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Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and encouraged people to take part in it.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: There you go.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: If one is looking for real reform, not merely in systems but in culture, inevitably there is no better place to go than the shop floor because they are the experts in how services are delivered, efficiently or inefficiently. I want to raise something different with the Minister which relates to commercial semi-State companies. I understand the Minister's role in superannuation, remuneration,...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have no wish to prolong things unduly. I understand that borrowing is a joint function and I understand the Minister's role in terms of remuneration, pensions and pay. My question relates to the transfer or disposal of the asset in part or whole and where the share resides. I seek clarification from the Minister on this matter. My understanding is that this is also a shared role between...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is critical that we are all aware of the rules of engagement on this issue from the get-go.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Táim lán-sásta páirt a ghlacadh sa díospóireacht seo. If Deputy Fleming could cope with the unorthodox process of this, he should spare a thought for a Deputy like me for whom this is the first experience of this process. It has been something of a baptism of fire. I am sure it pales to nothing in comparison with the officials who had to comb through such a vast number of statutes...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (22 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent the recent jobs initiative is expected to increase visitor numbers at our cultural institutions. [16492/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance when the fiscal responsibility Bill will be published and if he will detail the range of fiscal policy and expenditure management reforms that will be contained within the Bill. [16680/11]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (22 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the current numbers of gardaí in each Garda division and the corresponding number of Garda reserves for each division in tabular form and the number of gardaí stationed at Garda headquarters and at the Garda college in Templemore, County Tipperary. [16633/11]

Written Answers — Electricity Transmission Network: Electricity Transmission Network (21 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the Cahill report. [15719/11]

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (21 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of each of the public service sectors employment control frameworks up to and including 2014. [16261/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if the comprehensive spending review will be completed by the end of July 2011 for use in the preparation of the Estimates process and if he will publish the review as soon as it is completed in July. [16327/11]

Departmental Bodies (21 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are always choices for the Minister because politics is all about choices. I ask about another report relating to the ESB, namely, the Cahill report which was carried out by Frontier Consultants. It relates to the Minister's plan to hand over the transmission assets of the ESB to EirGrid. The McCarthy report, of course, goes much further than that in respect of the energy assets of...

Departmental Bodies (21 Jun 2011)

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Departmental Bodies (21 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: My information comes from the programme for Government.

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed new cap of €250,000 on commercial semi-State chief executives salaries will apply to the ESB's replacement of a person (details supplied); the measures he will put in place to ensure that other elements of chief executive's remuneration package are not bolstered to make up the shortfall on the expected salary once the cap is in...

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the model used for calculating the proposed salary caps for semi-State chief executives of €250,000 and €200,000 for senior public servants. [16047/11]

Building Regulations (16 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 8: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious problems with pyrite throughout the country; the level of funding he will make available to both private tenants and local authorities to tackle this problem; and the engagement he has had with developers who use pyrite in their developments. [15639/11]

Social and Affordable Housing (16 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 10: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation in which affordable housing which has been bought by Dublin City Council in Clare Village, Malahide Road, Dublin 17, is being tied up in legal issues with the National Assets Management Agency leaving persons on waiting lists; and if he will make a...

Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Efficient, effective, economic value for money public services are what we all want to see delivered to the people of this State and beyond. Clean water delivered through a first world network, minimising waste and employing the most up-to-date conservation measures, should not be too much to ask for in a modern country. Supporting an all-island water network that prioritises water quality...