Departmental Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 June 2010

Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Ceisteanna (241)

Jim O'Keeffe

Ceist:

258 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 2 March 2010, if she will now furnish the details required in respect of the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 by her Department as well as offices, agencies and any bodies falling within her remit on the lease, rental or purchase of car parking spaces for use by civil and public servants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23302/10]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Health and Children (Deputy Mary Harney)

Expenditure on the lease, rental or purchase of car parking spaces for a number of Departments and Offices, including my Department is a matter for the Office of Public Works (OPW). A co-ordinated reply to this question was given by the Minister for Finance on Tuesday 25th May (PQ 21794/10).

The position regarding the Health Service Executive and the other agencies is a matter for the agencies themselves. The industrial action in the HSE continues to affect the provision of a reply to this question. If the matter raised continues to be of concern, it will be necessary for the deputy to resubmit the original question again when the current industrial action has been resolved. My Department has requested the agencies to reply to the Deputy directly as a matter of urgency.