Parliamentary questions

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Barry Cowen

903. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the number of persons living with dementia who are availing of the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

929. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. [19584/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

939. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [19619/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

962. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [19781/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

969. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [19846/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Barry Cowen

1. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of engagement his Department will have in developing an implementation plan for the recommendations from a report (details supplied) on the cost overruns on the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18078/19]

National Broadband Plan

Barry Cowen

3. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department is playing in relation to the tendering process for the national broadband plan; if the role of his Department when it comes to the tendering and construction of major capital projects will change in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18079/19]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Barry Cowen

6. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the material changes the Office of Government Procurement has undertaken to better enable indigenous small and medium enterprises, SMEs, to apply for public contracts; the amount spent on public contracts in 2018; the proportion of that spend that was to SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17985/19]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

11. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the publication from the Parliamentary Budget Office in regard to departmental expenditure ceilings; his views on whether expenditure ceilings are an effective method of controlling costs; the penalties for Departments that breach these ceilings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/19]

Budget Targets

Barry Cowen

14. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an ex post analysis has been undertaken on demographics cost provisioned in each budget; if there will be a new analysis for the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17986/19]

Public Service Pay Commission Reports

Barry Cowen

26. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the next phase of the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17983/19]

Flood Prevention Measures

Barry Cowen

36. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flooding preparations in view of the report undertaken by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17987/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

47. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18348/19]

Civil Service Staff Data

Barry Cowen

56. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18352/19]

Civil Service Staff Data

Barry Cowen

81. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18351/19]

Office of Public Works Expenditure

Barry Cowen

91. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost to the OPW of maintaining the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18191/19]

Civil Service Staff Data

Barry Cowen

103. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level that are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18356/19]

Civil Service Staff Data

Barry Cowen

123. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level that are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18349/19]

Community Courts

Barry Cowen

133. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the first and full year cost of establishing a community court system in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18192/19]

Garda Data

Barry Cowen

134. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of running the roads policing unit; the cost for the Dublin region; the number of Garda personnel working for the unit; the number of Garda personnel working for the unit in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18193/19]

Garda Data

Barry Cowen

135. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of running the Garda public order unit; the cost for the Dublin region; the number of Garda personnel working for the unit; the number of Garda personnel working for the unit in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18194/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

144. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18355/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

154. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18344/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

211. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18353/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

232. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level that are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18343/19]

Departmental Staff

Barry Cowen

242. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service, from Secretary General to cleaner, each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18346/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

265. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed at each level of the civil service from secretary general to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level that are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18358/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

271. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed at each level of the civil service from secretary general to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level that are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18345/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

282. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level that are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18357/19]

Public Sector Staff Data

Barry Cowen

304. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level that are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18350/19]

Civil Service Staff Data

Barry Cowen

317. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18354/19]

Civil Service Staff Data

Barry Cowen

327. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who are female in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18347/19]

Hospital Consultant Remuneration

Barry Cowen

285. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the cost in the first and full year of restoring the pay disparity between new entrant consultants recruited post 1 October 2012 and those hired prior to 1 October 2012 for hospital consultants to pre-2012 pay levels; the number of consultants hired in the post 1 October 2012 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17291/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Barry Cowen

78. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the role he is playing to facilitate the construction of affordable housing on State-owned land; the number of housing units built on such land to date; the proportion of units that are deemed affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10566/19]

Renewable Energy Generation Targets

Barry Cowen

489. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the EU binding targets for renewable energy for Ireland for 2020; the amount by which it is predicted that Ireland will miss the targets; the cost per percentage of missing the targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16052/19]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Barry Cowen

490. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the EU binding target for greenhouse gas emission reduction for Ireland for 2020; the amount by which Ireland will miss the targets; the cost per percentage of missing the target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16053/19]

Renewable Energy Generation Targets

Barry Cowen

491. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the EU binding target for renewable energy for Ireland for 2030; the amount by which Ireland will miss the targets; the cost per percentage of missing the targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16054/19]

Public Sector Staff Retirements

Barry Cowen

73. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report will be published as stipulated by section 3 of the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018; if legislative changes will be brought forward if necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15946/19]

National Broadband Plan

Barry Cowen

74. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of involvement his Department has in undergoing a due diligence on the tender for the national broadband plan as confirmed by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment; if the Office of Government Procurement is actively involved in the due diligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15947/19]

Dental Services Provision

Barry Cowen

225. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in the first year and a full year to provide free dental care for all children under six years of age; the estimated cost for free dental care for all children up to 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15944/19]

Dental Services Provision

Barry Cowen

226. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in the first year and a full year to provide free dental care for older persons and those living in residential facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15945/19]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

250. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [14765/19]

Sports Organisations

Barry Cowen

79. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Comptroller and Auditor General has statutory authority to oversee and investigate the operations of independent sports organisations in cases in which those organisations are in receipt of public moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14683/19]

Sports Funding

Barry Cowen

170. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid to each sport organisation in each year since 2011; the level of oversight his Department has of same; if his officials have statutory authority to oversee the operations of sporting organisations; if this is solely an issue for Sport Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14682/19]

Public Transport Initiatives

Barry Cowen

171. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of converting the public rail network fully to electricity in terms of the cost of the trains and the infrastructure required, respectively; the estimated cost of converting the entire State-owned bus fleet, that is, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus to fully electric by the cost of the buses and the infrastructure cost, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14684/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Data

Barry Cowen

120. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects in the proposed flood risk management plans for County Cavan; the details of the projects by cost breakdown, funding allocated and the commencement date for construction; the completion date of each project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14296/19]

Flood Relief Schemes Data

Barry Cowen

121. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects in the proposed flood risk management plans for County Carlow; the details of the projects by cost breakdown of each project, the funding allocated and the commencement date for construction; the completion date of each project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14297/19]

Civil Service Accountability

Barry Cowen

261. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to formally abolish the Civil Service Accountability Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13623/19]

Civil Service Accountability

Barry Cowen

262. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the Civil Service Accountability Board per annum from its inception to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13624/19]

Public Services Provision

Barry Cowen

263. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the planned number of meetings per annum of the Public Service Leadership Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13625/19]