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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: This is the last chance saloon for many capital projects such as those in broadband and roads. When you look at the 2015 capital plan, you can see that €4.4 billion of the €6 billion envisaged for roads went predominantly towards maintaining the existing network so we are not getting any sense of expanding the existing road network. Will the Minister confine the review to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: What will be the element in the review in respect of the delivery of projects? The Minister mentioned the Luas cross city and the Alexandra Basin projects. We do not have a good record of delivering large-scale infrastructure projects on time and on budget. In the context of what will be a limited capital plan, what extra elements will the Minister introduce to ensure delivery on time, on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements for the 2017 review of capital spending; the intended process; the intended weighting that will be attached to elements of the review such as regional development, equality of access to capital services and so on; the planned level of and timeframe for consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31005/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: The current capital plan, which was published in 2015, lacked any ambition and did not reflect the urgency required to tackle the country's growing infrastructure needs. The Minister has committed to a review of that plan and a review of capital spending in early 2017. I want to discuss with him how this review will proceed and whether the final outcome will be a plan that stands up to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the preparations for likely flooding during winter 2016 and spring 2017; the amount of money which has been drawn down by local authorities to date in 2016; the amount scheduled to be drawn down between now and year end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30935/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: Before I introduce my question, I sought to ask the Minister a question today about the dispute with the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, the Garda Representative Association, GRA, and the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, ASTI, although I note Deputy Paul Murphy also asked a question about the ASTI. The questions were referred to line Ministers, which is very...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: I want to record my frustration with it. Many people in communities throughout the country are in fear of flooding. Even though it is the middle of October and an autumnal day today, many communities face the prospect of their houses and businesses being destroyed once again, in some cases for the second or third time in less than 12 months. What exactly has been done to date? How much...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: I do not want to personalise this because the Minister of State has brought great energy and focus to the issue. His answer goes to the heart of one of the problems here. It is a problem for another Department, the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. The purpose of a Minister with responsibility for flooding was to take responsibility for every part of it....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State for his clarification on CFRAM because the impression was that it is a five or ten-year process. Will the Minister of State give me an update on the scheme for Crossmolina? A third Department is being introduced into the equation now. We have the OPW, which is under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Housing,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in view of the recent developments at Horse Racing Ireland, there any other State agencies where business cases have been made to his Department for reappointing chief executive officers beyond their original term; the processes he has in place to ensure proper board procedures are being observed in making such business cases; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide extra funding to the Dyslexia Association of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30712/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: He is wondering himself.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commission for Public Service Appointments (12 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contacts between his office and a person (details supplied); the inquiries he has made on foot of the person's complaint; the actions which were taken by the Commission for Public Service Appointments to investigate the complaint; his views on each of the individual claims submitted by the person; and his proposals to address the...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: On 26 February this year the people sent an overwhelming message that fairness in public policy and associated and necessary investment in public services was their highest priority. In doing so they turned their backs on the US style of politics of those proposing excessive cuts in the personal tax burden; cuts that would have come at the expense of investment in public services, including...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (11 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 130, 135 and 136 of 29 September 2016, the number of local authority homes in each local authority for each of the years 2011 to 2015, inclusive, in tabular form; the corresponding number of annual boiler services that have been carried out in these same local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (11 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will have farm payments processed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29512/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (11 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of areas of natural constraint scheme payments for a person (details supplied). [29639/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (11 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied). [29640/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions Legislation (6 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timescale for retention of spent conviction records (details supplied). [29042/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (6 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the representations he has made at EU level with regard to increasing scope for member states to increase capital expenditure following the European Commission President's statement on the matter to the European Parliament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29125/16]