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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Does Deputy Shanahan envisage any role for the national investment office in the Department of public expenditure, particularly in major capital projects? The NIO is supposed to be the centralised hub of expertise in delivering capital projects.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Many of these capital projects go wrong from the beginning and are almost designed to go wrong in not having clear objectives and outcomes, and measurement is almost impossible. Are we saying through this Bill that there would be a requirement to provide information on project objectives, on the real outcomes and on the outputs from the project measured against those objectives? Would the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When the OECD makes an assessment that we are one of the worst countries in the whole of the area in budgetary oversight and all of that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I know, and I completely agree as I know some of the projects Ms Henry is talking about where there is good practice there, but what we want is to have that taken as a given.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: One thing about this committee is the diversity of opinion among its members. I thank Deputy Shanahan for the Bill. It will be the first of many pieces of legislation in this area. We are starting from a very low base. There are many things we need to correct, including bringing expertise back into the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Programmes (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual contribution from Ireland to the European Peace facility each year since it was established and the projected cost for the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57053/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Programmes (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has been providing military aid to Ukraine through the European Peace facility; if so, the total amount provided to date in financial terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57054/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 155. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the total share of the €500 million provided under the EU Act in Support of Ammunition Production Regulation will be used to provide direct supply of ammunition to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57055/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 156. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the EU Act in Support of Ammunition Production Regulation will provide €500 million to subsidise the EU arms industry and Ireland will be contributing through the EU budget to this funding despite the fact that Irish companies are unlikely to benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57056/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 381. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a full list of heritage sites maintained by the OPW that have guided visitor experiences, in tabular form; the cost to the Exchequer of providing the visitor experiences free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56817/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pay (17 Jan 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 938. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on progress towards addressing the pay disparity that sees RSS or Tús supervisors paid less than community employment supervisors for very similar work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1015/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) on rating changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55815/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the reasons for the delay to ACRES payments; the steps he is taking to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55814/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the number of public servants serving on State boards since 2006 in an independent capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline any engagement he has had with ComReg since 2020 about improving the 4G signal in Mayo; and the progress to date. [56147/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of connections under the national broadband plan in County Mayo; how that compares with revised targets; the sanctions against the contracted company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Transmission Network (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the North Connacht Interconnector. [56149/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Appointments to State Boards (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the number of public servants servicing on State boards since 2006 in an independent capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Procurement Contracts (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 187. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total value of procurement overseen by his Department as a central purchasing body; the percentage of compliant and non-compliant procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56170/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (14 Dec 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the number of public servants servicing on State boards since 2006 in an independent capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55910/23]