Parliamentary questions

Freedom of Information Legislation

Jonathan O'Brien

2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if legislative changes are planned to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25966/19]

Project Ireland 2040 Funding

Jonathan O'Brien

4. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital projects that will be delayed, deferred or cancelled as a result of capital project overruns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25967/19]

National Development Plan

Jonathan O'Brien

10. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital projects that are to be delayed or deferred in the years of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 as a result of cost overruns such as the national children’s hospital and national broadband plan which the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, calculate could reduce funding for capital projects by as much as €17 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25830/19]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Jonathan O'Brien

22. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the agreement reached in September 2018 on the equalisation of public pay for post-2011 entrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25832/19]

National Broadband Plan Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

28. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the assessment of his Department of the national broadband plan, the credibility of its cost-benefit analysis and its value for money to the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25834/19]

Freedom of Information Data

Jonathan O'Brien

32. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests made to his Department and bodies under his aegis that were granted, part-granted and refused in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25831/19]

Summer Economic Statement

Jonathan O'Brien

44. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the revisions which will be made to the expenditure projections in the summer economic statement in view of the recent fiscal assessment report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25833/19]

Fiscal Policy

Jonathan O'Brien

45. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if funds held in the exceptional contingencies reserve fund, as currently designed under the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018, could be withdrawn to invest in capital expenditure or fund welfare payments during an economic downturn, exceeding the Expenditure Benchmark under the fiscal rules. [25549/19]

Tax Code

Jonathan O'Brien

72. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to broaden the tax base in a progressive manner further to the criticism of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council of the over-reliance on corporate tax receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25550/19]

Freedom of Information Data

Jonathan O'Brien

158. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body or withdrawn or handled outside freedom of information in 2018, in tabular form. [25277/19]

Public Sector Pay

Jonathan O'Brien

96. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers working on the post-2011 salary scale disaggregated by pay scale and profession. [24470/19]

Public Sector Pay

Jonathan O'Brien

97. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the pathway of pay equalisation for post-2011 entrants into the public sector disaggregated by the number of public sector workers who will jump each of the two pay scales in the coming years. [24471/19]

Public Sector Pay

Jonathan O'Brien

98. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of full pay equalisation by January 2020. [24472/19]

Public Sector Pay

Jonathan O'Brien

99. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of pay equalisation over two years with post-2011 entrants having their positions increased by one point on 1 January 2020 and increased by one point on 1 July 2020. [24473/19]

Commencement of Legislation

Jonathan O'Brien

323. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the scheduled date for the commencement of operations by the legal practitioners' tribunal in accordance with the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23376/19]

National Development Plan Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

74. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase the size of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to account for the unplanned expense of the national broadband plan; the amount that may be required; the estimated impact of this increase on the general Government balance in each affected year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22567/19]

National Broadband Plan

Jonathan O'Brien

82. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) has the ability to sell the business and assets of the national broadband plan after full deployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21716/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

98. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on consultancy fees to companies (details supplied) since June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21715/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

100. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Taoiseach the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21587/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

107. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018, inclusive. [21577/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

117. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018, inclusive. [21581/19]

National Broadband Plan Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

134. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the projected budgetary impact of the national broadband plan from 2019 to 2024, or the latest available date; and the estimated way in which this will impact the gross general Government balance in each affected year and as a percentage of GDP and GNI, in tabular form. [21819/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

211. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent in fees paid to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018, inclusive. [21585/19]

National Children's Hospital

Jonathan O'Brien

215. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected budgetary impact of the national children's hospital project from 2019 to 2024, inclusive, or the latest available date; and the estimated way it will impact the general Government balance in each affected year in gross, percentage of GDP and percentage of GNI, in tabular form. [21820/19]

National Broadband Plan

Jonathan O'Brien

216. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the planned capital spending, which will be cut or reprofiled from other projects to account for new national broadband plan liabilities; the details of each project; the cost of each project being cut or reprofiled; the Department to which this capital spending was originally allocated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21821/19]

National Broadband Plan

Jonathan O'Brien

217. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to increase the size of the National Development Plan 2017-2028 to account for the unplanned expense of the national broadband plan; if so, the amount; the impact of this increase on the general Government balance in each affected year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21822/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

251. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21578/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

291. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21584/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

327. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21574/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

384. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21582/19]

Hospital Services

Jonathan O'Brien

385. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his attention has been drawn to the fact that the management of Cork University Hospital has cancelled the contract for the bone densitometry unit in the hospital and has made alternate arrangements elsewhere with a company (details supplied); if public patients will no longer be accommodated in the bone densitometry unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21591/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

480. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21573/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

519. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) and to private audit and advisory firms by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21589/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

574. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21588/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

604. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid in fees to companies (details supplied) by her Department in each of the years from 2011 to 2018, inclusive. [21575/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

615. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by his Department on fees to companies (details supplied) in each of the years from 2011 to 2018, inclusive. [21586/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

627. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid in fees to companies (details supplied) by her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018, inclusive. [21579/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

655. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21583/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Jonathan O'Brien

688. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21576/19]

Departmental Reports

Jonathan O'Brien

393. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost, including VAT, of a report (details supplied). [20465/19]

Departmental Reports

Jonathan O'Brien

394. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost, including VAT, of a report (details supplied). [20466/19]

Departmental Reports

Jonathan O'Brien

395. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost, including VAT, of a report (details supplied). [20467/19]

Departmental Reports

Jonathan O'Brien

396. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost, including VAT, of a report (details supplied). [20468/19]

Departmental Reports

Jonathan O'Brien

397. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost, including VAT, of a report (details supplied). [20469/19]

Departmental Reports

Jonathan O'Brien

413. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of a report (details supplied), including VAT and expenses. [20742/19]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Jonathan O'Brien

120. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in fees across all Departments on a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [18836/19]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Jonathan O'Brien

121. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in fees by all Departments on a firm (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [18837/19]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Jonathan O'Brien

122. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in fees across all Departments on a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [18838/19]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Jonathan O'Brien

123. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in fees across all Departments on a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [18839/19]

Departmental Contracts Data

Jonathan O'Brien

124. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in fees across all Departments to private audit and advisory firms in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [18840/19]