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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Staff Data (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 868. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff who entered the public service post-1 January 2011, in his Department and by year of entry to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23503/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Recruitment (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 913. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 in her Department and by year of entry to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23499/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Remuneration (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 914. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of implementing a pay increase for all those employed under the remit of her Department after 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23509/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Recruitment (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 924. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 in her Department and by year of entry to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23493/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Remuneration (19 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 925. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of implementing a pay increase for all those employed under the remit of her Department after 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23505/16]

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: We all know that what we have at the moment in the context of housing is a perfect storm where local authority supply has dried up and the State has not been building social housing or local authority housing for some time, which has added to the crisis. We also know that Part V housing has dried up because there is no private development and even though there is a need, because of house...

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: It has long been the position of Sinn Féin to support international co-operation on justice matters within a sovereign framework that ensures human rights compliance. Sinn Féin supports the State's participation in European Union-level and international co-operation in criminal justice matters where this clearly serves the public interest, but not to cede national sovereignty over...

Appointment of Members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: The Legal Services Regulatory Authority is an independent statutory regulator for all legal practitioners introduced by the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015. The first point I will make is that there was a delay in the text of the motion being published. The Minister of State may not be aware of this, but the Business Committee agreed to this motion being tabled on 14 July. However, it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: We need to get a complete picture of controls in respect of section 38 and 39 organisations and even beyond that. It was interesting to note in the report that while the focus was on the organisation in question and partially on the Health Service Executive, the report also raises questions for the Companies Registration Office in terms of its processes and also for the Revenue...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: I do not know if the work programme has been agreed, although I note it is on the agenda of today's meeting. I asked previously that the committee revisit the issue of public private partnerships. The report provided to the committee by the Comptroller and Auditor General raises all sorts of issues concerning public private partnerships, including whether the information the committee...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: I have a general question, given that the lack of competition in procurement keeps coming up. I assume the Departments are working from circulars or legislation and there is a lack of compliance with the rules that have been laid down. Are there any sanctions or penalties for it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses, Mr. O’Kelly and his team. I wish to focus on three areas. The first is GDP and the relationship between it and borrowing costs. The second relates to issues concerning the strategic investment fund and the European Investment Bank. The third is the National Development Finance Agency, which I understand has been subsumed into the competencies and mandates...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: Many people would see it as a bit more than a lot of explaining having to be done. There is disbelief internationally from many economists. Much of the international reporting of the growth figures is that they were more than just distorted, that they do not form the basis upon which decisions can be made. We know that the GDP figures have an impact on the application of the fiscal rules...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: Mr. O’Kelly also has to explain - he said that he had received calls from investors – the GDP figures. He used the word “distortion”. What does he mean by that term in the sense of a distortion of the GDP or GNP figures? What is his understanding of the distortion?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: Does the NTMA have a role in reporting to the Department or the CSO? It is on the front line on the borrowing side in terms of requests from asset and fund managers and has had to explain what has happened, as it has done. It has a view on what the issues are. I assume it has some responsibility to report back to the Government. Will Mr. O'Kelly talk us through what this involves? Is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: Does the NTMA engage with the CSO?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: Does the CSO engage with the NTMA?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: Would it be useful for the CSO to engage with the NTMA, given that it calculates the figures?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: On the Strategic Innovation Fund and its relationship with the European Investment Bank, what is Mr O'Kelly's definition of investment? What criteria are used in determining whether a project should be funded?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2015 (21 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: The European Commission has published a report on the EU Urban Agenda Toolbox which looks at the workings of the European Investment Bank which does a similar job to the Strategic Innovation Fund. It discusses the building of a sustainable community. In a reference to the office in Poland it states the first time EIB bankers came to discuss the extension of the small metro system in Warsaw,...