Tuesday, 24 Jul 2018

Written Answers Nos. 420-439

Departmental Expenditure

Ceisteanna (420)

Michael McGrath

Ceist:

420. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for his Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against his Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34004/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The National Treasury Management Agency is designated as the State Claims Agency when performing the claims and risk management functions delegated to it under the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000.  A centralised response to this question will be provided by the Department of Finance in relation to bodies covered by the General Indemnity Scheme and operated by the State Claims Agency as provided under S.I. 191 of 2018 – this includes the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

In relation to particular insurance requirements for my Department and Bodies under its aegis, please see information provided in the table below:

	Policy Type / Cover	Policy Cost 2018	Policy Cost 2017	Outstanding claims
Public Expenditure and Reform	Travel Insurance – Ministers and Office Holders (covering all Civil Service Departments)	€3,412.50	€3,832.50	0
	Travel Insurance – All Civil Service	€37,943.75	€32,011.25	0
Bodies under the aegis
National Lottery Regulator	Directors and Officers Liability	€6,200.00	€6,200.00	0
	Professional Indemnity	€6,825.00	€6,825.00	0
	Excess on Professional Indemnity	€4,200.00	€4,200.00	0
	Combined Employers Liability and Public Liability property/disaster recovery	€1,126.00	€1,126.00	0
Institute of Public Administration	Employers Liability Insurance	€9,334.50	€4,063.71	Estimated cost of claim - up to   €39,000
	Public Products Liability Insurance	€5,372.85	€4,720.16	0
	Engineering Policy	€876.46	€856.36	0
	Combined Property Policy	€15,288.00	12,739.88	0
	Motor Contingency Policy	€294.00	€241.50	0
	Computer Policy	€1,155.00	€1,050.00	0
	Travel Insurance	Free due to supplier switch	€335.70	0
Special EU Programmes Body*	Computer Policy (for Omagh and Belfast Offices)	£847.84	£757.00	0
	Travel Policy (for Northern Ireland staff)	£177.52	£193.71	0
	Office Policy (for Omagh and Belfast Office which include Public and Employers Liability)	£647.58	£706.70	0
	Omagh Building Insurance	£320.00	£320.00	0
	Belfast Building Insurance	£1,105.81	£959.96	0
	Monaghan Office Insurance	€777.53	€1,168.00	0
	Monaghan Building Insurance	€348.60	€273.70	0
Office of Public Works	Details will be sent directly to the   Deputy

* The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is a North South Implementation Body established under the Good Friday Agreement.  It is jointly sponsored by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance Northern Ireland.  The SEUPB has offices in Monaghan, Omagh and Belfast and therefore some costs are incurred in sterling.

Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision

Ceisteanna (421)

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

421. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of consultation between the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works and flood relief and an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the provision of insurance in areas protected by demountable flood defence systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34176/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The Government’s strategy is that in return to its investment on flood defence schemes in the most at risk communities, households and businesses should be able to access flood insurance.

While the Office of Public Works has no responsibility for oversight or regulation of the insurance industry in relation to flood risk insurance, or to insurance matters generally, the Office of Public Works has a very specific role in the exchange of information with the insurance industry in relation to completed flood defence schemes.

On 24th March 2014, the Office of Public Works agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with Insurance Ireland, the representative body for the insurance companies in Ireland. This Memorandum of Understanding has a specific focus on agreeing a basis on which information can be provided to the insurance industry on flood relief schemes completed by the OPW, to an agreed standard of protection desired by the industry. 

The Department of Finance and the OPW meet with Insurance Ireland on a quarterly basis in order to address issues in relation to this transfer of data. Recent meetings, while not exclusively, have focused on the flood cover in areas protected by demountable defences. The insurance sector has acknowledged that demountable defences are designed and when properly erected meet the desired standard. The OPW has given Insurance Ireland detailed information it sought to explain the protocols and procedures in place to maintain, test and erect demountable defences. Discussions are continuing with the Department of Finance to explore options to address the industry’s concerns about the ‘human element’ of demountable defences.

