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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: 169. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 694 of 4 November 2014, the position regarding recognition by An Bord Altranais of nursing qualifications awarded in Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48616/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (16 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: 168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason parents whose eligibility for one-parent family payment ceases due to their youngest child turning 16 are ineligible for the jobseeker's allowance transition payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48250/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Eligibility (16 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: 171. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding persons who are self-employed participating in the back to work scheme; the position regarding eligibility to switch to jobseeker's allowance during slack periods of self employment under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48267/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (16 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: 323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason forestry lands were excluded from a 2014 single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the position regarding the financial discipline deduction in the single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48268/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the requirement to spend a percentage of the funding for new roads on commissioning art works and if this requirement is flexible in so far as the location of where the works are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47553/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: I will be parochial and return to what is driving efficiency in the State's footprint. This relates to the purchase of a site in Kanturk for a decentralised office and I am conscious that the advice is in respect of individuals. I reference correspondence, dated 21 May, sent by the private secretary to the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to the then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: I am not mentioning any name. The Acting Chairman need not worry; I am around long enough not to do so. I found most unacceptable the behaviour of the OPW and the local authority is out of pocket for a substantial six figure sum. Does Ms McGrath accept that invoking the term, "Without Prejudice / Subject to Contract", at this late stage is not acceptable and is tantamount to an abuse of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: I flagged the issue as one I wanted to raise and it is only fair that it be raised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: I am disappointed with that reply because it seems to be evading the issue. I asked the secretariat to flag it and it was flagged to Ms McGrath as one I wished to raise. If the circumstances are as I have outlined, does Ms McGrath believe the OPW is obliged to repay Cork County Council moneys it spent in acquiring lands on behalf of the OPW for decentralised offices? After the local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: Cork County Council has briefed me on this issue. It finds the approach of the OPW obtrusive and obstructive in protecting its interests in this debacle. I have found the OPW to be most unco-operative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: Can I finish this issue, with the indulgence of the Acting Chairman? Ms McGrath referred to driving efficiency in the State's footprint. I want to draw her attention to a specific issue, which may have been flagged with her in advance. The OPW, in conjunction with Cork County Council, for the decentralisation programme went about the purchase of a site in Kanturk for a decentralised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: There is no legal dispute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: I want to finish this important issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: I appreciate that. I do not accept the point made. Cork County Council has been left with the property. It bought it for the OPW. I have a copy of all correspondence. In recent times the OPW sought-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: Ms McGrath spoke about the balance between the ecological and the environmental concerns versus the flood risk. Where is the line drawn? Most people would say that in many respects we have gone overboard in terms of being environmentally correct, at great human and financial cost for homes and businesses. Where does the OPW see the appropriate line or balance in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: The twin villages of Inchigeelagh and Ballingeary on the upper Lee stretch had a recurring problem with flooding for several years. Nearly every winter they might be under two or three feet of water. A couple of years ago, the then Minister of State, Brian Hayes, approved minor flood relief works funding for the local authority in respect of the two villages. There was resistance in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: What is the budget for 2014 for minor flood relief works?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: Perhaps Ms McGrath would refer back to me on the funding that was sanctioned under that heading for Crookstown village.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: My next question relates to the property management area, which will be of interest to the Chairman and others. Could the witnesses outline the protocols it has with regard to the purchase of lands in conjunction with other State authorities, in particular local authorities? I refer in particular to the decentralisation project.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Public Works (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Creed: It is fair to say the eyes of the world are not on these proceedings, but there are a few issues I wish to raise with the OPW, the representatives of which I thank for being here. The OPW is a powerful organisation which reaches into every county and a great many communities. The work it carries out impacts on those communities. I wish to raise three issues. One is flooding and the...