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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: I understand that, and there obviously has to be negotiation with the trade unions. My point is that the objective is to reduce the workforce by 1,000. That could be done through voluntary redundancies or redeployment. The objective, we are being told, is to save €70 million in taxpayers' money by reducing the workforce. How could we save money if there were a redeployment of staff?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: I ask Mr. McCarthy to stop there for one second. We encountered this issue in respect of shared services also. We are being told that €70 million less will be spent on staff in Irish Water but if the staff who are to go are deployed elsewhere, there will be no saving to the taxpayer. Therefore, the wool is being pulled over people's eyes again as they are being told money is being...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: Could Mr. McCarthy put it in a clearer way, if he can?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: Who can give this committee a note on how exactly €70 million will be saved by the redeployment of staff from local authorities or Irish Water?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: A helpful suggestion came from one of the local authority CEOs to whom I spoke. In any local authority area, there is investment in addition to funding for local government that comes from a myriad of Departments. The Department of Education and Skills, for example, will spend money as part of capital and current expenditure but local authorities are not informed automatically of what...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: One CEO, whose name I will not mention, was very frustrated that announcements are being made by Ministers on housing developments at stage 1, when there is not even any planning permission. It is more about announcements than anything else. It is obviously frustrating. We had a discussion earlier on the communications unit set up by the Government and the blurring of lines between the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: I was making the point about the grant aid but Mr. McCarthy has answered it already.

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: It is clear to everybody except Fine Gael that this communications unit is a busted flush. It needs to be disbanded. I hope this motion will be supported by the entire Opposition. That would be a very clear signal from the Opposition that this unit has to go. It is nothing more than a highly expensive public relations, PR, unit for the Taoiseach and Fine Gael at the expense of the...

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: The Tánaiste is ignoring the facts.

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: They are being used.

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: We offer solutions.

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: Except the Government's representatives.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the directions provided to the payment of staff in the public sector and Civil Service that fall under the direction of his Department for the days during Storm Emma when staff were directed to stay at home; if deductions in pay and annual leave were made to staff in the public sector or Civil Service as a result of days lost during the storm;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the directions provided to the payment of staff in the public sector and Civil Service that fall under the direction of his Department for the days during Storm Emma when staff were directed to stay at home; if deductions in pay and annual leave were made to staff in the public sector or Civil Service as a result of days lost during the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the directions provided for the payment of staff in the public sector and Civil Service that fall under the direction of his Department for the days during Storm Emma when staff were directed to stay at home; if deductions in pay and annual leave were made to staff in the public sector or Civil Service as a result of days lost during the storm; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the directions provided to the payment of staff in the public sector and Civil Service that fall under the direction of his Department for the days during Storm Emma when staff were directed to stay at home; if deductions in pay and annual leave were made to staff in the public sector or Civil Service as a result of days lost during...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the directions provided to the payment of staff in the public sector and Civil Service that fall under the direction of his Department for the days during Storm Emma when staff were directed to stay at home; if deductions in pay and annual leave were made to staff in the public sector or Civil Service as a result of days lost during the storm;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for a demographic exercise when the five schools targeted by this measure have been providing his Department with pre-enrolment numbers for the four coming years demonstrates the demand for full stream schools; when this demographic exercise is due for completion; the reason his Department has not secured to date the two empty...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Data (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the directions for the payment of staff in the public sector and Civil Service that fall under the direction of his Department for the days during Storm Emma when staff were directed to stay at home; if deductions in pay and annual leave were made to staff in the public sector or Civil Service as a result of days lost during...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (20 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 386. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the directions provided to the payment of staff in the public sector and Civil Service that fall under the direction of her Department for the days during Storm Emma when staff were directed to stay at home; if deductions in pay and annual leave were made to staff in the public sector or Civil Service as a result of days lost during...