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Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: I would buy Deputy Ryan a pizza if he were.

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: This goes back to 1998 when the Labour Court linked community employment scheme supervisors with managers in community training workshops. FÁS set aside €2.75 million to pay towards pensions. Most companies that run CE schemes just about have the resources to provide the budgets to run them and, therefore, pension schemes do not happen. I welcome the fact that the Minister is...

Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process and proposed timing for the spending review as announced by him in his budget speech; the proposed involvement of the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30934/16]

Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: The Minister announced on the day of the budget that he was going to conduct a spending review in 2017. I want to tease that out with him. What will it involve? Is it a spending review or an efficiency review? What level of consultation will there be within the House, with organisations outside the House and with his colleagues in Cabinet?

Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: I agree that we should look at the totality of spending but I am concerned as to what the Minister is looking at it for. I have made the point about how budget day announcements fail in many cases to meet the need on the ground in various different services such as health, education, local government etc. Are we going to look at that, at how spending gets to services on the ground and at...

Other Questions: Expenditure Reviews (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: Given that the Minister wants this done for budget 2018 and that he is also going to be carrying out a capital review at the same time, what budget has he set aside within the Department to complete the spending review? Will he be involving outside consultants or does he see it being done completely in-house?

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has undertaken since taking up office to examine the case presented by community employment supervisors to have access to a pension scheme; the current position of his Department on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30937/16]

Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: The Minister is aware that I am a big fan of community employment schemes, but the success of a community employment scheme is utterly dependent on its supervisor. Since 1998, there has been an issue around pensions for supervisors. In the Labour Court in 2008, it was decided that community employment scheme supervisors should be given a pension. Many of them have worked for decades on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: This is the last chance saloon for many capital projects such as those in broadband and roads. When you look at the 2015 capital plan, you can see that €4.4 billion of the €6 billion envisaged for roads went predominantly towards maintaining the existing network so we are not getting any sense of expanding the existing road network. Will the Minister confine the review to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: What will be the element in the review in respect of the delivery of projects? The Minister mentioned the Luas cross city and the Alexandra Basin projects. We do not have a good record of delivering large-scale infrastructure projects on time and on budget. In the context of what will be a limited capital plan, what extra elements will the Minister introduce to ensure delivery on time, on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements for the 2017 review of capital spending; the intended process; the intended weighting that will be attached to elements of the review such as regional development, equality of access to capital services and so on; the planned level of and timeframe for consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31005/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: The current capital plan, which was published in 2015, lacked any ambition and did not reflect the urgency required to tackle the country's growing infrastructure needs. The Minister has committed to a review of that plan and a review of capital spending in early 2017. I want to discuss with him how this review will proceed and whether the final outcome will be a plan that stands up to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the preparations for likely flooding during winter 2016 and spring 2017; the amount of money which has been drawn down by local authorities to date in 2016; the amount scheduled to be drawn down between now and year end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30935/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: Before I introduce my question, I sought to ask the Minister a question today about the dispute with the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, the Garda Representative Association, GRA, and the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, ASTI, although I note Deputy Paul Murphy also asked a question about the ASTI. The questions were referred to line Ministers, which is very...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: I want to record my frustration with it. Many people in communities throughout the country are in fear of flooding. Even though it is the middle of October and an autumnal day today, many communities face the prospect of their houses and businesses being destroyed once again, in some cases for the second or third time in less than 12 months. What exactly has been done to date? How much...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: I do not want to personalise this because the Minister of State has brought great energy and focus to the issue. His answer goes to the heart of one of the problems here. It is a problem for another Department, the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. The purpose of a Minister with responsibility for flooding was to take responsibility for every part of it....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State for his clarification on CFRAM because the impression was that it is a five or ten-year process. Will the Minister of State give me an update on the scheme for Crossmolina? A third Department is being introduced into the equation now. We have the OPW, which is under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Housing,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (19 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in view of the recent developments at Horse Racing Ireland, there any other State agencies where business cases have been made to his Department for reappointing chief executive officers beyond their original term; the processes he has in place to ensure proper board procedures are being observed in making such business cases; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide extra funding to the Dyslexia Association of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30712/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Dara Calleary: He is wondering himself.