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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Operations (7 May 2015)

Simon Harris: The Deputy should withdraw that comment.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (7 May 2015)

Simon Harris: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is preparing a competition process for new Boat Permits at Skellig which it is hoped will be publicly advertised in due course. There are a number of legal implications relative to the proposed competition process to be assessed in conjunction with the OPW's advisers before the competition is advertised and these are being considered currently by the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (12 May 2015)

Simon Harris: The Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, in 2012 introduced the Community Involvement Initiative and, through public advertisement and publicity, sought applications from interested groups to participate. The objective of this project was to harness the enthusiasm for heritage in local communities around the country and to work with them to develop a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Offices (12 May 2015)

Simon Harris: The majority of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's (DAFM) staff are currently accommodated in three locations in Portlaoise, in the State Owned Government Offices on the Abbeyleix Road and two leased premises. OPW are continuing to work with DAFM to consolidate their staff into fewer locations. In this regard, a space audit of the State owned Government Offices on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (12 May 2015)

Simon Harris: The Office of Public Works has no role or function in relation to oversight or regulation of the insurance industry. Insurance companies make commercial decisions on the provision of insurance cover based on their assessment of the risks they are prepared to accept on a case by case basis. Any question of ensuring that home owners can access flood insurance would be a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (12 May 2015)

Simon Harris: As I told the house the then Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, in 2012 introduced the Community Involvement Initiative and, through public advertisement and publicity, sought applications from interested groups to participate. The OPW is responsible for the management and presentation of a large number of National Monuments in State care and some of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (12 May 2015)

Simon Harris: The majority of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's (DAFM) staff are currently accommodated in three locations in Portlaoise in the State Owned Government Offices on the Abbeyleix Road and two leased premises. OPW are continuing to work with DAFM to consolidate their staff into fewer locations. In this regard, a space audit of the State owned Government Offices on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Park Access (12 May 2015)

Simon Harris: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the War Memorial Gardens have lighting in the car park adjacent to the Boat Club and also at the car park closest to the South Circular Road. The Gardens are closed at dusk each day. While there is a public right of way through the Gardens along the river Liffey, the public are not encouraged to use the Gardens when closed. There is no...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (12 May 2015)

Simon Harris: Clare County Council has submitted an application under the Office of Public Work's (OPW) Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme for funding for the projects mentioned by the Deputy. The OPW has reviewed and discussed the material received with Clare County Council; and to finalise its application has requested the Council to provide to the OPW material on the measurement...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: The Deputy asked the wrong question.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: Deputy Paul Murphy is obsessed by this.

Order of Business (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: They did not turn up.

Order of Business (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: They would not turn up.

Order of Business (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: The party's spokesperson did not turn up.

Order of Business (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: He should have sent someone.

Topical Issue Debate: Banking Sector (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Ross for tabling this Topical Issue and for the opportunity it provides me to respond on behalf of the Minister for Finance. Let me be clear - the Minister has not bottled anything. He has put in place a clear process in respect of standard variable rates. He has made his own views clear on the records of the House and in many other places, as have the Taoiseach and I during...

Topical Issue Debate: Banking Sector (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: I get confused sometimes as to what Deputy Ross would actually like to happen with the banks. Sometimes I cannot help but think that, unless he and Deputy Finian McGrath were running the banks, he would not be pleased with the performance of anybody running them. The reality is that the Government has to take a holistic view. Deputy Shane Ross talks about shareholders, the taxpayer and the...

Topical Issue Debate: Banking Sector (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: Yes. The cost to the taxpayer was reduced.

Topical Issue Debate: Banking Sector (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: We tend not to heckle during Topical Issue debates. The reduction seems to have been completely ignored. In Bank of Ireland, to which the Deputy referred, we have a 14% shareholding. The State is a minority shareholder, yet we saw these resolutions passed by the overwhelmingly popular vote of shareholders. We want to get every single cent of money back out of our banking system. We...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waterways Issues (13 May 2015)

Simon Harris: The channel mentioned by the Deputy is a tributary of the River Galey which in turn forms part of the River Feale Catchment Drainage Scheme maintained by the Office of Public Works. The OPW is currently making enquiries to determine who is responsible for this bridge.