Parliamentary questions

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

335. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of the €11,860,000 capital allocation in the sectoral programmes for children and young people, that is, Vote 40 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within her Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44560/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

337. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of the €125,882,000 capital allocation in rural development and regional affairs, that is, Vote 42 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44561/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

338. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of the €15,118,000 capital allocation in community development, that is, Vote 42 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44562/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Barry Cowen

353. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of the €14 million capital allocation, that is, Vote 37 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within her Department for 2019, by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44552/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

369. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the €1,335,887,000 capital allocation in the housing division Vote 34 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department's vote for 2019 by specific project in tabular form; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44528/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

370. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the €661,911,000 capital allocation in the water services division Vote 34 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department's vote for 2019 by specific project in tabular form; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44529/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

371. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the €12,486,000 capital allocation in the local government division Vote 34 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department's vote for 2019 by specific project in tabular form; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44530/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

372. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the €94,806,000 capital allocation in the planning division Vote 34 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department's vote for 2019 by specific project in tabular form; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44531/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

373. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the €7,500,000 capital allocation in the Met Éireann division Vote 34 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department's vote for 2019 by specific project in tabular form; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44532/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

374. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the breakdown of the €560,000 capital allocation in the Property Registrations Authority (details supplied) within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced and completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44533/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

375. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the breakdown of the €250,000 capital allocation in the valuation office (details supplied) within his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced and completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44534/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

378. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the €41,730,000 capital allocation in culture, that is, Vote 33 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within her Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44547/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

379. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the €15,604,000 capital allocation in heritage, that is, Vote 33 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within her Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44548/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

380. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the €13,467,000 capital allocation in the Irish language, Gaeltacht and islands, that is, Vote 33 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within her Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44549/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

381. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the €4,499,000 capital allocation in north-south co-operations, that is, Vote 33 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within her Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44550/18]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Barry Cowen

55. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the issue of recruitment and retention under the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43916/18]

Public Sector Pay

Barry Cowen

57. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the issue of pay inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43948/18]

Flood Risk Management

Barry Cowen

73. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the management of the River Shannon as part of the managing flood risk in Ireland report; the timelines of the projects announced in the report; the annual funding allocation until 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43919/18]

Legislative Measures

Barry Cowen

82. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 will be brought to Dáil Éireann; if the qualification for the application of the Bill will be backdated to when the Bill was published rather than the date on which the Bill will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43917/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Barry Cowen

86. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the controls in place to prevent Departments from breaching their expenditure ceilings in a given year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43918/18]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Barry Cowen

92. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Departments retain capital funding in the event that they underspend capital expenditure at the end of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43920/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans

Barry Cowen

97. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long outpatient waiting times in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore in which 3,691 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an appointment. [43567/18]

Budget 2019

Barry Cowen

232. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and locations of regional budget briefings taking place throughout the country; the Ministers attending each briefing; the cost of holding each briefing; the cost of transporting Ministers to each briefing; if these costs are incurred by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43422/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

398. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [43407/18]

Budget 2019

Barry Cowen

104. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the non-voted current expenditure for the years from 2018 to 2023, by Department; the cost items that make up the non-voted expenditure for each Department; if he will provide similar information for non-voted capital expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43069/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Barry Cowen

120. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appropriations-in-aid in each Department; the relevant Department in each case; the 2019 allocation for each appropriation-in-aid broken down by capital and current expenditure; if he will provide similar data for 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43068/18]

Government Expenditure

Barry Cowen

121. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government expenditure ceiling for 2012 to 2017; the actual corresponding expenditure for those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43070/18]

Garda Deployment

Barry Cowen

33. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42400/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

438. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [42147/18]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments

Barry Cowen

529. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their application for an areas of natural constraint scheme payment. [42263/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

255. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [40763/18]

Summer Economic Statement

Barry Cowen

74. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the workings that reconcile the pre-committed expenditure of €2.3 billion as outlined in table 4 of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's pre-budget report and the pre-committed expenditure of €2.6 billion outlined in table 5 of the same report, specifically the effects of the rolling of capital expenditure over four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40582/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

172. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment with a consultant cardiologist at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7. [40155/18]

Office of Public Works Projects

Barry Cowen

193. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the progress on the expanding of the car parking facilities at Clonmacnoise monastic site. [39607/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

326. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when an appointment with a consultant cardiologist in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore will be expedited. [39427/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

415. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if an appointment with a consultant neurosurgeon in Beaumont Hospital will be expedited [39851/18]

Sale of State Assets

Barry Cowen

70. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the location the proceeds from the sale of Bord Gáis currently lie in view of the fact that €10 million is allocated per year for a pilot scheme on social housing; the rate of return these proceeds are earning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39276/18]

Budget 2019

Barry Cowen

82. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 20 September 2018, if current spending overruns of €209 million according to the August Fiscal Monitor if maintained to the end of the year will be filled by capital spending underspends of €361 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39273/18]

Budget 2019

Barry Cowen

83. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are capital underspends in Departments at the end of the year if these underspends are automatically carried over to 2019; if not, if that funding will be drawn from the capital funding allocation for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39274/18]

Hospital Beds Data

Barry Cowen

145. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the average annual operational cost of a filled acute bed in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39229/18]

Hospital Beds Data

Barry Cowen

146. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the average annual operational cost of a filled palliative care bed in a public hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39230/18]

Planning Guidelines

Barry Cowen

246. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if planning guidelines account for future coastal erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39242/18]

Planning Guidelines

Barry Cowen

247. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if planning guidelines account for the likely impacts of climate change on coastline and weather patterns here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39243/18]

Sale of State Assets

Barry Cowen

248. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the location the proceeds from the sale of Bord Gáis currently lie in view of the fact that €10 million is allocated per year for a pilot scheme on social housing; the rate of return these proceeds are earning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39275/18]

Hospice Services Provision

Barry Cowen

250. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the estimated average cost per patient per year of caring for a patient in a section 39 hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38288/18]

HSE Funding

Barry Cowen

251. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the section 39 organisations and the amount contributed to them per year by the HSE since 2008 to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38289/18]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Barry Cowen

252. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of restoring pay to section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38290/18]

Budget 2019

Barry Cowen

64. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a spending overrun for 2018 (details supplied); if so, the precise impact the spending overrun will have on the fiscal position for budget 2019 and the funds available for allocation in 2019; the implications on the €800 million available for allocation in budget 2019 if the overspend in the Department of Health was to persist for the entire year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38090/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Barry Cowen

430. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly. [37181/18]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Barry Cowen

461. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the original budgeted cost of building the national children's hospital; the cost incurred to date on the project; if it is in-budget when compared to the original budget; if not, the amount by which it overspent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37310/18]