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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I was not happy with the answer the Minister gave on the consultants issue and I am not sure taxpayers would be happy either. Will the Minister provide the background material to the Committee on Budgetary Oversight? We do not need what is being used to fight the case. We want the material that is giving the Minister the confidence which he clearly has in the Chamber that no liability is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's plan to undertake an expenditure review in 2017; the timelines involved; if the review will include a comprehensive review of departmental expenditure ceilings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3598/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Minister announced on budget day that there would be an expenditure review in 2017. We are three months on from budget day and I want the Minister to outline the detail of that review, the timescale involved and what impact it will have on preparations for budget 2018.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I am still in the dark as to the practical steps of the review. There will be rolling selective reviews and new processes. When will Departments be informed of the process? Does the notion of a rolling selective review mean that some Departments will not be involved in the process this year or will they all be involved? Will this process be completed ahead of the summer when Departments...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: The spending review will be complete in the second half of this year. Can the Minister confirm that it will not have any impact on budget 2018? He has identified a third of the expenditure in the various Departments. How were those budget votes identified? If they are excluded will they not be limited or subject to scrutiny? Does that mean that certain areas of expenditure will get away...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the source of the extra funding to pay for the Labour Relations Commission's decision regarding the Garda associations and for the recent deal with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU; if he has had discussions with line Ministers regarding the potential impact of the revised allocation on their departmental budgets; and if he will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I ask the Minister to outline where he intends to find the €120 million announced last week regarding an extension of the terms of the Lansdowne Road agreement and the €25 million that is part of the Garda settlement that is being assigned to general expenditure.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I will read to the Minister a comment by the Fiscal Advisory Council:For 2017, the ... fiscal space under the rules has already been allocated in budget 2017 for tax cuts and expenditure increases. As a consequence, any new increases in expenditure, such as to fund higher public sector pay, imply lower spending in other areas unless offset by compensatory tax changes. Can the Minister give a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I will focus on the case because the Minister has left many unanswered questions about it. How can he say the Government is vigorously defending a case when it has withdrawn the appeal? I do not want him to comment on the two specific cases but I do want him to comment on the reports we are seeing across all the media today that this could cost up to €350 million.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Government has lost the case. Given the fact that it has withdrawn the appeal against the case, the notion of vigorously defending its case seems rather hollow. I appreciate the Minister cannot comment on the two specific cases, but what are the overall implications of this decision not to proceed with the appeal? What are those implications for the health budget in 2017, 2018 and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are expenditure plans in order meet the challenges and avail of the opportunities in view of the fact that the UK is leaving the Single Market and in all likelihood the customs union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures in place to enable Irish SMEs to compete fairly for public procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the schedule for the river Shannon dredging works which were announced prior to Christmas 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3427/17]

National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Second Stage (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: He wants it to be decentralised to Portlaoise.

National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Second Stage (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Bill. Fianna Fáil will be supporting this Bill, which provides for the establishment of the national shared services office on a statutory basis. The office currently exists on an administrative basis within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Shared services is the provision of common corporate services to a number of organisations by an independent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I am representing Deputy Troy at this meeting. I welcome Mr. Hernan and Mr. Boland and agree with the latter on a review of the travel pass. My main focus will be on Bus Éireann. Mr. Hernan stated that the board had a fiduciary duty to act between now and the middle of March, but it also has a legal duty to the welfare of its staff. Let us not forget that. Surely the board had a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: That was a recommendation of the Labour Court.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: It was recommended independently and with full knowledge of the organisation's financial position.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: Payroll costs in 2014 amounted to €123.9 million. How much were they in 2015?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: Bus Éireann is directly attributing the loss to payroll.