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- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: There is a variety of Bills and I will not-----
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: Wait for a second, I do not propose to read them all out but there are many of them. They have been sitting on the Order Paper for at least five to ten years.
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: This is a matter for the Order of Business.
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: This is a matter for the Order of Business. It is because of the negligence of the previous Administration-----
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: I will not repeat what I said.
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: The criminal records information system Bill has been promised for some time, with other similar legislation, the introduction of which is hugely important. Is it intended to expedite the processing of this legislation through the House in order that we can make a real impact on the criminality taking place?
- Other Questions: Public Sector Reform Review (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public service reforms embraced to date have resulted in the achievement of specific budgetary targets; if he has identified a means of rewarding those sectors that have achieved the best performance under this heading to date; if programmes of incentivisation to encourage net beneficial reform have shown results or...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his programme of savings throughout the public sector to date remains on target with particular reference to the dual and sometimes conflicting needs to cut expenditure and maintain services; if he will set out those areas which to date have achieved the best results in this regard; the areas and or sectors which...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his targets in terms of savings for each Government Department and any subordinate bodies thereunder for the coming year; the degree to which he expects these targets to be met in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43772/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has in mind particular or specific proposals to incentivise reform and the making of savings in the context of the achievement of various savings targets applicable for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43773/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will be in a position to reward by way of other concessions particular Government Departments or subordinate bodies that have achieved savings or reforms resulting in savings on or in excess of target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43774/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the Departments, bodies or agencies that have achieved the least progress in achieving the targets set and agreed by his predecessors in the Memorandum of Understanding; the extent to which he may be in a position to offer incentives in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43776/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the elimination of waste has been achieved throughout the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43779/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out those Departments, bodies or agencies that have incurred cost overruns in the current year to date in 2012; the extent to which he expects to be able to encourage such Departments to operate within budget in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43780/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Numbers (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has by way of natural retirement achieved savings and or staff reductions required to meet targets set in the Memorandum of Understanding entered into by his predecessors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43775/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the working of extra hours has been used as a means to achieve savings through reform throughout the State and semi-State sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43777/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of State Assets (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the sale of State assets is proposed as a means of achieving budgetary targets in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43778/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which insurance and procurement costs will be adjusted in order to maximise benefit to the Exchequer in the context of budgetary savings required in the coming year; the extent of the achievement in these areas in each of the past four years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43781/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a contributory pension will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43531/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 Oct 2012)
Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when an application for carer's allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43533/12]