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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (28 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if alternatives to time lock mechanisms for strong rooms were considered, such as distress codes in alarm systems, in the context of SI No. 646 of 2017 Firearms (Storage of Firearms and Ammunition by Firearms Dealers) Regulations 2017; if so, the reason these alternatives were discounted; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (28 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department considered the impact of the requirements contained in SI No. 646 of 2017 Firearms (Storage of Firearms and Ammunition by Firearms Dealers) Regulations 2017 on small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14369/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio Value (27 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the fiscal rules surrounding the expected surplus from NAMA; if it will be considered a financial transaction; if it will be possible to utilise the proceeds for expenditure without impact on the expenditure benchmark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13128/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a GLAS payment; the reason the processing of the farmer's application has been delayed; if the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14110/18]

Other Questions: National Development Plan (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: Deputy Donohoe is becoming like the Taoiseach now. Nobody loves him.

Other Questions: National Development Plan (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: There was not a lot in it.

Other Questions: National Development Plan (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Government can tell the newspapers what to write, but it cannot tell us what to ask.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Retirements (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: I wish to outline the impact of some of the interim measures. A colleague of mine has been contacted by a clerical officer who will be forced to retire this year. The person concerned will then be rehired at the age of 65 years in the manner in which the Minister has announced. He will be paid at the lowest point of the scale, plus a portion of the annual pension entitlement, strictly for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: I accept that there are pay increases. Yesterday the NHS announced a very specific pay increase of 6.5% for people in its service. This will obliterate the increases that are on offer here in terms of attractiveness. We need to act on this urgently. There is a growing sense of anger across the public service, including, teachers, nurses and staff in Houses of the Oireachtas, in regard to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Lottery Licence Sale (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: Is Wesley College a good cause?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Retirements (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when legislation to increase the compulsory retirement age for public servants will be published; the timeframe for the legislation to pass in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13699/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Retirements (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Minister made an announcement last December regarding the extension of the retirement age for public servants, in respect of which there was huge interest but, unfortunately, people have been left in abeyance since. Many people are currently being forced to retire. What is the timeline for the legislation and does the Minister have any plans to deal with those people due to retire...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the content of the report on pay equalisation as specified in the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017; the actions he will take from the report; his plans for process to pay and equalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13698/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Minister published the report on examining remaining salary scale issues in respect of post-January 2011 recruits last Friday. My party sought that report as part of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill. Can the Minister outline what he intends to do with that report? A statement from his Department indicated that there is a process, as we are aware, involving the Public Service...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has continually referred to strong recruitment and the figures he presented suggest that, but among all the people who have been recruited there is a growing sense of injustice at the pay gap but more starkly at what will be the career gap by the time they come to the end of their service compared to those who were employed pre-2011. We have focused a good deal on teachers in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Government Procurement has a statutory or other authority to advise, consult or manage local authority procurement processes; the policies in place to ensure fairness and consistent public procurement processes are used by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13129/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Vacant Properties Data (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant properties in ownership of or under the control of his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of properties which are brown field sites that could be used for residential development; the number of properties that are vacant dwellings or properties that could be used for dwellings;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the GDP growth forecasts for each year up to 2027 upon which the national development plan is based; if these growth forecasts account for Brexit as outlined by both the ESRI report and the Copenhagen report on Brexit; the amount of available fiscal space for 2019, 2020 and 2021 which has been used up from the national development...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress his Department has made on the report on pay equalisation as specified in the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017; the scope of the report; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11316/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan Data (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the GDP growth forecasts for each year up to 2027 upon which the national development plan is based; if these growth forecasts account for Brexit as outlined by both the ESRI report and the Copenhagen report on Brexit; the amount of the available fiscal space for 2019, 2020 and 2021 that has been used up from the national development...