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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments where patients did not show for appointments at University Hospital Waterford, by month, for each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20269/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (7 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the additional €10 million for regional airports provided for under the programme for Government will be made available; if this €10 million is spread over one or more years; the limitations that exist on the areas this money can be spent on; if the additional money is for capital spend; to outline precisely the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (7 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any of the additional €10 million for regional airports provided for under the programme for Government will be spent on extending the runway at Waterford Regional Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20218/16]

Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: We were proved right.

Other Questions: Government Expenditure (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform why his Department is ready to oversee a reduction in Government expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product as shown by the summer economic statement figures given the serious issues facing public infrastructure. [19804/16]

Other Questions: Government Expenditure (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: I tabled a parliamentary question on this issue last week and received a reply from the Minister for Finance, which set out the State's total gross expenditure as a percentage of GDP over the course of the next five years, comparing that to this year and over the next five years. In 2016, the total gross expenditure as a percentage of GDP was 24.1%. That will shrink to 22% by 2021 because...

Other Questions: Government Expenditure (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: The Minister is using GNP figures, not GDP ones. Leaving that aside, however, the reality is that figures do not lie. The total amount of money the State will spend as a percentage of GDP is 24.1% this year and 22% to 2021. In a letter to Jean-Claude Juncker, An Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, said that public investment in Ireland currently stands at just 1.8% of GDP. That is the lowest...

Other Questions: Government Expenditure (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: Yes, but the Minister entirely misses the point because the economy is growing. GDP growth is evidence of a growing economy. This does not just concern expenditure: we also tabled a similar question on income. The total amount of income the State takes in as a percentage of GDP year-on-year for the next five years is going down. The total amount of spend as a percentage of GDP is going...

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: Those on more than €65,000 benefit following the pay restoration provided for under the Haddington Road agreement. The Minister well knows that.

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: That is not a fact.

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: The Minister is getting an 8% increase.

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: The Minister has not answered the question. He is waffling on.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: If the cap fits, wear it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: The Minister is a master at not answering the question I ask. The question was what is his plan to unwind FEMPI beyond the Lansdowne Road agreement? I am not asking the Minister to tear apart the Lansdowne Road agreement. I am asking him to spell out his plan for unwinding FEMPI in its totality and how long it would take do it. There are reasonable expectations that all of those,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how he intends to deal with Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland and the Garda Representative Association in the context of the Public Service Stability (Lansdowne Road) Agreement 2013 to 2016; his plans to use the powers he has under financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation to penalise the members of these...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: There has been far too much talk from the Minister's Department in respect of trade unions and public sector workers currently outside the terms of the Lansdowne Road agreement. There has been talk in the past of penalising and punishing workers who are outside the terms of that agreement. What is the Minister's plan for those workers now? Where do they stand? There are reasonable...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: The Minister said he had no intention of punishing those public sector workers who are outside the terms of the Lansdowne Road agreement, but then went on to set out exactly how he will punish them. They asked for issues to be addressed that were outside the terms of the Lansdowne Road agreement. They did not get them in those negotiations. He is now saying they will not benefit from what...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: The Minister needs a plan that is fair to deal with the unwinding of the FEMPI legislation-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: -----and he does not have one.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (6 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his approach to companies receiving large public procurement contracts and yet not recognising trade unions when industrial issues arise. [19807/16]