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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: Before we commence I remind members and witnesses with mobile phones to turn them off or at least put them on flight mode. I welcome the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Leo Varadkar, and his officials and I thank them for their attendance. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I am sure the Deputies offering will have questions and statements to make in regard to the budgetary process. Any information of a technical nature that the Minister does not have with him today should be circulated to the committee at a later date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: I will afford the Minister the opportunity, if he wishes, to comment specifically on anything that has been said after each contribution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: If the responses are fairly direct, we could do it that way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: If people are happy to do that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: I call Deputy John Brady.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: Before calling on the Minister to reply, I have one or two brief comments. I will not go over all the comments that were made. The Minister said: "The ongoing fall in the live register is freeing up resources that we need to meet additional demand in other areas..." On a no-change basis, comparing 2016 to 2015, what additional funding would that free up, given the decline of numbers in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: Deputy Brady has one brief point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: That was a real politician's answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: I asked what the total anticipated saving for next year would be on a no-change basis. The Minister gave me a figure per 1,000 drop in the live register. He did not tell me what he anticipated the unemployment level would drop to.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: I did not mean to throw out an unfair question to the Minister, but he has invited this committee to make suggestions. He has been putting out a lot of figures; he said, for example, that if the fuel allowance were to go up by a certain figure it would yield €10 million, and mentioned that, of the fiscal space of €1 billion, €660 million would be for spending. He also...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: That is why I asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: Will the Minister answer Deputy Brady's question first?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Priorities for Department of Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (7 Sep 2016)
John Curran: I thank the Minister and his colleagues for attending today. We had a very direct, frank and informative meeting. I expect that the Minister will hear further from members of this committee in advance of budget day. The information supplied by the Minister is helpful to us. I hope that the input of members and the issues they raised will go some way towards informing some of the decisions...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)
John Curran: While I am addressing my question to the Tánaiste, I am sorry the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has left, because he might have been able to assist. The transport strategy for the greater Dublin area for 2016 to 2035 was published earlier this year. It is underpinned by the Government's capital programme, which sees a scaled-back metro north, the abandonment of metro west...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Jul 2016)
John Curran: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently stationed at Clondalkin, Rowlagh and Lucan Garda stations. [22978/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Jul 2016)
John Curran: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to Clondalkin, Rowlagh and Lucan Garda stations in the years 2015 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22979/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (20 Jul 2016)
John Curran: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health care centre in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22980/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (20 Jul 2016)
John Curran: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health care centre in Rowlagh, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22981/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (20 Jul 2016)
John Curran: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary health care centre in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22982/16]