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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: Okay, could Mr. Gallagher repeat them? Who are they?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: Do they appear before the relevant European parliamentary committees?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: Can Mr. Ó Brolcháin find out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Ó Brolcháin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: Mr. Gallagher is correct in saying I have asked this question previously. I am genuinely concerned. I am not concerned about our Department of Finance assessing political proposals from me or the Government or whoever, because the officials appear before the committee and there is, at least, some parliamentary oversight. We have got a group of people - civil servants, economists, PhDs,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: Sanctions can be attached to them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Carrigan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: On the same question, Mr. Carrigan has highlighted various things he is happy with, but what have not been included are issues about which he is disappointed or things that have not happened.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: Why not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I am not trying to set a trap here. I am genuinely interested. Is there nothing that has happened within the Department's remit that Mr. Carrigan is less than happy about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I think the Department has made considerable progress and it is to be congratulated on the work it has done, which has been recognised at a European level. However, I am always deeply suspicious of any individual or theme that gives all the good news but, when asked what the bad news is, says there is no bad news. This lack of counter-introspection takes generally from the credibility of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bus Éireann Services (15 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on Bus Éireann's application to the National Transport Authority to reverse changes to the number two Wexford-Dublin route that serves Arklow, including the details of the changes requested in the application; the initial rationale for these changes; the reason they are now being reversed; and if he will...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bus Éireann Services (15 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for the update. I would not normally use a priority question for something like a single bus route. The reason I am bringing it up is that it is an issue for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, and for the Minister of State, Deputy Kelly. This is not just a question about a commercial route; it is issue of access to health care. The No. 2...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bus Éireann Services (15 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for his response. As I said, I would not normally bring this up on the floor of the Dáil, but it is a very serious issue. It is a serious health care issue for many people in Arklow and along the route. They are not asking for the introduction of new stops - just the re-opening of stops that were removed about halfway up the N11. I appreciate the Minister's...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bus Éireann Services (15 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: By the end of the week will be grand.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bus Éireann Services (15 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: No problem.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I beg the Minister's pardon. On a point of order, will we get copies of this?
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: Apologies.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I welcome this Bill as a small step towards significant budgetary reform, although I shall outline the specific concerns I have with it. I have the greatest of respect for the Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Dinny McGinley, but it is ironic that the Minister, Deputy Howlin, stated in his contribution, "We have introduced a number of important...