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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: I disagree with the Minister. If the Minister thought "Morning Ireland" was difficult this morning, imagine being a primary school principal trying to find a substitute teacher at 8 a.m. this morning. Sitting at a phone, going through the list and trying to find one, which is virtually impossible for many of them. That was highlighted by the Irish Primary Principals' Network. If the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the clarification. It is also welcome that the Minister has the work under way through the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service. Will the service be consulting purely on figures or will it also engage with the unions involved before the March deadline? Is it just to give us the information to allow us to cost the measures and then proceed with the work of the Public...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: 10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review and address recruitment and retention issues in various areas of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2342/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: During the course of last year there was a major issue in some areas of the public service. Once again the health sector was highlighted in the past few weeks owing to the difficulties faced in the recruitment of nurses and emergency doctors. Difficulties are also evident in the disability services. There was a debate in the House yesterday on section 39 organisations. What are the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: While I appreciate the work being done by the Public Service Pay Commission, I specifically want to know what will happen in the next quarter. Will there be any focused recruitment campaign launched for the health service or the education sector in which there is also a crisis in finding substitute teachers. The latter matter was highlighted on a number of occasions, particularly in the past...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: 7. 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. [2339/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: We proposed an amendment to the Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill on pay equalisation and I want to ensure that this is working its way through the system.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: I am concerned that the data are not held centrally. What unit in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is in charge of ensuring the dignity at work policies are implemented and made known in each Department? I tabled a parliamentary question to each Minister about the level of complaints within his or her respective Department, although my question to the Minister may have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: On the agencies or bodies within the remit of the Department of Public and Expenditure and Reform and each of the other Departments, has the Minister been made aware of any State agency or body in which the incidence of bullying or sexual harassment is higher than in other offices?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of cases of bullying and sexual harassment that have been reported within a Government Department since 2011; the outcome of such cases; the steps he is taking to ensure the safety and dignity of all employees within the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2487/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: Bullying and harassment at work has come into a new focus in recent weeks and months. I am conscious of the Minister's Department's Dignity at Work document. I want to know what engagement there is between his Department and other Departments on the issue of bullying and sexual harassment within each line Department.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the progress of the capital review; the discussions he has had with the Minister for Health on health capital investment priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2486/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: I am trying to get a sense of the timeline for the capital plan review. Has the Minister set a deadline for publishing it? I asked parliamentary questions of all of the Ministers, and I got no sense of major urgency in terms of their various priorities and negotiations with the Minister on the plan. This morning I want to focus specifically on the health element of the plan, bearing in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister. I am trying to get a sense of the timeline. Is the Department working to a timeline for the final process and publishing the final review in terms of the major projects identified, specifically with regard to health? The HSE stated in response to parliamentary questions that the capital cost of a hospital bed is approximately €1 million. The Minister, Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: Has the Minister for Health made a specific request to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for extra funding in light of the difficulties faced in our emergency departments in recent weeks and which will be faced over a number of weeks to come and in light of his statement on 500 extra hospital beds in 2018? Has a specific request been made to the Department of Public Expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the guidelines for public procurement are being applied consistently throughout the public service; the way in which the Office of Government Procurement satisfies itself that its guidelines are applied consistently throughout the different branches of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2341/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding provided under the capital plan for the NAMA 4,500 new residential units in the Dublin area; the amount spent to date; the number of homes completed; the number of homes to be provided from 2017 onwards; the cost of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2521/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the €6 million in capital underspend in his Department as outlined in the fiscal monitor for December 2017. [2493/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties Data (18 Jan 2018)

Dara Calleary: 64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State owned properties that are unoccupied; the costs associated with the maintenance and security of same; the number of properties rented by the State from private landlords; the cost to the State of same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2419/18]