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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I acknowledge Professor Lane's response. I note what he says that, whether it is the European Commission, the European Central Bank or otherwise, when they look, for example, at the debt-to-GDP ratio, there may be a footnote that when one takes GNI* into account, the position might be somewhat different. The point is that the fiscal rules are worked out on the basis of the debt-to-GDP...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on the Revised Macroeconomic Indicators: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Could Mr. Dalton respond to some of the observations?

Protection of Employees (Collective Redundancies) Bill 2017: First Stage (1 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for protections for employees in collective redundancy situations in which the employer is insolvent and to provide for related matters. As the Taoiseach is aware, I have proposed five Bills to enhance the rights of workers in the State. I have moved two of those on Second Stage during Private Members' time but both...

Protection of Employees (Collective Redundancies) Bill 2017: First Stage (1 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Traveller Ethnicity: Statements (1 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Qualifications Data (1 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 7 December 2016, the reason for the delay in supplying the information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10653/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the review of public procurement oversight his Department has undertaken in view of the significant disclosures of material non-compliance with procurement rules involving contracts worth €500,000 or more that have been reported by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his annual report 2015; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: I am inquiring as to whether the Department has carried out any review of public procurement rules. I have done some research into this issue and as a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, I can tell the Minister that non-compliance with public procurement rules comes up repeatedly. The Comptroller and Auditor General has reported on this consistently as a difficulty, particularly in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: There are extraordinary circumstances in which Departments may not comply with rules and the circumstances are set out. We have many reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General which flag up a lack of compliance with the rules. These are flagrant breaches of the rules. All those documents from the Comptroller and Auditor General should be examined. It seems that all a Department has to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: Reading from the Comptroller and Auditor General's most recent reports, he states that it should be noted that the level of non-compliant procurement may be higher due to under-reporting. He went on to state that the HSE, for example, does not have adequate systems to capture instances of non-complaint procurement and accepts that it is unreported at this level. He also found that all...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to revert to a single tier pay structure across the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10498/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the failures or non-compliance with public procurement rules identified by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10496/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí assigned to the Waterford Garda division for each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10911/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs assistants in each school in Waterford city and county for each of the years 2014 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10912/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to progress legislation on technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10913/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed funding model for technological universities; the way it will differ from funding for traditional universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10916/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if technological universities will receive baseline funding for research and development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10917/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the sequencing in the process of applying to become a technological university by allowing the international panel of experts to play a role much earlier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10919/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stakeholder engagement meetings and outreach work he and his Department have engaged in on progressing technological universities since the general election; the groups and persons he and his Department have engaged with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10920/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (2 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will deliver on a programme for Government commitment to examine the eligibility criteria for institutes of technology applying to become technological universities, specifically changes to the merger requirement; his plans to implement the commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10926/17]