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Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: The ruling on the amendment was made by the Chair. It was not the Minister's decision.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I ask the Minister to move the adjournment. There will be 41 minutes left to deal with this section when the debate resumes tomorrow.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects reform to feature in respect of policy affecting various Departments with particular reference to the need to ensure equity throughout all Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10629/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: This question is self-explanatory. To what extent do the reforms that were evident in recent years continue to be exercised across all Departments, without exception?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for his reply. Are Departments encouraged to compare their results with a view to achieving the best possible outcome for the taxpayer? Has that happened in the past? Can that be done and is it likely to be done in future?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: Given the obvious success of that policy during the downturn, does the Minister remain satisfied that the same benefits can accrue in a growing economy, as ours is? Will the reforms that are in place have the same effect or be even more beneficial in our current economic climate?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has been alerted to potential budgetary overruns in respect of various Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10628/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Levels (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 92. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons registered as unemployed in 2011. [10212/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which budgetary corrections in respect of capital expenditure need to follow in the wake of the overrun of costs for the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7346/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Programmes (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied of being able to continue to meet the targets set by him in the context of spending and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10940/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Programmes (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his priorities in order to achieve best economic practice for Ireland in the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10946/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Programmes (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the extent to which reforms throughout the public sector are likely to yield improved economic performance in 2019 has been quantified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10947/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Competitiveness (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role he expects for reform throughout the public sector to impact on economic performance in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10941/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Competitiveness (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the most effective reforms undertaken throughout the public and private sectors over the past number of years which have contributed substantially to economic progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10943/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: House Sales (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he will take in terms of public expenditure and reform with a view to ensuring that the domestic customer has a reasonable chance of purchasing a home notwithstanding the competition from investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10942/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full extent to date of recruitment throughout the public sector in the context of economic recovery; the expectation in respect of future recruitments throughout the sector in 2019 and thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10944/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Competitiveness (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he in the context of reform has introduced new criteria in view of the international and global trading challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10945/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has received communication from other Departments, bodies and agencies under their aegis seeking expenditure on such issues as upgrade of motorways, new roadworks, investment in water and other items of infrastructural importance; if he expects to be in a position to respond favourably to such...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Preparations (5 Mar 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he can take steps to minimise the impact of Brexit on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10949/19]