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Seanad: Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: Thank you, Acting Chairman, for the opportunity to come to the Upper House to brief colleagues on a very important issue that has affected so many people in this country since the first week of January. As we speak, it is affecting people in the south west in particular. There is no doubt that we are going through an unprecedentedly difficult weather period which has affected many homes and...

Seanad: Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: There will be a solution.

Seanad: Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I am sorry. It should not have happened.

Seanad: Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: As with glass, it is far more expensive.

Seanad: Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I thank my colleagues who spoke in this useful debate and made interesting observations. While we are talking, many of our emergency personnel are out there fighting this and helping people. Everyone owes them a debt of gratitude for the work they are doing. I will deal as best I can with the points made. Senator Thomas Byrne spoke about what happens when an emergency develops. If it is...

Seanad: Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: -----if there was a major rainfall event there is no way in which the city can discharge the water. There must be a hydrometric solution, which is complicated. In July we will have a preferred solution and it will take a year or a year and a half to get detailed designs in place, including consultation and dealing with the question of who owns the land and whether it must be acquired....

Seanad: Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: In fairness, local authorities in the west are under severe pressure in dealing with the damage. The good news is that it will act as a stimulus for employment. We need to get the local contractors working on the plan. Most of the work will be done by the private sector, notwithstanding the fact that the OPW and local authority staff are doing really important work. I agree with the point...

Seanad: Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: Senator O'Donovan spoke about Bantry, but I understand that it comes under the CFRAM process. It is complicated by the harbour issue. I wish to be fair to the other towns in Senator O'Donovan's constituency. Last week I was in some of the larger towns in south west Cork. Works will happen this year in Skibbereen and Bandon, and the following year in Clonakilty. Those communities have...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Chairman and members for the opportunity. The five-year Exchequer capital framework published in November 2011 sets out a programme of Exchequer capital investment of €17 billion between its initiation and 2016. This significant level of investment will address critical infrastructure deficits, aid economic growth and job creation and provide much-needed social...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: Does the Deputy mean the total surrendered sum?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: The forecast outturn was €3.3 billion, as I understand, and the variation here is €34 million. I shall just read out my note. Of the moneys unspent but not carried - these mostly represent a number of small underspends across a range of Votes as outlined by the Deputy - some Departments have unspent capital in excess of the 10% limit for carry over. Unlike current...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: It is €34 million.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: Yes.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: Out of a total of €3.3 billion. What is that in percentage terms?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I do not dispute what the Deputy says but in the totality.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: The Deputy's point in valid. In some Departments that could be a large amount of money in terms of what they are trying to do.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: The definition of the asset, so far as the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is concerned, is an important question. A capital asset is defined as "an asset intended for use on a continuing basis with an expected life of more than one year." Capital expenditure also covers capital funding grants, for example, the forestry premiums are grants to enhance the productivity capacity of...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: Yes.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: There was also the question on the helicopter.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014: Motion (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Hayes: I do not have a note on the helicopter issue.