Parliamentary questions

National Children's Hospital Administration

Barry Cowen

91. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public procurement representative from his Department on the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has been replaced following the resignation of the previous representative; if not, the way in which his Department is monitoring the national children’s hospital project both in terms of procurement and public expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44182/19]

Parking Provision

Thomas Pringle

97. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the ongoing parking situation at a building (details supplied) in County Donegal will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43710/19]

Public Sector Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

98. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants who retired and or exited employment in the public service in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43673/19]

Estimates Publication

Barry Cowen

99. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will bring Supplementary Estimates for 2019 to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43687/19]

Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure

Alan Kelly

162. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure on Project Ireland 2040 in 2018 and to date in 2019. [42919/19]

Budget Measures

Mattie McGrath

163. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details on the poverty proofing analysis conducted by his Department prior to the publication of measures contained in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43342/19]

EU Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

164. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an investment package will be sought from the European Commission and additionally funded by the British and Irish Governments for the north-west city region of counties Donegal, Derry and west Tyrone in a post-Brexit scenario. [43523/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael McGrath

165. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of pre-committed expenditure, that is, demographics, the public service stability agreement, carryover from budget 2019, capital/NDP and carryover from budget 2020 in each year from 2020 to 2025, including the carryover costs from budget 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43537/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Gerry Adams

166. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of buildings owned by the Office of Public Works in County Louth; the number of these buildings not currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43016/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Data

Seán Sherlock

167. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of environmental assessments carried out for the Glanmire flood relief scheme; and the number of reports received in this regard in the past seven years. [43082/19]

Office of Public Works Data

Catherine Murphy

168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Percent for Art budget amount that was included in the overall capital budget estimate for Miesian Plaza, Dublin; if art works were commissioned in respect of the site; the way in which the OPW selected the arts medium that was chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43256/19]

Office of Public Works Data

Catherine Murphy

169. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Percent for Art budget amount that was included in the overall capital budget estimate for the new Kevin Street Garda station; if art works were commissioned in respect of the site; the way in which the OPW selected the arts medium that was chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43257/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

170. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); the reason for each service engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43319/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

171. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost of each exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43336/19]

Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme

Catherine Murphy

172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Clane, County Kildare, is classed on OPW maps as a flood risk; the position regarding OPW flood risk maps; if they are made available to companies that sell house insurance products; if they have permission to use OPW maps in the context of assessing risk associated with insurance products; his plans to provide insurers with maps compiled by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43395/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Barry Cowen

173. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of public health expenditure as a share of public expenditure, GDP, GNI modified gross national income in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will provide an estimate of same for 2020, in tabular form. [43442/19]

National Convention Centre

Niamh Smyth

174. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the remit of the National Convention Centre in terms of decisions as to which events it hosts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43465/19]

National Convention Centre

Niamh Smyth

175. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a group (details supplied) is being refused permission to perform at the National Convention Centre, Dublin; if his attention has been further drawn to the reason they are being refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43466/19]

National Development Plan

Michael McGrath

176. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide table 3.1 on page 19 of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 in millions rather than billions of euro; if the capital figure included in pre-committed expenditure in table 6 of the Summer Economic Statement is the difference between the NDP allocation in that year and the allocation in the previous year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43538/19]

Public Sector Pay

Barry Cowen

177. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost per year in accelerating pay equalisation by 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43645/19]

Pension Provisions

Barry Cowen

178. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of fully removing the public service pension reduction ahead of schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43647/19]

Flood Risk Management

Barry Cowen

179. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital allocation for flooding projects in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the expected allocation in 2019; the capital allocation for flooding projects from 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43649/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Seán Haughey

93. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a building (details supplied); the use being made of same; the way in which it is being protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42712/19]

Budget 2020

Jan O'Sullivan

94. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if budget 2020 was poverty proofed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42732/19]

