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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Based on the clarification received from the Deputy's office stating that this PQ is concerned with projects with a cost of €10 million or more I can confirm that my Department has not had any capital project in excess of this amount since 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Budget 2019 was published on 9 October 2018. The first full assessment of the cost overrun and the reasons for it was received by my Department in the form of a report from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board submitted by the Department of Health on the 19 November. My Department reviewed the report and met with the Department of Health to discuss it on the 23 November and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to PQ Ref: 6225/19 and PQ Ref: 6219/19, which were answered together on 07/02/2019.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78, 79 and 82 together. In my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at a Departmental level. Responsibility for the management of individual projects rests with the relevant sponsoring Department or Agency. We have examined all...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Courts Service Properties (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The property referred to by the Deputy is not in the control of the Office of Public Works but is vested in the Courts Service in accordance with section 26 of the Courts Service Act 1998.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand that the memo referred to is an internal Memo provided to the Minister for Health from his officials in the Department of Health. The first full assessment of the cost overrun and the reasons for it was received by my Department in the form of a report from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board submitted by the Department of Health on the 19 November. My...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not completed any capital projects, of the scale defined by the Deputy's office, since 2011. In order to obtain the information sought in respect of such capital projects completed by other Departments, a separate question would need to be submitted to each of the relevant Ministers.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Government policy requires the use of the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) on all projects delivered under the Exchequer-funded element of the public capital programme. The public works contract is a key component of the CWMF and is a lump sum, fixed-price contract which is to be used on all public works projects. It is possible for public bodies to seek a derogation from the use...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The table below sets out the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the company in question: Year Service Cost 2015 External expertise and support on Public Service Reform €36,900 2015 ICT Baselining Project €148,781 2018 Banking Services for central government – review of market €44,526

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

Paschal Donohoe: Arising from the Government decision of Tuesday 12thFebruary 2019 in relation to capital reallocations related to the cost overrun on the National Children's hospital, the Office of Public Works is reviewing the most appropriate means of achieving the required capital savings of €3 million in the flood risk management area. Expenditure on any particular project or programme in any year...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 87 and 88 together. All public capital projects are subject to the provisions of the Department’s Public Spending Code. The Public Spending Code provides key principles as well as identifying a clear framework for the appraisal, planning and management of these capital projects. This includes the specification of the respective roles and...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am unaware of what his status is from a company law point of view-----

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: -----because, as far as I know, he was subject to the standards he would be as a civil servant and the different circulars which, for example, were raised by Deputy Kelly. He questioned me on them. What he had to do-----

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I will answer the question to the best of my ability. According to the circular that the head of the OGP was subject to, it was his role to ensure that the parent Department responsible for the project was being informed of what was happening and that was happening. At the appropriate point, the Minister for Health became aware of it. He briefed me on it and we took action from there.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: These are completely different projects. The hospital in Tallaght and some of the other hospital projects that have been mentioned this evening are completely different in complexity, scale and process from the national children's hospital. It is like comparing the experience in building a road to the experience of building a metro. They might be in the same policy area but they are very...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In terms of the number of theatres, the volume of technology and the scale and nature of the project, they are fundamentally different.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I acknowledge all the questions and points that have been put this evening. As the Government and I have acknowledged over the past number of days, we have made progress in how to deliver important capital projects well. We have made progress with Project Ireland 2040. In both the Department of Health and other Departments there are examples of how projects are delivered well and how they...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: These are capital projects that communities and the country want and which the Government is delivering. With regard to accountability, the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, and I have answered the questions Deputies have put to us and we have participated in committee meetings on this. Both Departments have made available all the information they have on the matter and we are subject to...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: This project will matter for children's health in the future. We have acknowledged repeatedly what must be done differently for projects such as this and the lessons we have from this. We will progress with two priorities - seeking to deliver projects the country needs and ensuring that the national children's hospital is delivered - and when we move on to other big projects of similar...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: There were agreements in place on how the loan would be drawn down and the circumstances upon which the loan could be accessed. If nothing in those agreements is commercially sensitive, I will make the information available to the Deputy.