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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: Quarter 2 is long. I am trying to get a sense of the timing. Does the Minister expect to receive the report early in quarter 2? Does he have any sense of the month in which it can be expected based on the engagement of his officials? We have to have the public service pay talks completed ahead of the budget. Does the Minister envisage them taking place throughout the summer? On new...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: The draft version of the stability programme update published yesterday contains positive figures for growth in the economy. What is the Minister's view on the impact of those growth figures on that €550 million figure? The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has just told the Committee on Budgetary Oversight of which I am a member that he will not be in a position to look at that...

Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: On the same issue, I absolutely agree with Deputy Daly. When one engages with councils on erosion they say they do not have the money. When one puts a parliamentary question in to the Minister, one is told that the Department has allocated the money. I think we should call in every council around the country and ask how they have spent their money or why they have not spent it. If they...

Other Questions: Garda Stations (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: Nothing in Stepaside.

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department calculates departmental expenditure ceilings; if he has satisfied himself that these methodologies are fit for purpose; the way in which his Department reviews departmental expenditure; the penalties that exist for Departments that breach their ceilings; if there no penalties, his plans to bring in such...

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: I am seeking the Minister's opinion on the robustness of the Government's expenditure ceilings. I note from recent Exchequer returns that all Government Departments are more or less within profile in terms of expenditure. Is the Minister satisfied with the robustness of the system, or does it need to be reviewed? What are the penalties for Departments that breach those ceilings?

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is quite critical of expenditure ceilings. It states they have not worked effectively owing to continual upward revisions in spending. It quoted every expenditure report since 2012. To give an example, the Minister did some public service pay deals on the hoof, including the Garda pay deal and bringing forward increases under the Landsdowne Road agreement....

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: We always welcome extra expenditure as long as it is sustainable. If the expenditure ceilings were right in the first place, the Minster would not need to change them. Again, I challenge him, as the Minister in charge of ensuring discipline on expenditure, to state whether that is a good way of doing business. How does it reflect on other Ministers? We can have this debate again. The...

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent of the €3.8 billion provided for 2016 under the capital plan; if he is satisfied that the money allocated has been spent efficiently; the way in which he is satisfied that the money has been spent efficiently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18708/17]

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: This is almost a continuation of the earlier discussion in terms of allocating capital budgets on the one hand but, on the other, monitoring how they are being spent and ensuring they are spent.

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: In terms of the Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, the outturn for 2016 of €467 million is under the €539 million projection. That comes back to my first question in terms of what is happening in housing. The Minister leaves it to every line Department and tries to keep it within the budget, but how much of the €4.1 billion was actually...

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Government will meet the medium term objective next year in terms of the structural budget. That will then free up resources for capital expenditure in budget 2019. The Minister is currently in the middle of a capital plan review, but in terms of that pipleline, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has told us there are not enough projects to go into that pipeline. In terms of...

Other Questions: Shared Services (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the National Shared Services Office; the progress of the Bill; the preparations in place for an expansion of the National Shared Services Office; the mechanisms in place to assess whether savings are actually made; his views on whether there will be resistance from the Departments to the expansion of the National Shared...

Other Questions: Shared Services (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: We discussed the shared services Bill here in December. I believe it was on the last day of the previous session. First, what is the status of the Bill? Will it come to committee soon? Second, will the Minister outline any further progress since that discussion on the roll-out of shared services as a function within the public service?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department compiled data from other European countries on the different ways public sector and civil servants' pensions are administered; the amount they pay on average per employee; the rules they have for public pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18704/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that public procurement rules as set out by the Office of Government Procurement are being adhered to by each Department and public body to which they apply; the way he satisfies himself that these rules are being adhered to; if there are penalties for those Departments or public bodies which do not adhere to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided under the capital plan for the Garda information technology; the amount spent to date; the expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18814/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided under the capital plan for the divisional headquarters in Kevin Street, Dublin; the amount spent to date; the expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18815/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided under the capital plan for the divisional headquarters in Galway city; the amount spent to date; the expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18816/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount provided under the capital plan for the divisional headquarters in Wexford; the amount spent to date; the expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18817/17]