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Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: Before the Leas-Cheann Comhairle entered the Chamber.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation Data (14 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q3 2016. Table 1a shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment in Q3 of each year from 2010 to 2016. Table 1b shows the annual change in the numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (14 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: The detailed results of the 2016 Census of Population, which are due to be published on 6 April 2017, will include a breakdown of the population by county and age. The most recent data available therefore is based on the 2011 census; these results showed there were 15,821 persons aged 18 or under and a further 59,708 persons aged 19 and over enumerated in Galway city in our Census 2011...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: The line in a Rudyard Kipling poem is appropriate to the actions of the last couple of days: "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you...". That is what we need right now - to keep our heads cool. We need a clear plan and a course of action to establish the tribunal of inquiry so that we can get to the truth. I think the truth is the very least...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: They throw in the alternative facts every now and again as it suits their purpose. We are about finding truth and justice and that is what the Government will continue to do.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: There are stones being turned which they do not like.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: She was here last night.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Central Statistics Office, CSO, is responsible for the collection, processing and publication of official statistics for economic, social and general conditions in Ireland. While the main focus is on meeting the statistical requirements of government, the information published by the CSO is also used by public bodies, business, universities, research institutes and the general public....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: I agree completely with the Chairman on the independence and reliability of the data collected and presented by the CSO. I thank him for the compliment on behalf of the 755 staff who work in it. The idea has merit. To answer his question, I do not know whether within the Vote and staff numbers we would have the capacity to do it and, more importantly, whether we would have access to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Chairman. I will come back to him.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: The arrangements for the business schedule for Tuesday to Thursday, 21 to 23 February 2017, as agreed by the Business Committee on 16 February, are as follows. Today's business shall be No. 14, National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017 - Second Stage; No. 15, Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 16,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (21 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: The Central Statistics Office, in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, published a joint report in 2014 presenting census results for both Ireland and Northern Ireland. The report contained detailed information on cross border commuters. There were 6,416 cross border commuters who travelled from Ireland to work in Northern Ireland, and a further 1,879 who...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Reports (22 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: Neither the Taoiseach nor I, as Minister of State with delegated responsibility for the CSO, have a role in relation to commissioning work from the CSO. The Statistics Act 1993 provides that the Director General of the CSO is statutorily independent and has sole responsibility for the content of statistical releases, the publications issued and the timing and methods of dissemination of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: That is not promised legislation.

Business of Dáil (23 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: The House agreed the other day that we would convene a Business Committee meeting to discuss it. The Deputy is correct in that regard. We held a meeting on Tuesday and another this morning. It was agreed that we would give over the entire Topical Issue debate next Tuesday to the various Members of the House who want to discuss or make statements on the situation relating to Tesco. It was...

Business of Dáil (23 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----

Business of Dáil (23 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: First, nothing was agreed in the House other than to hold the meeting. The problem with the Deputy is that she does not like the mandate of those who sit around the table. We agreed this morning what we would do next week. Only one member dissented and it was the AAA-PBP representative.

Rural Equality Bill 2017: First Stage (23 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: No.

Keeping People in their Homes Bill 2017: First Stage (23 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: No.

Defence Forces Service in United Nations in 2015 Report: Referral to Select Committee (28 Feb 2017)

Regina Doherty: I move:That the Order of Dáil Éireann of 14th February, 2017 referring the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the report by the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence, regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2015, to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence, be amended by the deletion of '28th February, 2017' and the...