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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 568. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all Departments and their subordinate bodies have met the targets set down by his Department in the context of public expenditure and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13617/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 570. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget for each Department to meet its requirements over the next twelve months; if any particular measures are required to address specific issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13619/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 572. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he remains satisfied that targets in respect of savings and public expenditure reform will continue to be met in the context of economic recovery; if he has identified particular areas of conflict in this regard; if he remains satisfied that economic recovery and retention of public expenditure objectives are not mutually...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 569. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he sees recruitment in specific vital areas of the public sector to become a policy initiative in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13618/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 571. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he remains satisfied regarding the availability of adequate critical infrastructure such as road, rail, air and sea transport, ready access to high-speed reliable telecommunications, renewable energy and housing; if his Department continues to monitor the availability of such facilities and plan for the future accordingly; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 573. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have left the Civil Service in each of the past five years to date either by way of natural retirement or redundancy; the extent to which the national pay bill has been affected as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13622/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 574. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if discussions have taken place with his colleagues in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government with a view to agreement on a public expenditure proposal in respect of social and affordable housing which might meet the approval of his Department in the context of public expenditure constraints; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 575. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if reform as a component in economic strategy has achieved savings in line with projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13624/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Data (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 639. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have left the public service in his Department in each of the past five years to date, either by way of natural retirement or redundancy; the extent to which the national pay bill has been affected as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13622/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if physiotherapy will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13363/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (31 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 722. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package recently approved in the case of a person (details supplied) will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13365/16]

Adjournment Debate: Schools Building Projects (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording us the opportunity to raise this particularly important issue for County Kildare. I refer to the tendering process relating to the replacement of buildings and facilities for Maynooth post-primary school. The school is to be moved to a new campus on the Moyglare Road and the tendering process has been completed. Unfortunately, in recent times a...

Other Questions: Humanitarian Aid Provision (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Paul Murphy was not in the House and asked that Deputy Mick Barry take Question No. 6 on his behalf. Is that agreed?

Other Questions: Humanitarian Aid Provision (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Question No. 6. Is that agreed?

Other Questions: Humanitarian Aid Provision (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Question No. 6. It relates to human rights defenders. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Other Questions: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The next Member present, for Question No. 7, is Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: We are doing very well. We might meet the deadline yet.

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I am very glad to have an opportunity to speak on this very important issue. I would like to think that we have come to a juncture where we have addressed the issues that have been a cause of concern over recent years. The origin of these issues dates back almost ten years. They were in the ether, so to speak, for a long time and were reported at the time. Garda Maurice McCabe, as he was...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome Ms Murphy's address and thank her for the constructive approach Social Justice Ireland has taken. We all agree that it is imperative to identify a means of providing for off-balance sheet funding for local authority housing. This is a major national, social and economic issue as it relates to the ability of families to obtain housing, which is a basic requirement in any society....

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Social Justice Ireland (26 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Would the stock revert to the local authority at the end of the process? That is what we would see happening, because that would move it to a cost rental system and remove the differential rent.