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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (12 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 838. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of positions on the boards of bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of vacant positions; when each vacancy occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20681/16]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: I apologise in advance that I must leave the Chamber directly after speaking as I have another engagement. As we are discussing the roles of public servants, I believe every Member will join me in sending our sympathy to the families and community of Dallas after the appalling tragedy this morning. I include all the victims of gun violence in the past few days in the United States in...

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: The Acting Chairman was lucky.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: On behalf of Fianna Fáil I endorse everything the Ceann Comhairle said regarding the farce at the start of business today. We waited 35 minutes to get a quorum to allow business to start. It is unfair on the Deputies who were in the Chamber. I understand that the person in charge of business was on her local radio station talking about Fine Gael leadership which is a matter for the...

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: -----but when it impinges on the business in the House it is not good enough. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation. The controversy around the sale of Siteserv fused together a number of issues that raised serious public concern. The legacy of Anglo Irish Bank, the enormous sums of taxpayers' money used to resuscitate the banking system and the exorbitant money spent...

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of ensuring full pay equality, including in respect of allowances for all public servants recruited post-2011 when compared with those employed pre-2011; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19744/16]

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: The process in which the Minister has engaged with the Department of Education and Skills needs to be urgent. We have a brain drain with people leaving the country because they have to do so. We are losing this talent. In respect of new entrants in nursing and health care generally, are there any plans with other Departments to initiate a process for a similar review of pay and conditions...

Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: I want to commend the Minister of State. I know from first hand that he has injected a sense of urgency into this process. How many applications has he received from local authorities nationwide directly related to damage done in 2015? How many of those have been approved for work that is under way by the Department? We are in July and are moving into the flood season again, so this work...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the scope which exists for additional expenditure on social housing by State agencies which will not impact on overall deficit targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19747/16]

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: The all-party Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness has recommended that we need 50,000 social housing units to be built. This is providing a challenge to the financing arrangements. What work has the Department done in looking at alternative off-balance sheet financing to try to meet this very necessary target?

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister confirm whether it is his view or his sense that there is no way of doing this off-balance sheet? There was something to this effect in the middle of his response, but he went on to say it was still being looked at. If this cannot be done off-balance sheet, given the emergency we face with the number of children in emergency accommodation, how will the Minister deal with...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: On the additional measures, how many houses will they supply over the next 12 to 24 months? How can we wrap up those existing measures that are off-balance sheet to respond to an emergency? The Minister mentioned in his first response that this has been looked at since last autumn. The situation has considerably worsened since then. In the context of an all-party committee that did very...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: I want to tease out the announcement by the Minister that he mentioned during his first reply to Deputy Cullinane regarding the process with the Department of Education and Skills, the TUI and the INTO. Perhaps the Minister will outline what exactly is involved in that process, what is the deadline for completion and how deep the consultation will be for those involved in the process with...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has said he will not impose a deadline on the new process he has announced but he does need to inject a sense of urgency into the process. We are asking people who are new entrants since 2012 to do the same job as those who were there before them at a time when rental costs are sky high and there are many other issues which affect them. There needs to be an urgency about it. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: Has the clock started? I will give the Minister the chance to give a full response to that question. The Minister committed to a review of the capital programme for 2017. Will that review now take account of the referendum decision and the particular impact that decision will have on specific parts of the country? Will it affect the entire country? I have already called for an...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address outstanding industrial relations issues relating to teachers and members of An Garda Síochána who are currently outside collective pay agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19905/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the implications for expenditure plans in 2017 and beyond of the result of the British referendum on European Union membership; if he will emphasise growth-friendly projects in spending plans, particularly in the Border regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20001/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: I wish to tease out the implications for public expenditure plans and the capital programme of the Brexit vote and an anticipated slowdown in our economy, as well as the withdrawal of the UK from various EU programmes such as INTERREG.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: The €27 billion plan was based on conditions and on economic growth figures which have to be reviewed in the context of the decision. It has been nearly two weeks since the British took their decision so is there to be any review of the growth figures? What will that review mean for the capital plan? The European regional development fund has committed €240 million to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for reversing the public service pension reductions introduced during the economic crisis; the cost of restoring cuts on pensions up to €50,000 and full restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19746/16]