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Topical Issue Debate: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: I believe that is a matter the Deputy must take up with the Minister later.

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: As Deputy Mac Lochlainn, who was in possession is not in the Chamber, I will move on to the next speaker, Deputy Halligan. I understand he proposes to share time with Deputies Finian McGrath and Wallace, with each having ten minutes. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the Croke Park and Haddington Road agreements have to date achieved their targets; when he expects the benefit of such savings to manifest themselves by way of economic growth and improved employment prospects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42439/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the combined benefits of the Croke Park and Haddington Road agreements will be adequate in terms of delivery of the objectives set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42742/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his previously identified targets in respect of savings throughout the public sector, across all Departments, State and semi-State, have been achieved to date; the degree to which specific Departments have been particularly successful in this regard; if he is confident of meeting all outstanding targets in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprenticeships made available throughout the country in each of the past five years and to date in 2013; the extent to which this has met the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42769/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the objectives set out by his Department in terms of the curtailment of public expenditure and reform when he took up office two and a half years ago, the extent to which he has succeeded in meeting those objectives with particular reference to the benefit and stabilisation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet in full all the targets set and agreed by the troika for the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42743/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the net benefits to date to the Exchequer in terms of cost reductions achieved in line with the troika agreement in general; the extent to which these are in line with targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42744/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position to achieve budgetary curtailments required in the coming year without impacting on staffing levels or quality of service throughout the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42745/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he and his Department has evaluated the likely benefits to the economy arising from achievements in expenditure strategy over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42747/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which targets set for each Government Department in terms of public expenditure and reform have been met in full in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42748/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department have identified cost overruns or the potential for such throughout various Government Departments; the extent to which it has been found possible to take corrective action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42751/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Statistics (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the national pay bill has been stabilised or reduced since he took up office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42746/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which staffing levels throughout the public sector are in line with targets in terms of savings and expenditure but at the same time sufficient to retain and maintain quality of service throughout the sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42749/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Savings (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has succeeded in making savings through insurance cost reductions and public procurement in each of the past two years to date; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to achieve further savings in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42750/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of State Assets (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the disposal of State assets remains included in options for consideration by his Department; if such options are likely to be used as a last resort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42752/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42661/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made to date in respect of an appeal for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42686/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Risk Assessments (9 Oct 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 18 April 2013 and having regard to the ongoing concerns of residents and retailers in the area (details supplied) and keeping in mind expenditure undertaken by the local authority in the context of alleviation of flooding in 2009/2010, the extent to which the local authority...