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Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: I would like to share time with Deputy MacSharry.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: As I have already spoken extensively on the budget, I propose to focus on some of the issues that arise in the context of the Finance Bill 2017. I will begin by speaking about the process itself. Many of the contents of this Bill, which was published last Thursday, were signalled in advance. The Bill is being discussed generally on Second Stage before it is the subject of a line-by-line...

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: Last Friday, I spent an hour with approximately 30 sixth class pupils in my local school who had spent the week doing a project on sustainable development and climate change. As I listened to Deputies in this Chamber this morning, I wished they were put through the wringer in the same way that I was interrogated last Friday about what we are not doing on climate change. Christine Lagarde of...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Administration (25 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Acting Chairman and the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for giving us permission to raise this matter. It is a cross-party group and one which might not come together on many other subjects. It is appropriate that the Minister for Education and Skills is taking the matter because he will have good knowledge of it also. It is about valuing the work of community employment schemes,...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Administration (25 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: That is an enormously frustrating response as it is the same response we have been getting for two years now. One, therefore, gets the impression from the response that the forum established by the former Minister, Deputy Howlin, has not achieved anything. Deputies have mentioned supervisors who have since retired. The first person to raise this issue with me has passed away - I am sure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with pay equalisation in view of the rejection of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 by certain individual trade unions; his views on whether this issue will escalate; his further plans to consult with the unions that rejected the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40550/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (26 Oct 2017)

Dara Calleary: 65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs in County Mayo; the number in the Ballina area in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45563/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 110. To ask the Taoiseach the steps he has taken to ensure that grant aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to organisations funded by his department; if so, the action he has taken; and if his department has issued new procedures regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to ensure that grant aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if her attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to organisations funded by her Department; if so, the action she has taken; if her Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure that grant aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to organisations funded by his Department; if so, the action he has taken; if his Department has issued new procedures...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 285. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he has taken to ensure that grant-aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if his attention has been drawn to concerns about organisations funded by his Department; if so, the action he has taken; if his Department has issued new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that grant aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to organisations funded by his Department; if so, the action he has taken; if his Department has issued new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct the State Examinations Commission to issue its decisions earlier than in previous years on individual reasonable accommodation applications made during the 2017-18 academic year; his views on whether it is unfair to issue decisions after mock examinations have taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 455. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to ensure that grant-aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if his attention has been drawn to concerns about organisations funded by his Department; if so, the action he has taken; if his Department has issued new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to ensure that grant aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if his attention has been drawn to concerns about organisations funded by his Department; if so, the action he has taken; if his Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 576. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funds invested by Údarás na Gaeltachta in projects on Achill Island since 2011, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45770/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 585. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken to ensure that grant-aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if her attention has been drawn to concerns relating to organisations funded by her Department; if so, the action she has taken; if her Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the qualifying criteria for the allocation of a language assistant as part of the cúntóir teanga scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46961/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 611. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a school (details supplied) has not been accepted as part of the cúntóir teanga scheme despite participating in the Department of Education and Skills policy for Gaeltacht schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46962/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Funding (7 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 696. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that grant aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if his attention has been drawn to concerns relating to organisations funded by his Department; if so, the action he has taken; if his Department has issued new procedures...