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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The approximate cost of the General Election 2016 is €26.8m. This figure relates mainly to Returning Officer costs for the conduct of the poll and count, reimbursement of candidate expenses and also postal expenditure for the delivery of candidate election material and polling cards.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Measures (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 and 427 together. As the Deputy has indicated, additional expenditure of €310 million was included for 2016 in the Expenditure Report 2017published on Budget day. This amount reflects an additional €200 million of capital funding for necessary repair work to transport infrastructure arising from flood damage at the start of the year and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that agreement has now been reached between my officials and their Northern Ireland counterparts on the terms of Letters of Offer to programme beneficiaries for the PEACE IV and INTERREG VA programmes. My objective has always been to Brexit-proof Letters of Offer to the greatest extent possible and to give programme beneficiaries assurance as to the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (16 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is the centralised recruiter for the Civil and Public Service. It is an independent, statutory body which provides professional recruitment and selection services. It is the policy of the PAS not to discuss an individual's candidature for a campaign with anyone other than the candidate. In this regard the PAS will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (16 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 135, reference number 33951/16, on 9.11.2016.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for raising an issue that I know is of great concern to all Members of the House. This is precisely the reason that, in budget 2017, as the Deputy acknowledged, the Government put in place a very substantial increase in the amount of funding going into our health service. As he will be aware, it now stands at €14.6 billion. It is the highest level of funding that...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: A single person on a trolley is one too many. I had to refer to the improvements and investment under way that aim to address these matters over the medium term and into the long run. The Minister for Health will continually review the winter initiative with the HSE. There is a Cabinet sub-committee on health that will review the status of that plan regularly. That is the plan that has...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy used the phrase that such agreements "look to attack the sovereignty of national parliaments", but of course it has to be voted on by this Parliament.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The procedure that is in place for the ratification of this agreement will be voted on in-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: -----this Dáil. Far from this being an attack on the role of sovereign parliaments, there is a process in place that recognises the ability of Dáil Éireann to cast a vote on that agreement. It is at that point that Deputy Kenny and Sinn Féin will be able to articulate their views and concerns on CETA. I take a very different view from that outlined by Deputy Kenny....

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: What the Deputy said reminds me of what Sinn Féin used to say about the European Union, namely, that it was designed only for big companies and corporations and was not for the benefit of countries such as ours. When they saw the risk posed by Brexit to Irish interests on all parts of the island, Sinn Féin members changed their minds and their tune completely.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Martin Kenny asserted that this is an attack on democracy. How can he make that claim when this is the very Chamber that will be able to cast a vote on the issue?

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Martin Kenny said this is an environment which is designed to allow only big corporations to prosper. Is that how little confidence he has in the ability of Irish companies, big and small, to be able to trade-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: -----and create employment in that environment just as they have been able to do in the Single Market and the European Union? As Deputy Martin Kenny is aware, because he is very knowledgeable on these matters, 90% of all the food, dairy and agricultural produce of this country is exported.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The agreements offer the opportunity for more of that to be done and it is precisely because I support Irish farmers, workers and companies of all sizes-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: -----that I am confident CETA will offer opportunities to them. Far from this being an attack on democracy, this Dáil will have a vote on the matter.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: No, the Government will not be suspending the board of NAMA or any of its officers with regard to this issue. It is, as is the case with any other body, entitled to see a process in which it is participating completed. The Deputy has on a number of occasions called for investigation and interrogation to be carried out regarding the circumstances of Project Eagle. That is what is happening...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Can I just confirm my understanding? Has Deputy Wallace agreed to appear in front of the Committee of Public Accounts in relation to this issue?

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Will the Deputy?

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: And when will the Deputy do it?