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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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Applications (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 7 February 2018, if the updated information has been received by his Department; and if the position of the school in respect of DEIS inclusion has been reassessed accordingly. [13418/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a protocol in place for the delivery of kidney dialysis for persons from either abroad or another part of the country that may be visiting an area temporarily for a family event and that require dialysis during this time; if so, the protocol procedure; and if not, his plans to introduce such a protocol to alleviate the stress on patients and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Expenditure (22 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if cuts to administrative costs have been imposed on rural social schemes; the rationale behind these cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13284/18]

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy McGrath for bringing this motion forward. However, we would not be here if Facebook or any of the big American companies were making this an issue. The Minister of State would dance to their tune immediately. However, this is an issue that is predominantly crucifying small businesses throughout the country. We are here because the Minister of State would not listen to the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (21 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: 118. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons holding Civil Service positions above clerical officer grade in his Department that entered the civil service via a route other than through an open competition run by the Public Appointments Service or its predecessors; the grades of each; and the basis for the non-standard recruitment. [11865/18]

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: I am happy to support the legislation on the holding of a referendum and it is important that a referendum commission is given the chance to prepare the necessary information. However, what we are being asked to do here is too big a leap for me. Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the only right the unborn had in the Constitution is the right to life but now that it has been stated...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: Whatever the result, I will accept it because it will be the result of the Irish people, all of them having had the information we have had. We will all have one vote on referendum day. We will have the information and, it is to be hoped, it will be given to the Irish people in the next number of weeks in an understandable manner. I support the legislation going through this week so that...

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: It shows the Government's priorities that the Tánaiste used the word "virtue" when referring to the Government’s communications. We have yet to see the actual business case made, the facts and figures to show how the strategic communications unit will save money. So far, it has not and there is no indication that it ever will. Is it a virtue that instead of dealing with one of...

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Dara Calleary: Obviously.