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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Use (16 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: 1695. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the European Commission, upon the abolition of roaming charges across the European Union in 2017, to allow for free roaming only for a consecutive period of 30 days and for no more than 90 days in a year; his views on whether, given citizens have the free right of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: 1722. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources provided to the Road Safety Authority for the promotion of road safety in view of the increase in fatalities on roads in 2016 to date; if he will consider increasing the level of resources allocated to the Road Safety Authority for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24395/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Test Regulations (16 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: 1723. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered requiring drivers convicted of certain offences where appropriate to retake the driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24396/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (16 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: 1755. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART extension project to bring services to Balbriggan; the timeline and costing projections for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24720/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (16 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: 1756. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the new Metro North project; the expenditure on the project to date; the expected and projected timeline for the completion of each stage; if the projected costings for the completion of the project have been revised in any names; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24721/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Campaigns (16 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: 1757. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment which has been made in recent years in public awareness campaigns to increase road safety; if he will consider increasing the resources allocated to supporting such public awareness campaigns; his plans to reduce the number of fatalities on Irish roads, taking into account the 8% increase in road fatalities between 1...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Chairman and welcome our guests. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and in particular Ms Devlin for her work. I also thank Mr. Watt for his opening remarks. I am slightly puzzled that the code of practice for the governance of State bodies, which was published in August 2016, is not yet available to me as far as I am aware. We are now eight years on from the financial...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: I will come back to Mr. Watt if that is okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: In terms of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, there are a number of figures that are somewhat alarming. I refer in particular to the chart concerning the various schemes. One particular civil servant received a total severance package of €1.12 million. I would like to know the answers to a couple of questions. I appreciate the anonymous nature of the report, which is...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: Could Mr. McCarthy clarify further whether the individual in question paid in any way for years? I am familiar-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: No, they did not.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: I appreciate the clarification and I thank Mr. McCarthy for it.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: I emphasise that I have no desire to identify the individual in question, but I would like to know what agency or Department he or she worked for or was employed by. I do not believe that would be unreasonable.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: I accept Mr. McCarthy's point. I have a follow-up question on that matter. Did the agency involved adhere to, consult with or deviate from standard procedures within the agency in question or the rules of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Chapter 2, which relates to severance schemes, mentions that two State bodies made payments in the form of pension enhancements between 2011 and 2013 without the required approval, or prior approval, of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Has the Department conducted a review of those two instances?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: Would I be correct in saying that if another individual who had a contract from a similar period sought to retire or leave his or her post early, the same issue would arise because the 2010 instruction would not apply?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: The Comptroller and Auditor General alluded to the code of practice that is about to be implemented. He has a copy of it but I do not.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: It would indeed. Such an opportunity would be appreciated as soon as possible. If this is a rolling document that was last reviewed in 2001-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Alan Farrell: Excuse me. It was reviewed in 2009. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report has identified several instances where it was not adhered to. While I accept Mr. Watt's point that it was broadly adhered to, significant sums of money are being paid out on behalf of several Departments and agencies that did not adhere to the rules set out by the Department of Finance.