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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 and 220 to 222, inclusive, together. The current position on these flood relief schemes is set out in the table below. Scheme Current Status Arklow Wicklow County Council is progressing flood protection measures for the town of Arklow with funding provided by the Office of Public Works. Consultants have been commissioned to undertake engineering and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to delivering Project Ireland 2040 within the overall multi-year resource envelope that has been set out. For 2019, the capital allocation has increased by €1,325 million or just over 22% above the 2018 allocation as stated in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2019. With regard to implications arising from the National Children’s Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised that the Office of Public Works approved funding to Kerry County Council of €75,000 in March 2018 under its Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection scheme for a Coastal Erosion & Flood Risk Management Study for Dingle Bay East-Castlemaine Harbour. The area mentioned in the Deputy’s question is included in this study. Kerry County Council is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Kerry County Council carried out a pre-feasibility study for the Sneem area, the recommendation of which was to carry out further more detailed river modelling to assess the feasibility of the measures identified in the pre-feasibility study. Working in co-operation with Kerry County Council, the Office of Public Works (OPW) have agreed to undertake this study and assessment, which will be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (12 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: 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. Decisions on how and where those allocations are invested by Departments are a matter, in the first instance, for my Ministerial colleagues. The key role in leading development at county level...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have outlined to the House on a number of occasions the timeline upon which I and my Department became aware of the overspend. We have outlined the timing during which this happened from early November onwards and we have outlined the work the Department of Health has done to get to this point. Clearly there are learnings we have to look at in respect of the implementation of a two-stage...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: It was due to the integration of the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that we have been able to move ahead on projects overall such as Project Ireland 2040. Because the two Departments are located under me as Minister, we are able to make integrated decisions on taxation and spending. We are able to look at the level of money we need to raise to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: A decision was made this week on the Collooney to Castlebaldwin motorway, for example.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: This project is a much-needed motorway. It can and will make a very big difference to commuters and citizens in the State. Other projects are going ahead successfully about which we never hear a word of recognition from Deputy Broughan.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Retirements (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16 and 41 together. The Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018 provides for an increase to age 70 in the compulsory retirement age of most public servants recruited before 1 April 2004. The Act provides that I, as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will, within three months of the passing of the Act, prepare and lay before...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Retirements (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan to take this point.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The question the Deputy just put to me bears no relation to the one I have in front of me.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not sure Deputy Broughan is. It is Question No. 15.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The role of my Department is in respect of the monitoring of overall expenditure by Departments. Of course, individual Departments play a key role in individual projects. The management and delivery of individual projects within the overall capital allocation is primarily the responsibility of the relevant sponsoring Department and Minister. A public investment management assessment,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Regarding the first question, I met the official to whom the Deputy referred. I am absolutely satisfied that he met all of the responsibilities that he had as a member of the board. I have worked with him since becoming Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and have seen at all times his professionalism and expertise in discharging his responsibilities. Regarding Deputy Cowen's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I met him on Tuesday. He was satisfied that the issue was being dealt with appropriately in the board. I am absolutely satisfied from my engagement with him that he was handling his responsibilities appropriately. He was satisfied that the information was being shared with the Department of Health. I am satisfied that that happened too.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Facing challenging and legally binding greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, it is imperative that the assessment of public investment projects includes an appropriate valuation of the cost that society will bear in dealing with these emissions. Under the national mitigation plan, my Department committed to “undertake a review of guidance on public expenditure appraisal and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: We will have to make decisions about projects when we consider the revised public spending code. I will decide the elements of the revised code shortly. I expect that when we do that with many of the key projects in Project Ireland 2040, particularly in the area of public transport, the case for doing them will become only stronger, especially given that the plan already has such a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: That is the case. We will complete the work we are doing on the public spending code. The public consultation on this only finished on 14 December. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, is setting quite the pace in looking to publish the new climate action plan. I will do my best to try to keep up with that and ensure that any decisions we make on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (7 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The chief procurement officer was appointed in a personal capacity to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, NPHDB, in 2013 for a five-year term by the then Minister for Health. He was reappointed in 2018 by the current Minister for Health. He is a member of several of the board’s committees. The members of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board,in line with...