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Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: The Committee of Public Accounts does not deal with these issues, as the Taoiseach well knows.

National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Second Stage (25 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: I commend the Bill to which Sinn Féin gives qualified support. It will be supporting its passage to Committee Stage. There has been little public commentary on the Bill since it was first announced by the previous Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, in January 2016. This always gives cause for concern, especially when dealing with a Bill which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Superannuation Schemes (25 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the spouses' and children's scheme is mandatory for public sector workers; if not, the way in which a public sector employee may opt out of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3464/17]

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Has the Deputy got something to say?

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Was that a brown envelope-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Will the Minister give to the House a rationale for the Government's decision to not proceed with the High Court case regarding hospital consultants' pay? Will he also inform the House of the consequences of that decision in possible legislation and costs? We hear that this could be up to €700 million. When is the Minister for Health going to outline to the House exactly what are the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of the review his Department will undertake regarding the role and use of public private partnerships in future capital projects, further to his comments before the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight; the lessons learnt in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3599/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: In response to a question asked at a sectoral committee hearing regarding the greater use of flexibilities in terms of the fiscal space for capital investment, the Minister said he and his Department were looking at "a greater use of public private partnerships". I ask him to outline the detail of any review that his Department will undertake regarding the role and the use of public private...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 2 o’clock Of course, PPPs can be presented as an alternative model. The question is whether they are viable and represent value for money. Even conservative economists such as Colm McCarthy have raised concerns about their use. There are significant oversight issues that need to be addressed but nothing in the Minister's response indicates this will be the case. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: The Minister has not answered my questions on the viability of PPPs and value for money. There is already flexibility in capital spending whereby any investment can be spread over four years, which is why Sinn Féin provided for €1.2 billion of additional capital investment in our alternative budget. The Minister flunked that and missed an opportunity to have significant capital...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings and efficiencies his Department has highlighted in order to fund the decision to move forward to the earlier date of 1 April 2017 the partial pay restoration due to public sector workers earning less than €65,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: The Minister has been asked repeatedly to outline to Members of this House where he will find the savings and efficiencies necessary to meet the €120 million cost of the partial pay restoration for public servants earning below €65,000. That restoration is welcome but we need to know the detail of how the moneys will be found. There is a concern that the Government will cut...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: The Minister should act in the manner in which he would expect the Opposition to act. If I were to come into this House and put forward a proposal that cost €120 million, the Minister would ask how I proposed to pay for it. If I responded that it should be collected through general savings and efficiencies, I would be laughed out of the Chamber, as would any of my Opposition...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: On the left.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he can outline the arrangements, if any, for the provision of information by his Department to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight. [3274/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: This is a general question about how the Minister sees the relationship between his Department and the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight. We have had two examples of where sufficient information was not given to the committee. The first is the issue of the €120 million, with which we have already dealt. I do not want the Minister to rehearse that because we have heard the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: With respect, I am fully aware of the Minister's responsibilities and I am equally aware of my responsibilities. I am not asking the Minister to comment on a liability which does not exist. I am asking him to explain, as he has been asked previously, how he will defend the consultants' contracts he says the State will defend potentially to save the State money if the State has decided to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: It is because-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: -----there is a potential cost to the State. Information will have to be provided to the-----