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- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Paschal Donohoe: I thank Mr. Howard.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Paschal Donohoe: I wish to return to a theme touched on briefly by Deputy Harris, namely, the difference between an allowance and an expense. Perhaps that is something we should be refining and have in mind with the report. Deputy O'Donnell picked up on the point regarding the equitation school. I apologise as I left briefly. Approximately six months ago I had the privilege of visiting the equitation...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Paschal Donohoe: Another example is the entertainment allowance, which is listed. I have a selection of the business cases printed in this regard. There were seven claims in 2011. If this money is being used, I assume it is covering money spent on a particular purpose as opposed to providing a pecuniary benefit to the individual unit. The principal military appointments entertainment allowance is a good...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Paschal Donohoe: The broad point is the difference between an allowance and an expense.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a tabular form the value earned to the Exchequer of each of the tax relief schemes currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46465/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a community employment scheme status has been reduced in respect of a (details attached) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46059/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress being made on the second study undertaken by his Department in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency on identifying best practice for the use of hydraulic fracturing techniques; when such a study will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason why a person (details supplied) has not received their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46267/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a community employment scheme status has been reduced in respect of a (details attached) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46059/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress being made on the second study undertaken by his Department in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency on identifying best practice for the use of hydraulic fracturing techniques; when such a study will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason why a person (details supplied) has not received their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46267/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a community employment scheme status has been reduced in respect of a (details attached) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46059/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress being made on the second study undertaken by his Department in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency on identifying best practice for the use of hydraulic fracturing techniques; when such a study will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason why a person (details supplied) has not received their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46267/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason why a person (details supplied) has not received their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46267/12]
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank the witnesses for attending. I have some questions for Mr. Watt. As part of the documentation he supplied on 12 October, a long table outlined all the different allowances within the Civil Service.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes. I wish to discuss the components of that. We had a discussion with Mr. Watt which then became a theme of the meeting we had with representatives of the Department of Defence last week. Once one gets under the skin of what an allowance is, there are a variety of things under that phrase. I want to tease out what all these things mean. The table lists 27 different allowances. Of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: The retention element of the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: Is it due to go as well?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Paschal Donohoe: They will not get it.