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Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: On the same issue, I absolutely agree with Deputy Daly. When one engages with councils on erosion they say they do not have the money. When one puts a parliamentary question in to the Minister, one is told that the Department has allocated the money. I think we should call in every council around the country and ask how they have spent their money or why they have not spent it. If they...

Other Questions: Garda Stations (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: Nothing in Stepaside.

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department calculates departmental expenditure ceilings; if he has satisfied himself that these methodologies are fit for purpose; the way in which his Department reviews departmental expenditure; the penalties that exist for Departments that breach their ceilings; if there no penalties, his plans to bring in such...

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: I am seeking the Minister's opinion on the robustness of the Government's expenditure ceilings. I note from recent Exchequer returns that all Government Departments are more or less within profile in terms of expenditure. Is the Minister satisfied with the robustness of the system, or does it need to be reviewed? What are the penalties for Departments that breach those ceilings?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: The draft version of the stability programme update published yesterday contains positive figures for growth in the economy. What is the Minister's view on the impact of those growth figures on that €550 million figure? The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has just told the Committee on Budgetary Oversight of which I am a member that he will not be in a position to look at that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the progress of the Public Service Pay Commission; if its report will take account of the fiscal space published; if it will have consideration for new entrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19014/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: The work of the Public Service Pay Commission should be coming to an end and it will probably precipitate talks. I want to get a sense of the timeline and the work under way in the Minister's Department on those talks and the commission.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: Quarter 2 is long. I am trying to get a sense of the timing. Does the Minister expect to receive the report early in quarter 2? Does he have any sense of the month in which it can be expected based on the engagement of his officials? We have to have the public service pay talks completed ahead of the budget. Does the Minister envisage them taking place throughout the summer? On new...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the discussions and correspondence between EUROSTAT and his Department in relation to the use of proceeds from the sale of Bord Gáis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19013/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: This is a follow-up question to a parliamentary question I put to the Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney. The Government had the ability to spend €400 million from the sale of Bord Gáis on housing and it was not able to spend it. I want to know why.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: What I am trying to get a sense of is where this money is being spent. In budget 2015 the then Government announced that €400 million of the proceeds of the sale of Bord Gáis Energy was to be made available to establish an off-balance sheet financial vehicle to provide financing to approved housing bodies. In the words of the Minister, Deputy Coveney, "However, despite a high...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: I have just left a budgetary oversight committee meeting with the Minister, Deputy Noonan, who was describing the French housing model that is being used to get over the EUROSTAT rules, yet we have thrown back €400 million. What is actually being spent on housing of the money from Bord Gáis Energy is €10 million per annum. To spend €10 million is very different to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Government cannot spend it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: I apologise in advance for the fact that I have to leave early to go to the Dáil for parliamentary questions. I thank the Minister for his statement. He has confirmed that we will achieve the medium-term objective by 2018. I have a few questions around the capital expenditure implications but in the context of his remarks on the figures, where does he anticipate the fiscal space for...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: We had an interaction here last week with Mr. McCarthy and his team on the very strong employment figures. However, income tax figures are coming in under profile and the level of growth in income tax revenue is not as strong. Mr. McCarthy said that he is puzzled by this. We drilled down into it. What are the Minister's views? We have hugely strong employment growth but we are not seeing...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Minister said yesterday at the Central Bank that the eurozone Finance Ministers want to support "productivity enhancing public investment" to use his phrase. The committee has done a great deal of work on the capital programme. The Minister confirmed that we will reach the medium-term projection by 2018. That should allow more space in budget 2019 for capital investment given that the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department compiled data from other European countries on the different ways public sector and civil servants' pensions are administered; the amount they pay on average per employee; the rules they have for public pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18704/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that public procurement rules as set out by the Office of Government Procurement are being adhered to by each Department and public body to which they apply; the way he satisfies himself that these rules are being adhered to; if there are penalties for those Departments or public bodies which do not adhere to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided under the capital plan for the Garda information technology; the amount spent to date; the expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18814/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided under the capital plan for the divisional headquarters in Kevin Street, Dublin; the amount spent to date; the expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18815/17]