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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (28 Jun 2017)

John Curran: 279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the operation of the domiciliary care allowance scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30324/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Citizen Information Services (28 Jun 2017)

John Curran: 280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection on the proposed restructuring of MABS and CIS, her plans to issue a policy directive to CIB under section 9 of the Citizen's Information Act 2007 to abandon the flawed restructuring process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30328/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (28 Jun 2017)

John Curran: 304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of vacant properties that are being brought back to use under the repair and leasing scheme for each local authority, in tabular form; his views on whether the target of 800 units for 2017 will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30327/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (28 Jun 2017)

John Curran: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to impose a vacant site levy on development sites in 2018; the details of the scheme; the rate at which he expects to apply the levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30329/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (28 Jun 2017)

John Curran: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the working group set up by him to report in the second quarter of 2017 on the issue of short-term tourism related lettings has made its report; if so, if he will publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30330/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Jun 2017)

John Curran: 307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the expected completion dates for rapid build housing schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30331/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: 36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional staff to be made available to each State agency under her remit to specifically deal with Brexit; the number of these staff who have been recruited to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30239/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cap introduced in 2009 which applied to banks that had transferred assets into NAMA restricting their use of deferred tax assets to 50% of their corporation tax and which was subsequently removed in 2014 will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30536/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Data (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inquiries and investigations being undertaken by GSOC; the number of inquiries and investigations undertaken at the equivalent date in 2016; the staffing levels of GSOC; the comparable level at the equivalent date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30535/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I welcome Ms Orla O'Connor, director, and Ms Eilís Ní Chaithnía, policy director, from the National Women's Council of Ireland, NWCI; Mr. Liam Berney, industrial officer, from ICTU; Ms Kay Murphy, Mr. Peter Kavanagh and Ms Megan Van Son, from Active Retirement Ireland. We have been dealing with the issue of the contributory State pension for a number of weeks. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: A number of colleagues are subject to time constraints today. We are conscious of the pressures on people and will move the meeting forward as quickly as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I thank the council for its opening statement. I call Mr. Berney to make his opening statement on behalf of Congress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I thank Mr. Berney for his clarification. This piece of work by the committee focuses specifically on State pensions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I thank Mr. Berney. I call on Ms Murphy or Mr. Kavanagh from Active Retirement Ireland to make a presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I thank Mr. Kavanagh. Before I go to colleagues, I ask them to bear in mind the timing of questions and that a number of people have significant time constraints todays. I am going to insist that members' questions are kept to five minutes. I call Deputy O'Dea to be followed by Deputy Brady.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: Yes, in total. I will take all the questions first and the witnesses can answer the questions that are relevant to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: Thank you, Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I am taken by the fact that, when we listen to the range of presentations, two things come across very clearly. There is where we see a pension scheme in the future, be it a remodelled total contribution pension scheme or otherwise, and where we find ourselves today and what are the short-term incremental steps that could be made which would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: Everybody will be afforded an opportunity to reply but I ask Mr. Kavanagh to address first the point raised by Deputy O'Dea and the other questions Deputies asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Overview of Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

John Curran: Does Mr. Berney wish to contribute?