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (18 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 704. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital allocation for the rural regeneration and development fund in each of the years 2019 to 2023; the projects this fund will contribute towards; the location of each; and the function, commencement, completion dates and annual costs of each. [37238/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (18 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 705. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will adress matters regarding programmes (details supplied); the capital allocation for these projects in each of the years 2019 to 2023; the projects this fund will contribute towards; and the location, function, commencement and completion date and annual costs of each. [37239/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of the total cost of the research and development tax credit which relates to expenditure incurred by businesses on items (details supplied). [35683/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (7 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and percentage of SMEs' share of above threshold public contracts in the past 10 and 20 years, respectively under EU directive supplies and service contracts valued at €134,000 or €207,000 for public sector entities outside central government. [35696/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (7 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and percentage of SMEs' share of below threshold public contracts in the past ten and 20 years, respectively. [35697/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Data (7 Sep 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 1081. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered driver instructors that are independent or self-employed as opposed to being franchised to companies such as a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35568/18]

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (12 Jul 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Of the 221 women involved, as of last week, how many have taken proceedings, not necessarily against the laboratories but generally in connection with their smear test results, a failure to inform or a failure to address their circumstances in a timely fashion? According to the figures, three cases have been settled. What are we up to?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (12 Jul 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Outside those 40 cases, there are another 181 women. Has any of them taken a case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (12 Jul 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will rephrase the question. Before the Vicky Phelan case, had any of the 221 women that we now know of taken cases?