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Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: There is an issue regarding the workings of the House.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I will take that on board.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reports (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the Civil Service Arbitration Board's report; if he will accept its findings; and if he will link disciplinary actions with performance reviews. [15673/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will recommence pre-retirement courses for civil servants in Departments and State bodies. [15881/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has seen the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report of June 2016; his assessment of the report as it relates to new spending priorities in the programme for Government; and the cost of implementing the programme for Government and the cost of policy proposals within his remit. [15901/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hazardous Waste Sites (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet the financial commitments made by the last Government in respect of the clean-up on the site of the former Irish Steel works on Haulbowline Island, Cobh, County Cork, given the environmental and physiological impact it has on the lower harbour. [15672/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Functions (16 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the sections of his Department and the remit which have been transferred to the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; and the State agencies and bodies he will have responsibility for. [16245/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how he intends to ensure that, in the 21st century, all areas receive 4G internet connectivity under the national broadband package. [16246/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 332. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allocate moneys for the remediation works at Haulbowline island in Cobh, County Cork of which €40 million is required to fund the next intensive phase of the planned programme of works for the island, which is of enormous concern to persons resident in the lower harbour. [17177/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 406. To ask the Minister for Health when he proposes to establish a board for the South-South West group of hospitals. [17043/16]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I ask the Chairman for his forbearance at the outset, because we will operate a question-and-answer format while I have the floor.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: Yes. I welcome the Minister of State and wish him well in his new role. I have a few policy-related questions. He said in his speech that he would fulfil the existing level of service and there would be no policy change. I want to flesh this out. Does he mean the status quowill obtain from 2015 to 2016 and there will be no new Departments in terms of policy implementation, particularly...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: Is the Minister of State chairing the interdepartmental group?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: Yes. My point about flood mapping is that if one takes CFRAM and a small village with a stream going through it where there has not been a flood within living memory, the insurance maps will show clearly at present that the curtilage of the stream is very wide and the area is deemed to be a flood plain. I might not have explained myself clearly. When the CFRAM study on the villages and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: It is being rewired. Do we know when it is opening?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that because it is another key site for the south and it would be fantastic if it could be open this summer but I think we are too late.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Mr. McMahon.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: Will the Minister of State comment on his delegated functions? Have they been clearly defined and is there a very clear budget? Will the Minister of State have absolute autonomy and policy control over his budget? Has it been notified to the Dáil at this stage? I am not aware that it has been.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister of State is not being facetious.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Seán Sherlock: There is a further point.