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- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 28 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
Chapter 29 - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
2012 Annual Report and Accounts - National Pensions Reserve Fund (13 Feb 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: The National Pensions Reserve Fund was set up originally to provide funds for both public and social welfare pensions. In a short time it is becoming a strategic investment fund. Where do Mr. Carty and Mr. Corrigan see its remit? There is a remit whereby 20% of investments can be non-Irish. Feeding into that as well, what advice will they be giving to Government in terms of disposal of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 28 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
Chapter 29 - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
2012 Annual Report and Accounts - National Pensions Reserve Fund (13 Feb 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: Currently, it is 20%.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 28 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
Chapter 29 - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
2012 Annual Report and Accounts - National Pensions Reserve Fund (13 Feb 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: Under what remit does the issue of future pensions fall?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 28 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
Chapter 29 - Clinical Indemnity Scheme
2012 Annual Report and Accounts - National Pensions Reserve Fund (13 Feb 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: What is Mr. Corrigan's view on the discussions on the sale of State shareholdings in Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks?
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Data (18 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: 497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number and types of home loan facilities available to non-first time buyers from his Department, through the local authorities or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7829/14]
- Recent Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: This is a very important debate and I thank the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, for facilitating it. It has particular resonance for me as a Deputy for Limerick City, which had the worst floods ever recorded there. People are still recovering from them. Many areas are affected, including St. Mary’s Park, Lee Estate, Assumpta Park, Thomond...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister. I am glad to see this plan. I have a number of direct questions. What are the anticipated overall savings from the implementation of this plan which runs until 2016? How will the savings that have arisen be spent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of the overall plan, does the Government have a figure for the anticipated savings created during the plan? I have noticed that savings have been made under various headings. Is there a global figure for savings?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is that the saving per annum?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister anticipate in the headline items between wages and procurement there are savings of the order of €5 billion per annum?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will there be savings of €5 billion per annum from 2016 onwards?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: I noticed in the document that a review of An Garda Síochána is being conducted. Is that a review of the logistics and numbers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to raise the issue of loss of intellectual capacity. Public servants have left the public service under various agreements. What is the total number of those who have left?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are risk management processes being built into the process to ensure that there is not an enormous loss of intellectual capacity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: If the Minister does not anticipate that yet, what year is he talking about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: One issue that comes up is promotion. Has the Minister looked at the structures with regard to how people are promoted within the public service? Some people at middle management level are exceptional and people at a higher level may, through no fault of their own, not be as good. The danger is that those people at the middle level get frustrated in their role. They report to people who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: The point I am making is that with all the changes in management, there are cases where people need to be promoted. In some cases, people are passed over and they end up moving on. This is a terrible loss to the public institution they were in. This is a personal bugbear for me, because I have seen it happen too many times. I have seen exceptional people whose creative ideas never see the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Minister looking at this issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: My final point relates to the SME sector and procurement. The Department has a deadline of Q1 or Q2 of 2014 on this issue. When referring to procurement, the Minister suggested a company could charge two different prices and I have no issue with that. However, organisations throughout the country who might employ ten or 12 people and supply local businesses cannot bid for these large...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Regionalise them.