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- Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: We would all be on trolleys if the Deputy's party was in there.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the barristers who were appointed to each of the State Claims Agency panels; and the fees each of these barristers received in 2014 and in 2015 to date in State Claims Agency claims. [39713/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the barristers who are not on the State Claims Agency panels and who have been instructed in State Claims Agency claims since the panels were established; and the fees received by each of these barristers in 2014 and in 2015 to date in State Claims Agency claims. [39714/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will appoint a new Secretary General to her Department; and the reason for the delay. [39679/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the housing agencies operating and receiving Government funding; and the amount they received in the past three years. [39678/15]
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: I move amendment No. 1a:In page 8, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"(3) An agreed statutory instrument, following consultation and negotiation with the existing boards be enacted in order to clarify the future structures and roles of the Docklands Housing Trust and the Docklands Community Trust.".
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: When are we going to discuss those amendments?
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: I will speak to amendments Nos. 1aand 4ain my name. I support what the previous speaker said and thank the Minister of State, Deputy Paudie Coffey, for the significant conversation he has had with me and Deputy Joe Costello. It is very important that the docklands be a vibrant area. We need to get back to what the Victorians, of all people, believed, that it was important for people to...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank IT Systems (17 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has instructed the Irish banks to upgrade their out-of-date information and technology infrastructure and systems since Bank of Ireland recently experienced difficulties in this regard. [40362/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Rainwater Harvesting Systems Provision (17 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide grants to schools for facilities for water harvesting. [40187/15]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Policy Issues arising from Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Discussion (17 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: I welcome our visitors. As the only person from Glasnevin in the room, I acknowledge the great job the Glasnevin Trust has done in the cemetery, which stands out in all kinds of ways. I have a number of questions, the first of which is directed at Ms Goggin and the Competition and Consumer Protection Authority. The authority's four requests to the Glasnevin Trust included that it make its...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Policy Issues arising from Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Discussion (17 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: That is all right. May I also ask for a response from Glasnevin Trust to the points raised by Mr. Pierce? He made some very serious allegations and I am not satisfied that Mr. Green has answered them. I would ask that we be given answers to those questions. Does the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government see an issue that needs to be addressed here? I agree with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Policy Issues arising from Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Discussion (17 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: I ask Ms Goggin to address the question on costs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Policy Issues arising from Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Discussion (17 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: Her problem was that she was told the cost for the actual grave but not for the extras like the headstone, every letter that was put on it, the grave surround and so forth. It is quite a long time since I had the conversation with her. It was approximately three years ago. The problem was that it did not become apparent until a certain amount of time had passed that she was going to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Policy Issues arising from Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Discussion (17 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: I have said what I want to say.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Policy Issues arising from Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Discussion (17 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: Is Ms Goggin satisfied that it has been addressed? Does she have any role in overseeing whether it has been addressed?
- Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: Housing is the most pressing issue this Government and country currently faces. Long before it was possible to put lots of money towards the issue, I was part of a group of Labour Deputies that was pressing for social housing to be built. What stalled everything for so long was the fact that the country was broke. It is a pity that no member of Fianna Fáil is in the Chamber to hear...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund (19 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: She is very popular with them.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund (19 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: I welcome Mr. Watt and his team before the committee. Before turning to my main questioning, may I also mention the issue of wards of court, because my understanding is the Comptroller and Auditor General cannot audit the money involved? There was a recommendation from the Committee of Public Accounts that the funds held in trust for wards of court and any funds held in trust by the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund (19 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: Is it not public money in the sense that it might have been awarded from the public purse in the first instance?