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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: That is fine.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: Just tell us where.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: Not in housing. I would agree with the Minister if I could use housing as an example we could follow.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress in negotiations on pay equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29055/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: On this question on pay equality for new entrants, the Minister said on 17 May that negotiations had begun and that there was a further meeting intended for June. Did that meeting take place? Is agreement close on the matter? Will the Minister assure the House that this remains a priority for Government, that it will not fall off the radar and that it will be provided for within the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: I welcome the fact that it is a priority. I note that the Minister did not specifically state that he honoured the commitment he gave me in May that he, on behalf of the Government, would meet the unions in June to advance this matter. I am well aware of the report that followed the amendment as proposed by Fianna Fáil on the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: Of course the Minister has the responsibility to ensure that the requirements of competing interests are met in how he presents a budget that this House might support. There is no problem whatsoever with that and there are underlying issues associated with that budget which we spoke about three years ago that we would expect to see as part of that. I simply say to the Minister that when...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: It is the duty of Government and it is the job the Minister has.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: Not irrespective of cost.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: The Minister accepted an amendment on the day that he did that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: That did not come from us.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific use to which the €400 million proceeds from the sale of Bord Gáis has been put; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29056/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: I seek clarification from the Minister regarding the €400 million proceeds from the sale of Bord Gáis. He told us in budget 2015 that those funds would be made available for social housing projects. It was further advanced that they would be specifically targeted towards the provision of affordable housing schemes. We have since heard that €10 million per annum would be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: In that case, the commitment made in 2015 no longer stands. The clearing house group rejected the proposal and found a model by which the funds could be used. A commitment was made in 2017 which amounts to €10 million per year, capitalised over 20 years, giving a total of €200 million. Where has the €400 million gone since 2015? Where has it been lodged? Where has it...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: For two years the Minister failed to honour the commitment he made in 2015, as he recognised in 2017. He cannot tell me what the €400 million from the proceeds of the sale made in these two years. I implore him to make available to the House exactly what it made as quickly as he can. In the meantime, he committed €10 million per annum for 20 years at most, which amounts to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: The Minister is a member of the Cabinet.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: The Minister has not done so.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: Was it used to write down debt?

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: It is longer now.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (3 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of consultation between the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works and flood relief and an organisation (details supplied) on the provision of insurance in areas protected by demountable flood defence systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29054/18]