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Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: ------and with the claims that he has-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: -----that the Deputy makes that available to the Committee of Public Accounts, Deputy Wallace himself go in and give testimony on the points that he has raised.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course, all of the claims that Deputy Wallace has concluded with there are precisely because we recognise here that there are issues that merited further understanding on behalf of the Government, the Oireachtas and the public and the Committee of Public Accounts went ahead and did its work as a body of the Oireachtas which it should. The Government has already made clear that if further...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: No, the Government will not be suspending the board of NAMA or any of its officers with regard to this issue. It is, as is the case with any other body, entitled to see a process in which it is participating completed. The Deputy has on a number of occasions called for investigation and interrogation to be carried out regarding the circumstances of Project Eagle. That is what is happening...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: What the Deputy said reminds me of what Sinn Féin used to say about the European Union, namely, that it was designed only for big companies and corporations and was not for the benefit of countries such as ours. When they saw the risk posed by Brexit to Irish interests on all parts of the island, Sinn Féin members changed their minds and their tune completely.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Martin Kenny asserted that this is an attack on democracy. How can he make that claim when this is the very Chamber that will be able to cast a vote on the issue?

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Martin Kenny said this is an environment which is designed to allow only big corporations to prosper. Is that how little confidence he has in the ability of Irish companies, big and small, to be able to trade-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: -----and create employment in that environment just as they have been able to do in the Single Market and the European Union? As Deputy Martin Kenny is aware, because he is very knowledgeable on these matters, 90% of all the food, dairy and agricultural produce of this country is exported.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The agreements offer the opportunity for more of that to be done and it is precisely because I support Irish farmers, workers and companies of all sizes-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: -----that I am confident CETA will offer opportunities to them. Far from this being an attack on democracy, this Dáil will have a vote on the matter.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy used the phrase that such agreements "look to attack the sovereignty of national parliaments", but of course it has to be voted on by this Parliament.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The procedure that is in place for the ratification of this agreement will be voted on in-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: -----this Dáil. Far from this being an attack on the role of sovereign parliaments, there is a process in place that recognises the ability of Dáil Éireann to cast a vote on that agreement. It is at that point that Deputy Kenny and Sinn Féin will be able to articulate their views and concerns on CETA. I take a very different view from that outlined by Deputy Kenny....

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: A single person on a trolley is one too many. I had to refer to the improvements and investment under way that aim to address these matters over the medium term and into the long run. The Minister for Health will continually review the winter initiative with the HSE. There is a Cabinet sub-committee on health that will review the status of that plan regularly. That is the plan that has...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for raising an issue that I know is of great concern to all Members of the House. This is precisely the reason that, in budget 2017, as the Deputy acknowledged, the Government put in place a very substantial increase in the amount of funding going into our health service. As he will be aware, it now stands at €14.6 billion. It is the highest level of funding that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In reply to the Deputy's question, I can confirm that there are no semi-State companies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (16 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is the centralised recruiter for the Civil and Public Service. It is an independent, statutory body which provides professional recruitment and selection services. It is the policy of the PAS not to discuss an individual's candidature for a campaign with anyone other than the candidate. In this regard the PAS will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (16 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 135, reference number 33951/16, on 9.11.2016.

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2016: Motion (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:That, notwithstanding Standing Order 182(1) or (2) of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business or the Resolution of the Dáil of 7th July, 2016, the following Further Revised Estimates for the Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2016, be presented to the Dáil and circulated to members on 15th November, 2016, being a date later...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Intestate Estates (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The following amounts have transferred to the State in respect of persons who have died intestate without next of kin in each of the past three years: - 2013 - €763,830 - 2014 - €1,403,733 - 2015 - €326,233 Where next of kin come forward, the State is no longer entitled to the estate and the entitlement to the benefit of the estate it is passed to the next of...