The Memorandum notes the OPW requirement that, when assessing exposure to flood risk, insurers take full account of information provided by the OPW on completed flood defence schemes. The Memorandum does not guarantee the availability of flood risk cover in the locations for which information has been provided by the OPW, and it accepts that the provision of cover, the level of premiums charged and the policy terms applied are a matter for individual insurers.

The next meeting of the group is scheduled to take place in the coming weeks.  

Brexit Preparations

Ceisteanna (422, 439, 440, 441, 442)

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

422. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingencies that have been put in place to deal with a hard Brexit; if there is scope to increase expenditure ceilings in Departments that will be most affected; if there is scope to increase staffing levels in Departments and agencies most affected; if his Department has consulted with other Departments on contingencies to deal with a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34177/18]

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

439. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of employing 1,000 extra staff to prepare for a hard Brexit; the number of these jobs to be filled in 2018; the impact of same on Ireland's structural balance and general balance for 2018; the number of these jobs to be filled in 2019; the impact of same on Ireland's structural and general balance for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34652/18]

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

440. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the 1,000 extra staff to be employed to prepare for a hard Brexit by Department and agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34653/18]

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

441. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider outsourcing certain services to private companies if positions are not filled in time to prepare for a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34654/18]

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

442. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of extra employees to be hired in his Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on his Department's expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34669/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

I propose to take Questions Nos. 422 and 439 to 442, inclusive, together.

As the Deputy will be aware, Brexit contingency planning, which commenced well in advance of the UK referendum on EU membership in 2016, is taking place across the whole of Government.  Building on the extensive work already underway, the Government last week approved the further intensification of Brexit preparedness, with all Departments being asked to rollout detailed action plans to ensure that the necessary arrangements are in place to address the impact of Brexit.  These plans will be the basis for further decisions on staffing and resources.

Within my own Department, a dedicated Brexit/EU/North South Unit is coordinating work on Brexit across the Department and its agencies.  Staffing and resource requirements are kept under review.

Any additional resources that may be required across Government to deal with Brexit must of course be the subject of detailed assessment, including as part of the Estimates process.  The challenges posed by Brexit underscore the importance of ensuring that sustainable spending remains at the core of the budgetary process.

Public Sector Pensions Data

Ceisteanna (423)

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

423. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of restoring pensions in full for retired public sector workers by 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34180/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR), was introduced on 1 January 2011 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2011.

The PSPR reduces the value of those public service pensions which have pre-PSPR values above specified thresholds. It does so in a progressively structured way which has a proportionately greater effect on higher value pensions.

A very significant part-unwinding of PSPR in three stages is taking place under the FEMPI Act 2015, with PSPR-affected pensioners getting pension increases via substantial restoration of the PSPR cuts on 1 January 2016, 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2018.

The cost of these FEMPI 2015 changes is estimated at about €90 million on a full-year basis from 2018.

The Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017, provides for further significant lessening of the impact of PSPR by way of threshold and rate changes to apply on 1 January 2019 and 1 January 2020. 

The cost of these changes is estimated at €24 million in 2019 and €12 million in 2020. When fully in place from the beginning of 2020, these changes will mean that the vast majority of public service retirees, comprising everyone with occupational pension values up to at least €54,000, will be entirely free of PSPR. For those who retired since end-February 2012 that threshold will be even higher, at €60,000. Under section 27(3) of the Act, an order for the complete unwinding of PSPR, at an estimated additional cost of €12m, must be made by 31st December 2020.

The total removal of PSPR by 2019 would therefore cost in the region of €48 million on a full-year basis, by comparison with the cost arising in 2018 following completion, on 1 January 2018, of the FEMPI 2015 part-unwinding or amelioration which I referred to earlier.

Office of Government Procurement

Ceisteanna (424)

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

424. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of construction procurement processes that the Office of Government Procurement has been involved in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of those contracts that have gone to Irish small and medium enterprise, SME, construction companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34181/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) commenced operations in 2014 and, together with four key sectors (Health, Defence, Education and Local Government), has responsibility for sourcing goods and services on behalf of the Public Service. The OGP is responsible for Framework Agreements (FWA) where it is the Contracting Authority. The OGP facilitates mini-competitions under these FWAs for both Central Government and non-Central Government. It acts in an advisory role in this respect but the individual Contracting Authorities are accountable and responsible for the mini-competitions and also bespoke contracts.

