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Seanad: Patient Transport Services (17 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: Wearing my Department of Public Expenditure and Reform hat, I can confirm to the Deputy and the House that the overruns cannot happen in the HSE this year. This was referred to in the most recent visit of the troika. Everybody must live within the budgets and how the HSE manages its budgets is a matter for the executive in the first instance. It is not the job of the Minister for Health to...

Seanad: Patient Transport Services (17 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: All of those matters are under review. Where excessive overruns are in place, they will have to be curtailed. I will raise the matter with the Minister again and highlight the comments made by the Senator in the House.

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: I thank Senator Moran, on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for raising this matter and I am pleased to take this opportunity to outline the current position regarding St. John of God north-east services. As the Senator is aware, St. John of God services provides services to adults and children with an intellectual disability. These services include residential,...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: The Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, more than anyone understands.

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: She more than anyone else understands the importance of respite care and its necessity in the range of services being provided for people in this situation. I know this from my constituency. The crucial issue is how to maintain front-line services while ongoing cutbacks are being made. Many of these decisions should be left to local areas to determine. In so far as the Government is...

Seanad: Civil Service (17 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Senator for his very interesting remarks. The title of the motion was the need for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the role of civil servants and their interaction with Ministers and the Government. It is a big title. I have a very interesting script from the Department but I will not use it. The issue we face is one of political accountability because...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: That is good news.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: They did not do that in the last decade. We need them to get the money they are owed.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: That is correct.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (18 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: The Office of Public Works is currently considering funding applications totalling €1.3m received from Cork County Council on the 4th July, 2012, under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works Scheme, to address recent flooding in Clonakilty, Glanmire and Douglas. In relation to Clonakilty in West Cork, the amount of funding applied for is €1.2m. The applications are being assessed in...

Data Protection (19 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: I have been informed by the Minister for Finance that he has not received any complaints about the leaking of personal banking information by nationalised banks to the media. Without knowledge of the specific issue to which the Deputy referred I can only comment on this issue in the most general of terms. Primary responsibility for the safeguarding of customer information rests with the...

Data Protection (19 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: I note the helpful comments of my colleague on this issue. The House has established in law an independent regulator, whose sole function is to protect data collected by all institutions in the State, whether they are State-owned or privately owned and whether they are banks or otherwise. The independent regulator has a clear line of responsibility to deal with complaints made in the first...

Public Procurement (19 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. He is right to suggest the issue of procurement falls under my responsibility. The national procurement service is part of the Office of Public Works. Since its establishment in 2009, the service has done a tremendous job to ensure that we get better procurement throughout the public sector. The truth is that far too many people are...

Public Procurement (19 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: Yes.

Public Procurement (19 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: I am grateful to Deputy Wall for raising this issue. If we are to get value for the Irish taxpayer, this is a crucial debate this country needs to have. I very much agree with Deputy Wall as well. We cannot allow any of these jobs to be lost, but the only way those jobs will be saved is by better procurement and people understanding our requirements as well. All over the country, we have...

Ambulance Service (19 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: On behalf of the Minister for Health who, unfortunately, is unable to take this important issue, I thank Deputy Kirk for allowing me to address it. I very much agree with Deputy Kirk, who has correctly highlighted the importance of having an ambulance service in place, not only in the north east but throughout the country, which is reliable and fit for purpose in terms of the requirements of...

Ambulance Service (19 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: The Deputy has a very high standing in this House and has considerable experience on both sides of the House. He has rightly highlighted the issue of the lack of detail in the reply, and I agree with him on that. I have at my disposal a more detailed briefing note which I intend to hand to him at the end of this debate and which sets out the issues in Drogheda and the region. If there are...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (19 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: On foot of applications received from Cork County Council, the Office of Public Works approved the allocations set out in the attached table for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date 2012 in respect of flood alleviation works. The amounts drawn down to date are also shown. This funding was provided primarily under the OPW's Minor Works Flood Mitigation and Coastal Protection Scheme. In...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (19 Jul 2012)

Brian Hayes: The information sought is being compiled at the moment and I will respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

Brian Hayes: While their usage is not mandatory for non-commercial Semi State bodies, such bodies may continue to avail of any of the national contracts put in place by the National Procurement Service (NPS).