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- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: That is €2.5 billion less.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: We are looking at €4 billion now.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: That is not true. There is growth in agriculture and tourism.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: I did not throw my eyes anywhere.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: Nobody expected a budget today.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: They are being used to identify those leaks.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: That is all nonsense and not true.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: It has been capital taxes, opposed by a socialist party.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: They were restored this year.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: Some 1,700 staff this year.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: We will see, but I do not take it for granted unlike Sinn Féin.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: I have been here since before 2 o'clock.
- Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy Adams is just back in ten seconds.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: The Valuation Office, as part of a programme that will see the valuation of all commercial properties in the State brought up to date, by reference to modern property values, and maintained on a rolling 5-10 year cycle of revaluations as provided for in the Valuation Act 2001, have recently completed the valuation of all commercial properties in Limerick. The revaluation...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: It is understood that the Deputy's question refers to the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR), which came into effect on 1 January 2011 by way of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010, and which has since been amended via the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 and the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Remit (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: The Irish Red Cross conforms to the generic definition of a public body contained in Section 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 because it was established under enactment. On that basis, unless it was granted an exemption, the Irish Red Cross would automatically have become subject to FOI under the Act earlier this month. I accepted the case made by the Department of...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: On 28 March, 2014, the European Commission published three new Directives as a collective reform of the existing EU regime for public procurement under the existing provisions of Directive 2004/17/EU - coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and Directive 2004/18/EU - on the coordination of procedures for the...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: The work of the Valuation Office is underpinned by the Valuation Act, 2001 which provides for the valuation of all commercial and industrial property. The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the performance of his functions under the Act and the making of valuations is his sole prerogative. The statute does not accord me as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform any function in...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: The Public Appointments Service (PAS) is the independent centralised provider of recruitment, assessment and selection services for the Civil and Public Service. An annual competition is conducted by the PAS in order to respond to requests to fill temporary clerical vacancies which arise from time to time to cover such absences as maternity leave and shorter working year. Draw down...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Remuneration (28 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, under the newly established Payroll Shared Services Centre (PSSC) has responsibility for the payment of salaries only to serving public servants in the public service bodies listed as follows. Friday 1May 2015 is a bank holiday in many Euro currency/EU countries and, as a result, the Euro payments clearing and settlement system will be...