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Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister's acceptance of the amendment. The process he speaks about is important. It is being carried out through the Public Service Pay Commission, which was established to address all these issues in a constructive way. It was established through the confidence and supply agreement between both of our parties. I note the qualifications and I respect them. I am...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Dara Calleary: I think I can.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Dara Calleary: What has Deputy Boyd Barrett done for the past half hour?

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Dara Calleary: We are discussing the section. There is a second amendment on this section.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Dara Calleary: We are discussing the amendment because it is in the section.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 4:In page 11, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“Equal pay for new entrants 11.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report on the cost of and a plan in dealing with pay equalisation for new entrants to the public service.”. We were told that amendment No. 5 was not relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (5 Dec 2017)

Dara Calleary: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the announcement of €10 million for the Crossmolina flood relief channel will be confirmed; the next steps for this project as projected; the timeframe for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51681/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Applications (5 Dec 2017)

Dara Calleary: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) does not qualify for DEIS status; the options available for the school to pursue DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51680/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (5 Dec 2017)

Dara Calleary: 300. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the St James's Hospital national narcolepsy service has been included in the Estimates 2018 process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51422/17]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister. I have two questions for him. Is any work being done to ascertain why retirements are ahead of projection? Is this being driven by any trend within the service? Is any particular area of the public service showing a higher rate of retirement than other areas? If so, are there any plans to make up for the retirements in that area? I acknowledge that a substantial...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Public Appointments Service manages recruitment to State boards.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: How many applications for positions on State boards have been received this year? Has the number of applications increased over the years? Is any specific area particularly affected by the demographic curve mentioned by the Minister? Will the health and education sectors, for example, be affected more than other sectors? Are specific plans in place for such sectors? Will the Minister...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: We can discuss it in January. I am very conscious of our other commitments.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (30 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of restoring pensions in full for retired public sector workers by 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51357/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (30 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of pay equalisation for new entrants in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51360/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Stability Agreement (30 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of the public service stability agreement; the cost each year; the impact on the fiscal space in each year covered by the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51362/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (30 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of restoring section 39 grants to pre-2008 levels in order to account for pay restoration in section 39 health organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51358/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Funding (30 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the savings from cutting the grants to section 39 organisations since 2008; the amount by which these grants have been restored; the estimated cost of restoring them; the cost of fully restoring them to pre-2008 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51359/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (30 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of restoring nursing and midwifery allowances by July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51361/17]

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Dara Calleary: I will take ten minutes and Deputies Cahill and Lawless will each have five minutes. Having sat on the other side of the House for the introduction of much of the FEMPI legislation, it is one of those Bills one tends to remember where one was sitting when we introduced it because it brought huge pain to many families which, obviously, we did not want to do but we were left in no position...