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Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: I must ask the Minister of State to conclude.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: I know, but the Minister of State is over time.

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: The time allocated for this question has expired.

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: I will allow the Deputy 15 seconds to ask it.

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: I have given the Deputy some latitude. We must move on to Question No. 96.

Topical Issue Matters (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Áine Collins and Patrick O'Donovan - the need to defer changes in the assessment of farm assistance; (2) Deputy Barry Cowen - the delay in the construction of new accommodation for Scoil Bhríde, Edenderry and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: 342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide consideration to a matter (details supplied) in respect to her Department's scheme to help those in mortgage arrears; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18275/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: 681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if he will confirm the future of the eastern bypass; if works will no longer begin on the bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18677/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: 681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if he will confirm the future of the eastern bypass; if works will no longer begin on the bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18677/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: Before the Deputies leave-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: As I have stated previously, both at meetings of this committee and in the Dáil, we are trying to get the country out of a hole. Perhaps, therefore, we might park the grandstanding and engage in honest endeavour. I appreciate the Minister's position but I do not agree with everything the Government parties have done. That is a matter of record.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: On a serious note and because the financial constraints under which we are operating arose as a result of tradition in the way matters of accounting and the Estimates process are dealt with, as the Minister stated we should try to make the effort to prorate the 2%. The latter may only be a temporary move and the Minister may be required to revisit this issue. Our discussion of the Revised...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: It was 40% of GNP.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: I would like the Minister of State to pass on to the OPW my admiration of the work it does in many areas. I have had experience of it in the past when I worked with ICC Bank. I was aware of much of the work it did and the property portfolios it managed. I commend the Minister of State on the flood risk fund and the work that will be addressed in that regard. Could anything be gained from...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: It also provides insurance for Aer Lingus and other such bodies.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: It is not just a matter of providing against the outcomes of risk events, it is also about managing the risks, which is exactly the work the OPW is doing, namely, building up flood------

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: Yes. Other ways of managing risk include the provision of culverts, building up the banks of rivers and doing whatever else is required, including relieving flows on rivers during flash floods. All such activity manages the risk and while the investment to prevent them is upfront it can have a big pay-off.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: By the way, the turnover of Irish Public Bodies Mutual Insurances Limited is in the region of €400 million a year. It is a lot of money if it has surplus reserves of between 5% and 10% a year.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: I wish to bring a new pair of eyes and ears to the discussion. Do we envisage that there may be officers or employees who will not live in Ireland while they carry out their officership or their employment contract? The answer is very simple. If they live in Ireland for more than a year then they shall be tax resident here.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2013)

Peter Mathews: Some advisers are different from consultants.