Brexit Issues

Jackie Cahill

95. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of contracts for food concessions in hospitals, universities and all other State-run institutions which are held by UK owned companies in a no-deal Brexit situation and a deal Brexit situation, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42757/19]

Departmental Correspondence

Alan Kelly

96. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide all correspondence between him and-or his office and-or his advisers and-or the Secretary General and-or the office of the Secretary General and the Department of Health in September 2019 to 10 October 2019. [42781/19]

Flood Prevention Measures

Michael Healy-Rae

97. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided for works on a river (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42821/19]

Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Applications

Pearse Doherty

98. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has received an application from Donegal County Council for funding under the non-coastal minor works funding programme in 2017; if so, the status of the application; the timeframe in which a decision can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42837/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Barry Cowen

99. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes proposed for major capital projects over €100 million; the expected cost of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42855/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Barry Cowen

100. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each of the projects costing €100 million or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42873/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Barry Cowen

101. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of capital projects anticipated to commence in the next five years that cost €100 million or more; the expected cost of external consultants for each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42889/19]

Drainage Schemes

Catherine Connolly

96. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 8 October 2019, the cost of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42358/19]

Parental Leave

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

158. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration has been given to increasing the parental leave age for civil and public servants up to 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41698/19]

Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory

Jim O'Callaghan

159. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the forensic science laboratory in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41758/19]

Public Services Card

Anne Rabbitte

160. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if advice (details supplied) will be made public that was given to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs regarding plans for an alternative application system for the national childcare scheme that would not necessitate a public services card and a MyGovID identification; the reason officials in his Department were opposed to this alternative application method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41616/19]

Flood Risk Management

Fergus O'Dowd

161. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made regarding the flood risk management for County Louth and east County Meath under CFRAM; the stage of each project; the expected dates of commencement and completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41691/19]

Office of Public Works Projects

Catherine Murphy

162. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status regarding extra costs submitted by a contractor associated with the Kevin Street Garda divisional headquarters to the Office of Public Works; if he will provide the sum associated with the additional costs; if the OPW are disputing the bill in its entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41720/19]

Office of Public Works

Fergus O'Dowd

163. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the applications received for funding from Louth County Council or other public bodies including Fáilte Ireland relating to maintenance or other development works to St Laurence’s Gate, Drogheda, the Old Abbey, Drogheda, the Drogheda town walls and so on; his plans to enable the OPW to develop heritage or cultural sites and centres in Drogheda town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41765/19]

Civil Service Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

164. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to extend the duration for which a civil servant may take a career break in order to gain private sector and-or other public service experience and-or avail of full-time study; the number of civil servants on career break in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41808/19]

Public Sector Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

165. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of additional public servants employed in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41809/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

166. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has lost due to retirement by grade in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41823/19]

State Properties Data

Denis Naughten

167. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant desk spaces in each State-owned Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41836/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Fiona O'Loughlin

168. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of buildings owned by the OPW and not in use in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41856/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Fiona O'Loughlin

169. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are buildings owned by the OPW that could be used by an association (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41857/19]

Flood Risk Assessments

Catherine Murphy

170. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the attention of the OPW has been drawn to flood issues on the River Toni at Celbridge, County Kildare; the plans by the Office of Public Works to conduct a study on part of the river or carry out works in the context of nearby land and property developments impacting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41866/19]

Equality Proofing of Budgets

Mary Lou McDonald

171. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish the OECD report that undertook a policy scan of equality budgeting here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41962/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Barry Cowen

172. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the €130 million allocation of additional resources in the health capital allocation for 2020; the amount of this that is being used for the national children’s hospital; the amount coming from the €200 million reserve set aside for the national children’s hospital and National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42000/19]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Catherine Murphy

173. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of works for each Garda station in the context of planned retrofitting and-or renovation works in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42007/19]

Estimates Process

Brendan Howlin

174. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the Supplementary Estimates required for 2019 by Department, Vote and expenditure programme in which the additional expenditure is required; if the details of these additional Estimates is outlined in the budget documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42052/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Dara Calleary

175. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood alleviation schemes in Ballina and Foxford, County Mayo in view of budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42191/19]

Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory

Brendan Ryan

176. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 17 September 2019, if the contract has been awarded; if so, when will the contractors will be on site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42262/19]

Drainage Schemes

Tom Neville

177. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if required works will be carried out on a stream beside the residence of a person (details supplied). [42289/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

John Deasy

112. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position with regard to the Office of Public Works ownership and plans for a site at Shandon, Dungarvan, County Waterford, which had been earmarked for decentralisation a decade ago. [41488/19]

Brexit Issues

Catherine Murphy

113. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding stream that OPW used in order to get aspects of Dublin post-Brexit ready; the amount of funding available for the works; if public procurement rules were fully complied with in order to appoint a contractor for the works; the reason that public procurement rules were not followed by the OPW in appointing a contractor for the works at Dublin Port; the amount spent on OPW projects at Dublin Port in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41468/19]

Drainage Schemes Status

Tom Neville

114. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the necessary works will be carried out on a river (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41500/19]

Legislative Measures

Shane Cassells

115. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number, date of publication and details of post enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41570/19]

Legislative Measures

Shane Cassells

116. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of acts passed since March 2011 that his Department is responsible for; the date each act was signed into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41586/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Mattie McGrath

54. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41253/19]

Brexit Preparations

Lisa Chambers

53. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date by which all the necessary Brexit infrastructure is expected to be completed by the Office of Public Works by port and airport in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40664/19]

Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme

Catherine Connolly

54. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 19 September 2019, the person or body to which the Office of Public Works applied for a licence to carry out the works in question; the person or body that made the appropriate assessment screening determination of no likely significant effects; the location the licence application for the works in question may be viewed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40688/19]

Flood Risk Management

Pearse Doherty

55. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a follow-up meeting between his Department, OPW officials, local Oireachtas members and a committee (details supplied) in County Donegal is being planned to discuss a major capital flood mitigation project; if so, when such a meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40763/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Seán Haughey

56. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has received an application from an organisation (details supplied) to provide a day care centre in an OPW building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40831/19]

Public Sector Pay

Michael McGrath

57. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to achieve full pay equality for teachers who joined the public service since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40891/19]

Garda Stations

Tony McLoughlin

58. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will agree to purchase land beside Tubbercurry Garda station, County Sligo, in order to enable the station to be expanded due to size constraints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40948/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Jan O'Sullivan

59. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in the planned flood relief scheme for the Castleconnell area of County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41006/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Jan O'Sullivan

60. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 6 September 2019, if the project brief for the procurement of engineering and environmental consultants for the Limerick city and environs flood relief scheme has been submitted to the OPW; if not, when it will be submitted; when subsequent consultation will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41043/19]

Office of Public Works

Bernard Durkan

75. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a company (details supplied) continues to be contracted to the OPW in respect of general maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40383/19]

Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

76. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40242/19]

Public Spending Code

Darragh O'Brien

77. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the revised public spending code will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40390/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael McGrath

78. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the supplementary estimates that have been introduced by Department vote in each year since 2000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40398/19]

Departmental Budgets

Michael McGrath

79. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount provided in 2020 for demographic costs by Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40401/19]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

80. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of the Supplementary Estimate that will be required in 2019 for health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40469/19]

Public Procurement Contracts Data

Barry Cowen

81. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of SMEs that have availed of public contracts in each year since 2009; the aggregate value of these contracts in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40470/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Eligibility

Eugene Murphy

120. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost-benefit analysis criteria set down by the OPW will be permitted to take loss of income, workable land, payments to farmers and the environment into account when assessing the need for flood relief works in the Lough Funshinagh area of south County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40015/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Eligibility

Eugene Murphy

121. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct the OPW to find a permanent solution to the flooding issues in the Lough Funshinagh area of south County Roscommon in view of the fact that the stringent cost-benefit analysis criteria set down by the OPW has now prevented Roscommon County Council from taking further action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40016/19]

