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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Horse Racing Ireland Staff (23 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to my replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 28045/16 of 3 October 2016 and 30936/16 of 19 October 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Good Friday Agreement (23 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 131 and 132 together. Ireland and the UK are currently partners in three EU-funded cross-border Cooperation Programmes with a total value of €650 million over the period 2014-2020: - PEACE Programme - €269 million; - Ireland/Northern Ireland/Scotland INTERREG Programme - €282 million; - Ireland/Wales Programme - €99 million. These...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation (23 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is fully committed to implementing the Lansdowne Road Agreement and will continue, across the coming weeks, to work with all stakeholders to ensure the continuation of a collective pay policy framework that meets the needs of our public servants and safeguards our economy into the future.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation (23 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Lansdowne Road Agreeement is a Collective Agreement between the Government and public service employers with  the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and other associations representing public servants. There are well established formal and informal stuctures in place to address the implementation of the terms of the Agreement. Where...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies Establishment (23 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I have no plans for re-establishing an empoyer labour conference. However, the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) has been established and met on the 5th of October.  The meeting was chaired by An Taoiseach and attended by the sponsoring Ministers of Public Expenditure and Reform, Finance and Jobs Enterprise and Innovation with representatives of employers and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social Partnership Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I have no plans for re-establishing social partnership or a renewed form of social dialogue at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government strongly supports the Lansdowne Road Agreement as the centrepiece of public pay policy noting that the Labour Court's recommendation was explicitly made within that framework.  However, the wider implications of the recommendation in relation to the continued operation of the Lansdowne Road Agreement as it applies to all public servants across the public...

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Very little of it.

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I did my best to respond to the specific matters raised by Deputy McGrath, because I felt he was due an answer on the issues he raised about the assembly. As I stated, I will now ensure that the Deputy receives a response on the specific issue raised as opposed to the general matter of the criteria for consultation on Government-sponsored fora, which was the subject matter of this Topical...

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: With respect, I do not think it is fair to say that because the Deputy has a concern about the process it is automatically, to use the Deputy's phrase, "a flawed one".

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: My understanding is that this process was to select a group of people that would be representative of our country overall. The Deputy has raised the fair point on the exclusion of particular counties from the panel.

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes; I heard the Deputy. I will raise the matter with the Department overseeing the process and will ask it to respond directly to the Deputy on the point. As I stated earlier, I believe this process can work. The reason for a process such as this one is that we have seen how it worked on other matters.

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy comes into this House seeking a debate on the matter and I am delighted to answer his questions, but every time I give an answer that Deputy McGrath is not happy with-----

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: -----he challenges it.

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I wanted to respond to the Deputy on the matters he has raised in a reasonable way and I have done so. I will also-----

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I will ensure the Deputy receives an answer in respect of those matters on which I cannot give an answer now.

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy McGrath for raising this matter. I wish to begin by saying that the text that will be circulated to him deals with the general issue of consultation on Government-sponsored forums. The Deputy raised a specific matter, namely the Constitutional assembly and its role in the consideration of matters such as the status of the Eighth amendment of the Constitution. As opposed...

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2016: Leave to Introduce (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2016:– Vote 20 — Garda Síochána (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 22 — Courts Service (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 26 — Education and Skills (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 28 — Foreign...

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2016: Referral to Select Committee (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December, 2016, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to the following Select Committees, as appropriate, pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(c) and 182(3), which shall report back to the Dáil by no later than 8th December:- Vote 20 — Garda...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Financial Resolution (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:THAT Section 125A of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31 of 1999) be amended to provide for the specified rate of stamp duty in respect of an insured person in respect of relevant contracts renewed or entered into on or after 1 January 2017 and on or before 31 March 2017 and on or after 1 April 2017 in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this...