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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Chairman. I will just ask questions. To pick up on Mr. Coffey's comments about capital expenditure, there is quite a degree of scepticism throughout the Fiscal Advisory Council's presentation about the increase in capital expenditure. I would suggest it is wary of it. An analytical note produced in 2016 by IFAC, Public Capital: Investment, Stocks and Depreciation, highlighted...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: Could Mr. Coffey put a figure on that exposure? In terms of GDP or the IFAC's version, GNI*, what would be the worst impact imaginable of the hardest Brexit?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: Could Mr. Coffey put a figure on that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: I will start by commending the ESRI on its work on Brexit. It was one of the first organisations to give it to us, plain and simple and between the eyes. Dr. Lawless mentioned in her remarks that the differing exposure will be unevenly spread across geographically. She mentioned some solutions for SME exporters. What proposals has Dr. Lawless in mind to balance out the effects...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: The cost of damage from flooding and population change is also going to be enormous.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Tax (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the rate of VRT on motorhomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38238/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the refurbishment plans scheduled for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of additional accommodation for a national school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [38222/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if days worked in a primary school by a person (details supplied) while employed and paid directly by the board of management can be counted towards a teacher's service, thus enabling them to move to a higher point of the pay scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Applications (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied). [37871/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Reports (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission report number LR67 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38130/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a one-to-one nurse through the HSE by a special school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [38107/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations regarding ragwort; and his plans to address its renewed growth. [37933/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Administration (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1740. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will extend the 14 September 2017 deadline for submission of potential projects for funding under the new LIS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38344/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Data (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1741. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of Leader applications received via Leader companies by month in 2016 and for the first six months of 2017, by company; the number of these applications that were ineligible; the combined monthly value of applications submitted for each company; the number of these applications that have been sanctioned for payment which...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1818. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the rule that parents of those that are 18 years of age and over do not receive child benefit even if they remain in full-time secondary level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37440/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1888. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications received on a monthly basis by county in 2016 and for the first six months of 2017; the number of these applications that were successful, unsuccessful or returned for further information; the number of applications that were unsuccessful which were granted on the second...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Court Recommendations (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether Labour Court recommendations should be adhered to; and the circumstances in which in her view it is appropriate that they be ignored. [38343/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1996. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authority tenants who have saved or have access to the full purchase price of their local authority homes but who are in receipt of social welfare are excluded from the tenant purchase scheme; the reason for this rule; his plans to rectify this anomaly; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (11 Sep 2017)

Dara Calleary: 2000. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the repair and leasing scheme; and when the plans will come into affect. [37621/17]