In the area of construction procurement the OGP has responsibility for policy and publishes standard template tender documents, contracts and guidance.  It does not typically procure construction contracts directly with the exception of the assistance that has been extended to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to one aspect of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, through the establishment of a Framework for the provision of rapid delivery housing projects. This involves the construction of social housing projects on sites provided by the Contracting Authority. The Framework Agreement was established in 2017.

To date, six Local Authorities have tendered for ten housing projects to deliver 221 social housing units under the Framework. While the OGP facilitated the development of the Framework, the tender processes and any consequent contracts awarded under the Framework are managed by the respective Contracting Authorities, the Local Authorities in these cases.

Office of Government Procurement

Ceisteanna (425)

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

425. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of construction procurement contracts involving the Office of Government Procurement in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018 whereby the construction firm went into liquidation or insolvency during the implementation of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34182/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

In the area of construction procurement the OGP has responsibility for policy and publishes standard template tender documents, contracts and guidance.  It does not typically procure construction contracts directly with the exception of the assistance that has been extended to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to one aspect of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, through the establishment of a Framework for the provision of rapid delivery housing projects. This involves the construction of social housing projects on sites provided by the Contracting Authority. The Framework Agreement was established in 2017.

While the OGP facilitated the development of the Framework, the tender processes and any consequent contracts awarded under the Framework are managed by the respective Contracting Authorities, the Local Authorities in these cases.

Public Procurement Regulations

Ceisteanna (426)

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

426. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered changes to the public procurement process to prevent low cost competition among construction firms whereby the financial stability of those companies is jeopardised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34183/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The impact of awarding contracts at low prices was highlighted in the Report on the Review of the Performance of the Public Works Contracts published in 2014.  A range of measures was recommended in that report to discourage unsustainably low pricing, amongst other aspects.  Most of these measures have been implemented since 2016 and are designed to

- give contracting authorities much greater visibility on the pricing strategy used by contractors in order to determine whether the project can be built for the price bid, and

- allow contracting authorities to directly tender specialist works packages thereby reducing the extent of the overall contract sum which is entrusted to a single bidder.

Further measures to discourage this practice and to address other issues that arise in the delivery of public works projects will be considered in the development of a medium term strategy for the procurement of public works projects.  Engagement with industry stakeholder bodies has recently commenced on that strategy which will outline the optimum means of procuring the necessary expertise to deliver public works projects in a sustainable, efficient and cost effective manner.

It is important to note that contracting authorities have a duty to ensure that the projects they procure represent value for money.  There is a balance to be struck between establishing the price for which the project can built whilst at the same time exploiting the market's capacity to innovate thus generating savings for the taxpayer.  Whilst it is acknowledged that the lowest price does not always necessarily represent value for money, it is the simplest metric available where the project in question is well defined as it reduces the risk of challenge where other metrics are included in the tender evaluation.  It also simplifies the tender submission from the point of view of the SMEs who comprise the biggest sector of the market for public works contracts.

Works contracts to which the procurement directives apply (those with a value in excess of €5.548m) are required to be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT).  The identification of the MEAT may be on the basis of price alone.  Where technical or other non-price criteria are deployed in a MEAT award it is important that the process that determines the MEAT is transparent and non-discriminatory otherwise a contracting authority risks breaching the principles and rules that govern the award of public contracts.

Low cost competition is not exclusive to public works contracts.  Recent studies undertaken in the UK, following the collapse of Carillion, highlighted the low margins (between 1 – 2%) that main contractors earn on building projects.  Given the cultural similarities between the UK and Irish construction industries there is every reason to believe low margins are also prevalent in the Irish construction sector.  This culture must be addressed by the industry if it is to service its client base in a professional manner in what is seen as a high risk activity.

