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

David Cullinane: Yes, and this information will have to be provided because it is the committee that will scrutinise the potential liability and costs. The Minister must deal with the fears we have that there may be cost on this issue, and he has not done so. The issue was raised by another Teachta in the same context. It is a very important issue. It is the first time we have had an opportunity to put...

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

David Cullinane: The Minister is now stating there will not be any costs. I hope he will not be back in one, three or six months speaking about a cost and stating there will be a liability. In any event, I have dealt with the issue. There is a real issue with regard to the ability of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight to do its job properly and fairly. I have given a number of examples where...

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

David Cullinane: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the industrial unrest in the public sector has to do with pay justice for post-2011 entrants and that his decision to bring forward to the earlier date of 1 April 2017 the pay restoration due under the Lansdowne Road agreement will not, in fact, address the substantive issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

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

David Cullinane: I have asked, possibly 100 times at this stage, as have other Members of the House, including today, the Minister to commit to the principle of equal pay for equal work and restore public sector pay to a single-tier pay structure to deal with the very real sore that affects so many workers who came into the system post 2011. I again put the question to the Minister. It is not going away and...

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

David Cullinane: I am pleased that the Minister is aware of my hard work on behalf of the people of Waterford and that his Department is watching every move that I make. He could be my director of elections in some respects, given how he cited the long list of issues-----

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

David Cullinane: -----for which I have rightly campaigned. The people of Waterford deserve proper schools, hospitals and infrastructure, as every city and county does. Contrary to what the Minister said, though, we costed every proposal in our alternative budget to the cent. When the Minister states that the issue of equal pay for equal work is not going away but that we need to focus on improved public...

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

David Cullinane: There is nothing fairer than the principle of equal pay for equal work. We have had several discussions on this issue, so it is on the record that my party is not asking for every FEMPI cut to be unwound in one go. We have called for a new collective agreement, one that is properly negotiated with the trade unions, in respect of 2019 to 2021, inclusive. In that context, it is appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is committed to equal pay for equal work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3275/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the present legislation regarding employment discrimination by age; if it is legal for a company to dismiss an employee on the grounds of age if that person has not reached retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3553/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a statutory obligation on an insurance company to insist on the signature of a person who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease to a form in relation to the Finance Act 2016 even when the person is not in a situation to sign the form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3552/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases of bogus employment contracts the Revenue Commissioners have investigated in each of the years 2008 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3605/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Rights (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of his Department's investigation into disguised employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3612/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options available to a public servant who is required to retire at 65 years of age but is on a b1 stamp, is unable to collect a social welfare payment due to a partner's income and who will, therefore, have no income for 12 months; if the public servant can remain in employment until reaching 66 years of age; if not, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 162. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's definition of "urgent" in view of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3668/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) whose case has been marked as urgent would be put on a waiting list of 48 plus months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Industry (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to reports of blacklisting within the construction sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3607/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Industry (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 217. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to reports of bogus employment contracts in the construction sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3608/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: I agree with that suggestion. Does the sectoral committee have any responsibility in this regard? EirGrid representatives were before the communications committee to discuss its policy. Would it be appropriate for us to refer the matter to the sectoral committee and ask it to have a look at it? That is another avenue which could be used to get answers, if it is not strictly within our remit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: On the same issue concerning the non-consolidation of other funds in these universities or institutes of technology, there was a similar problem with Waterford Institute of Technology. A company called Campus Services Limited was brought in regarding the governance of the board so this seems to be a problem in these institutes. I accept that we are coming back to it. We see...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Non-compliance with public procurement guidelines is not just happening in universities or institutes of technology. We see it in the HSE and across the board so I am troubled that this appears over and over again in these audit notes.