Estimates Process

Barry Cowen

62. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Supplementary Estimates that will be required in 2019 based on current information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39878/19]

Departmental Properties

Pearse Doherty

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rent paid by the Office of Public Works for the rental of properties (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2018, inclusive, and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39622/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Barry Cowen

64. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of the national broadband plan and the national children’s hospital from 2021 onwards; the area from which funding for the projects will come; if no project will be impacted upon as a result of these spends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39879/19]

Brexit Supports

Joan Burton

65. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sectors of the economy his Department has identified as needing targeted support in the event of the UK leaving the EU without an agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39452/19]

Public Spending Code

Barry Cowen

66. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the public spending code will be updated; the specific changes to the public spending code that are being envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39880/19]

Carbon Tax Implementation

Pearse Doherty

67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected additional expenditure that will be committed to climate action measures; the way in which it will be ring-fenced for that purpose from an increased revenue from carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39625/19]

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme

Peadar Tóibín

68. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of each State infrastructure project that is in development or is due for completion in 2019 and that is in excess of the budget assigned to the project for its current stage to date. [39522/19]

Brexit Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

69. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional expenditure that will be committed for sector-specific mitigation measures in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39626/19]

Public Sector Pensions

Bríd Smith

70. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with representatives of retired public and semi-State workers (details supplied) to discuss their grievances about reductions and changes to their pension schemes in previous years which have not been fully restored ahead of the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39615/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Maureen O'Sullivan

71. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the relationship between a location (details supplied) and the OPW; his views on the location refusing permission for a group to perform there as part of a cultural event while allowing the group to perform in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39474/19]

Cúrsaí Oidhreachta

Catherine Connolly

72. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh réiteach a fháil maidir leis na fadhbanna páirceála atá ann gar d’Ionad Oidhreachta Dhún Aonghasa, Árainn, Contae na Gailllimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [37932/19]

Public Procurement Regulations

Pearse Doherty

73. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has issued guidance notes or made provision for the exclusion of economic operators in procurement procedures for public contracts in circumstances in which the economic operator has shown significant or persistent deficiencies or failures in the performance of a prior public contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39623/19]

Public Services Card

Jonathan O'Brien

74. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultancy fees paid to date by his Department for the promotion and roll-out of the public services card in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39593/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Dara Calleary

75. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39569/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Bernard Durkan

76. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has identified Departments likely to overrun on capital or current spending; his action in regard to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39519/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Martin Heydon

77. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when decisions will be made on applications for capital projects in County Kildare under Project Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39640/19]

Health Services Expenditure

Martin Heydon

78. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if multi-annual funding for elements of the health budget has been considered in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39641/19]

Flood Relief Schemes

Aindrias Moynihan

79. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the preferred options for the flood relief works on the Sullane river, Ballyvourney, County Cork, will be finalised; the impediments delaying this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39639/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Thomas P. Broughan

80. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on Exchequer expenditure requirements in order to implement the all-of-Government climate action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39369/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Thomas P. Broughan

81. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department is addressing expenditure overruns in relation to the national broadband plan and the national children’s hospital in 2019 and over the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39368/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

James Browne

82. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Enniscorthy flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38315/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Joan Burton

83. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the latest work of the Office of Public Works regarding its strategic review of the Phoenix Park; the cost to date; the estimated further cost in respect of the review; the expected timeline to publish a report on the consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39447/19]

National Monuments

Thomas Byrne

84. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restoration plans for properties under his ownership in Kells, County Meath; his further plans to carry out enhancement or conservation works at the monastic site; and if there are plans to enhance the tourism signage in Kells. [39620/19]

Fiscal Policy

Thomas P. Broughan

85. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the overall trend in Government net policy spending since Quarter 1 2015 down to Quarter 3 2019; the way in which he expects this trend to evolve in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39367/19]

Public Spending Code

Bernard Durkan

86. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public spending cuts previously applied are likely to be reversed in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39518/19]