Climate Change Policy

Ceisteanna (427)

Barry Cowen

Ceist:

427. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the State will pay fines accruing if Ireland fails to meet its targets under the Paris Agreement; the cost of those fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34184/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The primary aim of the Paris Climate Agreement is to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. The agreement does not specify any emissions reduction targets for individual parties to the agreement and there are no fines within the agreement. 

However Ireland, in common with all EU Member States, has signed up to deliver its contribution to the Paris Agreement through the EU’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution. This commits the EU to collectively delivering a reduction in emissions of at least 40% by 2030 against 1990 levels. The Effort Sharing Regulation translates this commitment into binding annual greenhouse gas emission targets for each Member State for the period 2021–2030. Ireland’s share of this overall EU target has been set at a 30% reduction in national emissions by 2030 against 2005 levels.

To ensure that these targets are fair and can be achieved in a cost-effective manner, the Effort Sharing Regulation permits Member States some flexibilities. Member States can cover some emissions with EU ETS allowances which would normally have been auctioned, they can access credits to account for carbon capture in the land-use sector to account for the fact that there is a lower mitigation potential for emissions from the agriculture sector. Member States can also bank forward surpluses to use in later years or borrow as limited number of allocations from the following year to deal with annual fluctuations in emissions due to weather or economic conditions. Finally, Member States can also buy and sell allocations from and to other Member States. As the EU Commission itself notes, this is an important vehicle to ensure cost-effectiveness as it allows Member States to access emissions reductions where they are the cheapest to achieve.

Co-ordination of the national approach to achieving Ireland's emissions reduction target is, in the first instance, a matter for my colleague the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. However, my Department remains in close contact with the Minister’s Department in relation to any Exchequer implications arising out of compliance with this target. 

The Deputy will note that the Government recently demonstrated its commitment to addressing climate change with an unprecedented €22 billion capital funding allocation for climate initiatives over the next decade as part of the National Development Plan (NDP). This will be complemented by a further €8.6 billion investment in sustainable mobility measures. This commitment marks a step change in public investment on climate action and will demonstrate that Ireland is serious about meeting our climate commitments.

Departmental Expenditure

Ceisteanna (428, 429, 430, 431, 433)

Jack Chambers

Ceist:

428. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34219/18]

Jack Chambers

Ceist:

429. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34236/18]

Jack Chambers

Ceist:

430. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34253/18]

Jack Chambers

Ceist:

431. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34270/18]

Jack Chambers

Ceist:

433. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as, print, digital and other forms in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34304/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

I propose to take Questions Nos. 428 to 431, inclusive, and 433 together.

The table details my Department's expenditure in the areas covered by the Deputy's questions. 

Expenditure	2017	2018 (to date)
Travel and Subsistence	€265,253.00	€144,580.00
Photography and other Promotional Services	€2,470.00	€553.00
Purchase of newspaper and other media content	€6,085.24	€16,440.13
Public Relations	Nil	Nil

The information regarding expenditure on external consultancy will be forwarded directly to the Deputy shortly. 

Departmental Staff Data

Ceisteanna (432)

Jack Chambers

Ceist:

432. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of each non-Civil Service appointment that has been made in his Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. [34287/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

I wish to inform the Deputy that non-civil service appointments in my Department are made in line with “Instructions to Personnel Officers - Ministerial Appointments for the 32nd Dáil”, which include “Guidelines on staffing of Ministerial offices” issued by my Department. Each person appointed is suitably qualified and experienced.

The details of each non-civil service appointment I have made to a role in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is shown in the table below.

Role	Salary	Date appointed
Special Adviser	4th Point Principal Officer PPC Scale	06/05/2016 (reappointed as SA to DPER 15/06/2017)
Special Adviser (Resigned on 16th March 2018)	3rd Point Principal Officer PPC Scale	06/05/2016 (reappointed as SA to DPER 15/06/2017)
Special Adviser	1st Point Principal Officer PPC Scale	17/05/2018
Civilian Driver to Minister Paschal Donohoe	€691 per week	09/05/2016
Civilian Driver to Minister Paschal Donohoe	€691 per week	29/08/2016
Civilian Driver to Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan	€691 per week	07/07/2017
Civilian Driver to Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan	€691 per week	07/07/2017

Question No. 433 answered with Question No. 428.

