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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Deputy O'Reilly is leading the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: I am sure the Senator is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Senator Hayden. She has presented a very wide-ranging list of comments. I would just raise one issue of my own. The Commission is sailing close to the wind in relation to some of the recommendations it is making and may actually be overstepping its mark, particularly in the first recommendation, where it suggests that government expenditure ceilings should be more binding by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Does Deputy Durkan want to get back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Cavan will take it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Does Ms Murphy wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Other Members are entitled to attend committee meetings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: I presume the process Ms Murphy is talking about would be consultative rather than a voting system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Is the Senator a member of the finance committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: There are differing views on the matter. We will move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: Yes but quickly because there are many items of private business with which we must deal this afternoon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: We will leave it there. I will allow a brief question from Deputy Eric Byrne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: It sounds like the Deputy had an interesting lunch. He might tell us about it during private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the delegation for attending and their comprehensive contributions which will inform further work to be carried out by the committee, particularly in relation to the annual growth survey but also the national reform plan and in the committee's preparations for next year's European Semester. I take the point about further engagement in the future and look forward to that. I again...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Assessments (6 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has projections for the revision of the property tax rates in 2016 and the implications this could have on property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42539/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (11 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drugs budget for the Department next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42943/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Appointments (11 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 367. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has given any consideration to the appointment of a junior Minister with sole responsibility for drug policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42944/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (11 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for a school to change its ethos from multi-denominational to non-denominational; the process for any type of school to change its ethos; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42967/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Projects (11 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority has received a traffic management plan from Meath County Council for Slane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42840/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (11 Nov 2014)

Dominic Hannigan: 565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money that has been allocated to Meath County Council for road maintenance, repairs, improvement and building in each of the years since 2008; if he will also provide this information as a percentage of the overall amount that was awarded nationally in each of those years; if he will...