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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 452. To ask the Minister for Health the details of current vacancies at Letterkenny University Hospital in respect of medical personnel in tabular form; the time these posts have remained vacant; the positions for which approval to commence recruitment to fill an identified staffing deficit has been sought by the hospital; if approval has yet been granted in respect of such positions; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 453. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the impact, which the recently introduced interim measures restricting recruitment within the health service pending the approval of a new HSE pay and numbers strategy, will have on an individual hospitals' ability to fill staffing vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14645/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of activity-based funding, the transition arrangements that are currently in place in the hospital system to reflect the difference between hospitals' current costs and national average costs; how he will phase out these arrangements; what will happen to hospitals that are unable to address the differences in their costs base; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 69. To ask the Minister for Health when the national service plan process for 2017 will commence; when analysis of the 2016 funding position and the 2017 costs of initiatives for pre-budget purposes will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13707/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14031/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Local Authority Expenditure (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance how he calculates spending by local authorities for the purposes of the expenditure benchmark and in the calculation of fiscal space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14185/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cancer Strategy (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 235. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a compensation scheme for persons suffering from asbestosis cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14030/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance (2 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to renegotiate or vary the agreement with the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland following the Setanta ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14088/16]

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Election of Chairman (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I agree with that. The clarification is that it is for a period that could extend beyond five weeks and the committee does not cease after five weeks. Is that correct? Will the budgetary committee, as established by this committee, fall under the d'Hondt system? I agree with Deputy Michael McGrath, with the caveat that the budgetary committee should be chaired by a member of the Opposition...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Election of Chairman (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Is it 35 days from today?

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: The Chairman talked about the timeframe and we have quite a bit of work to do in that timeframe. When we are hearing from those who will help guide and shape our opinions on how we bring forward the frameworks, as a default we should seek written submissions as opposed to hearings before the committee. Where the written submissions require more interrogation or examination of witnesses, we...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine. We need to figure out what type of framework we will have; what type of budgetary committee we will have; how it will interact with all the other committees; and the powers that committee will have. Because this has been established in other areas, we should look at what the best practice is. We should look for written submissions and look to have an engagement. At a later...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I agree with Deputy Cullinane on that point. Deputy Ryan has made some comments. We are going to have a report by the end of the month. The sectoral committees will only be starting to get up and working at that stage. They can follow on from what we are suggesting. Those two issues can work hand-in-hand. I have an issue with the work assumptions provided, in case there is a view that...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I think we are all over the shop. Perhaps I am wrong in my interpretation of what Deputy Barrett said, but it is for the committee to say it will set up a parliamentary budget office. It is irrelevant to write to the Ceann Comhairle. He has no power to bring forward the measure or to do so at an earlier date. The task has been given to us to bring forward the framework in which the...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: No.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I am sorry, but the idea is that we would work out the framework of how the parliamentary budget office will work.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: With respect, it is about how the committee will operate and whether it will rely on departmental issues, if it will provide for costings for Independent Deputies in terms of policy issues, PMB costings, scrutiny of Government costings, and if it will consider economic models. That is all of the work this committee has to do in terms of the framework under which the budgetary office will...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: That is the job of work we have to do. Such committees are operational in various jurisdictions and we must pick from the best parts that will suit our needs. We must engage with the likes of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council in terms of how that will work. It is not as simple as saying we agree with it and that it will happen. It will not happen; it is up to us to figure out how such a...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Neither do I.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (1 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 59 and 79 of 26 May 2016, to answer these questions again using the current parameters within which USC is charged, to provide for the non-indexation of USC bands and thresholds and to take into account the buoyancy of USC annual receipts over the period, given that USC receipts are forecast to reach €4.9...