Departmental Staff Data

Ceisteanna (434)

Jack Chambers

Ceist:

434. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by his Department and him personally. [34321/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

I wish to inform the Deputy that there is one full-time equivalent press officer employed in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

In addition, one of my Special Advisers, Deborah Sweeney, provides media advice as part of her role.

Brexit Supports

Ceisteanna (435)

Niamh Smyth

Ceist:

435. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the particular infrastructural needs of areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan will be given priority consideration if cohesion funds are available post-2020 in view of the negative impacts Brexit will have on the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34331/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The Government is acutely aware of the likely negative impacts that Brexit will have on the Border region, including Cavan and Monaghan.

The Deputy will be aware of the dedicated cohesion funding that has been devoted to the Border region of Ireland and to Northern Ireland through the EU-funded cross-border programmes, PEACE and INTERREG.  Together the two programmes have been important drivers of development for the region for more than a quarter of a century.  

The Government’s consistent position has been that it is committed to the successful implementation of the current PEACE and INTERREG programmes and to successor arrangements post-2020.  

I was pleased, therefore, that the Government’s ambition for the programmes was reflected in December’s EU-UK Joint Report on Brexit in which both parties undertook to honour their commitments under the current Multiannual Financial Framework and to examine the possibilities for future support favourably.  This was matched by a commitment from the Commission to propose the continuation of the programmes in its proposal for the next MFF covering the period 2021-2027.  

This has now happened, and I warmly welcome the Commission’s recent proposal for a special new PEACE PLUS programme which will build on and continue the work of successive PEACE and INTERREG programmes in the region.  My officials and I will continue to work with the Commission on the development of this new programme to ensure that the challenges facing the Border region are addressed.

Departmental Contracts Data

Ceisteanna (436)

Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

436. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34365/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

Since its establishment in 2011, my Department has not awarded any contracts to the company in question.

Seirbhísí Oileán

Ceisteanna (437)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

437. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe cén dul chun cinn atá á dhéanamh ag Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí chun áit shábháilte le páirceáil do rothair, carráistí capall agus busanna a chur ar fáil gar do láthair Dhún Aonghusa in Árainn; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [34375/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The OPW have developed a plan to improve safety on the entrance roadway to the Dun Aengus National Monument site; however, there are issues of disagreement in relation to certain aspects among relevant local stakeholders and it is not clear that the plan as currently proposed will meet the needs of all.   In addition, there are certain improvements needed to the public road leading from Kilronan to alleviate a problem with parking of buses.   This matter is not the responsibility of the OPW as it lies outside the site they control.

OPW will continue to seek agreement among local stakeholders in respect of the works needed to improve matters within their area of responsibility.

Irish

Tá plean forbartha ag Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí chun sábhailteach a fheabhsú ar an mbealach isteach chuig suíomh Séanchomhartha Náisiunta Dhún Aonghusa ach tá easaontas maidir le gnéithe áirithe í measc na ngeallsealbhóirí aitiúla agus níl sé sóiléir go gcomhlionfaidh an plean atá forbartha le riachtanais na pairtí.   Ina theannta le sin, tá feabhsúcháin ag teastáil ar an mbóthar poibí as Cill  Ronán chun an fadhb le páirceáil busanna a mhaolú.   Níl Oifig na nOibreacha Poibí freagrach den t-ábhar seo mar tá sé lasmuigh den láithreán faoina gcúram.

Leanfaidh Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí ag lorg comhaontú í meas na ngeallsealbhóiri áitiula maidir le na noibreacha is gá chun an t-ábhair seo a feabhsú lastigh dá réimse freagrachta.

Departmental Communications

Ceisteanna (438)

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

438. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received documentation in relation to funding for a building (details supplied) in the past month. [34388/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

The Minister wishes to advise the Deputy that his Department received a revised cost benefit analysis for the project at the end of June.

The report is currently under technical review in the Irish Government Economic & Evaluation Service (IGEES) Unit in the Department.

Question No. 439 answered with Question No. 422.