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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Specifically on the October ECOFIN meeting, does this new statement have any immediate implications for Ireland? Are there additional projects that might-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Are we doing that? Are we actively pushing-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Is any Department pushing for Irish Water infrastructure to be included in this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: It seems that Chapter 11 opens that door even wider, discussing socioeconomic and energy infrastructure needed for economic growth and so forth. Could we as a committee write to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly and ask him about this, because this would be quite useful, if the Minister is unaware whether Deputy Kelly, his Department or Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Paragraph 10 discusses the EIB's effectiveness. It seems to accept that the bank is not working very well and this is referred to throughout the document. Among other issues, the paragraph 10 discusses concrete measures to boost investment. Specifically, it discusses the EIB and bottlenecks. Does the Minister know of anything that might come out of this that might make it easier for Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The question is on the supply side. Is there anything that the Minister is looking to have changed in the EIB mechanisms to make it easier for investment here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: As regards the ECOFIN meeting, the Minister is not seeking any changes or to have bottlenecks removed from the EIB.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Sorry to cut across the Minister but in the interests of time, there are other things I would like to get to if I could. I would like to see that, but it is not the question I was asking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The Minister is speaking about what the EIB has done. My question was-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: No, my question was-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that but that is not the question. I do not need another answer. The question was whether there are any changes to the mechanisms as per what Ireland signed up to in October. If I could move on to the bank resolution contributions, the amount and the formula are under negotiations and it will be some formula that has a flat-rate contribution and then a risk-assessed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to start by going back to the October meeting. There are a few things on which I would like to get the Minister's thoughts. When we look at the agreed document, paragraph 11 is to do with the European Investment Bank, EIB, and potential projects, this task force that is being set up. The chapter says that the Council "agrees with the need to focus on key sectors with EU-added value"...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the most recent cuts to school budgets which have resulted in principals in County Wicklow indicating they may not be able to heat their school for every day of term over the winter months, his views on making schools exempt from VAT to assist with purchasing fuel, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40984/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the feasibility study, including environmental impact statement, to identify possible flood mitigation measures for Arklow town to be published. [41358/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to child care providers that have yet to be paid for their participation in the ECCE scheme for Q3 2014 and that, in the absence of these payments, that these providers have to cover the full costs of this service themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41617/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will expedite the appeal of a centre (details supplied) in County Wicklow in respect of the early years capital grants programme 2014; and if he will ensure that funds awarded will be available above and beyond the current calendar year for the required works. [41185/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 612. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 7 October 2014, if his attention has been drawn to the Health Service Executive Dublin mid-Leinster region refusing to provide home birth support to 25 women who were to be provided with this service; his role when the HSE refuses to provide health care services; if he will request the HSE to provide this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 643. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 15 October 2014, and following on from the disclosure that the patient in question will have to wait five months for a place in the National Rehabilitation Hospital, if there are alternatives to rehabilitation in the NRH for example in other jurisdictions that the Health Service Executive would fund; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 Nov 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 644. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 15 October 2014, where the patient has been discharged from Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and now in Ronald McDonald House, if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to expedite the medical card request of the person in question, as their parents have no means of providing the...