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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: We have decided to reduce that seven down to six for 2016, so we will not try to achieve last year's targets this year. Why are we doing that? Why did we drop one of the major schemes that was supposed to already have started last year? How come only one of the six that are targeted for this year has started so far? Is the Minister of State confident that all six will commence by the end...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: That is five.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Which of the schemes that were supposed to have started in 2015 has the Minister of State now dropped and which will now not start until at least 2017?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: A delay of two years.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Are we planning to fail? We seem to be going back instead of forward.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to query a number of small allocations. There is a projected overspend in the President's household in 2016. It should be easy to identify what is at issue. There is a significant overspend, more than 400% on the projected figure for the purchase of sites and building. In regard to the number of strategically important acquisitions will the Minister of State outline which...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Can it carry out the necessary works without closing the House?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: My final question is linked to the acquisition of property. It was interesting that the Minister of State referred to the acquisition of sites for Garda stations. He said one needs to move when properties come on the market instead of regretting it for the rest of one'S life. Obviously the OPW screwed up royally when it did not purchase the Garda Síochána regional headquarters at...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: This is important because in the context of the Estimates, we are considering real expenditure. I am not asking the Minister of State to comment on the High Court proceedings. The decision will be made by the court but we need to ensure there are contingencies built into the Estimates. Have we identified a short-term facility that will allow us to relocate the Garda nerve centre from...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Is it built into these Estimates?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: Why not? The four leases expire in the middle of the year. If the OPW loses the court case, the Garda Síochána have to leave the office block and it will be difficult to find an alternative property that is suitable for the nerve centre of the Garda. I assume there will be additional costs. How does the OPW deal with the administration of all of that?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that the €5 million rent could be used to rent another building but let us be clear, Harcourt Square is the nerve centre of the Garda, it is where CAB is located. It is not just a case of going to another building, but replacing the entire infrastructure that has been built up over many years. When one looks at the allocation for refurbishments, it does not include a sum...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: I have a final question, with the indulgence of the Chairman. Will the Minister of State assure us that under the contingency plan, the entire staff at Harcourt Street will be located under one roof?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Treaties (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he believes Article 114 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union is the appropriate basis for the EU Commission's proposal to establish a European deposit insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17400/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Single Resolution Mechanism (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on how sovereign exposures at banks should be treated in terms of capital requirements in the context of the EU Commission's proposal to establish a European deposit insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17401/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Single Resolution Mechanism (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need for a common backstop and whether this view is likely to prevail in the context of the EU Commission's proposal to establish a European deposit insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17402/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in debt who have engaged with StepChange regarding their mortgage debt or any other issue and how this compares to projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17412/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions in place to prevent reckless lending within the economy and the penalties in place for lenders proved to have lent recklessly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17414/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Registration of Title (22 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he believes that the Registration of Titles Act was respected during the transfer of mortgage books related to the merger of banks (details supplied) and in cases where a bank left the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17419/16]