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Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I commend Deputy O'Dea on this Bill, which took 18 months to prepare. Deputies are sick of me talking about silos in government. This is one area where they are most apparent. The Department of Health is the lead Department in this scheme but the Departments of Social Protection and Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government are also involved. I got very frustrated listening to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details on the capital review which is due in 2017; the timelines involved; if he will be inviting submissions on the capital review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3425/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: This morning the Central Bank issued its most recent report, reducing growth forecasts on account of Brexit. What work is under way in the Minister's Department on the impact of Brexit on expenditure plans or the likely impact of Brexit on the budgets for 2018 and 2019.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I apologise. I spoke to the wrong question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister outline some of the dates for when the public consultation process will get under way and when there will be engagement with the Departments and various stakeholders, local authorities etc.? What role will the new national planning framework have in the context of the capital review? The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, has...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: On the capital plan, there was an earlier discussion on public private partnerships. There were 45 extra PPPs proposed for 2017 within the existing capital plan but how many will be met during the year?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: That started long before the Minister was around, in fairness.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overall expenditure in the Roscommon-Galway constituency on flood relief works for 2016, in tabular form, with a breakdown for counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3426/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I was not happy with the answer the Minister gave on the consultants issue and I am not sure taxpayers would be happy either. Will the Minister provide the background material to the Committee on Budgetary Oversight? We do not need what is being used to fight the case. We want the material that is giving the Minister the confidence which he clearly has in the Chamber that no liability is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's plan to undertake an expenditure review in 2017; the timelines involved; if the review will include a comprehensive review of departmental expenditure ceilings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3598/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Minister announced on budget day that there would be an expenditure review in 2017. We are three months on from budget day and I want the Minister to outline the detail of that review, the timescale involved and what impact it will have on preparations for budget 2018.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I am still in the dark as to the practical steps of the review. There will be rolling selective reviews and new processes. When will Departments be informed of the process? Does the notion of a rolling selective review mean that some Departments will not be involved in the process this year or will they all be involved? Will this process be completed ahead of the summer when Departments...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Expenditure Reviews (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: The spending review will be complete in the second half of this year. Can the Minister confirm that it will not have any impact on budget 2018? He has identified a third of the expenditure in the various Departments. How were those budget votes identified? If they are excluded will they not be limited or subject to scrutiny? Does that mean that certain areas of expenditure will get away...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the source of the extra funding to pay for the Labour Relations Commission's decision regarding the Garda associations and for the recent deal with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU; if he has had discussions with line Ministers regarding the potential impact of the revised allocation on their departmental budgets; and if he will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I ask the Minister to outline where he intends to find the €120 million announced last week regarding an extension of the terms of the Lansdowne Road agreement and the €25 million that is part of the Garda settlement that is being assigned to general expenditure.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I will read to the Minister a comment by the Fiscal Advisory Council:For 2017, the ... fiscal space under the rules has already been allocated in budget 2017 for tax cuts and expenditure increases. As a consequence, any new increases in expenditure, such as to fund higher public sector pay, imply lower spending in other areas unless offset by compensatory tax changes. Can the Minister give a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: I will focus on the case because the Minister has left many unanswered questions about it. How can he say the Government is vigorously defending a case when it has withdrawn the appeal? I do not want him to comment on the two specific cases but I do want him to comment on the reports we are seeing across all the media today that this could cost up to €350 million.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Government has lost the case. Given the fact that it has withdrawn the appeal against the case, the notion of vigorously defending its case seems rather hollow. I appreciate the Minister cannot comment on the two specific cases, but what are the overall implications of this decision not to proceed with the appeal? What are those implications for the health budget in 2017, 2018 and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are expenditure plans in order meet the challenges and avail of the opportunities in view of the fact that the UK is leaving the Single Market and in all likelihood the customs union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Jan 2017)

Dara Calleary: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures in place to enable Irish SMEs to compete fairly for public procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3428/17]