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Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: Yes.

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: That is fine. Will the Minister confirm that the template used for the fire service was used by the Teachers' Union of Ireland in negotiations? Will he reaffirm that only trade unions that have signed up to the Lansdowne Road agreement and their members will benefit if a similar template were used for other professions? Could this template, with its changes in allowances and so forth, be...

Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: The Minister is to commit an extra €4 billion to 2021 in the capital programme. Given the long lead-in time for many projects, as we all know, surely it would be appropriate to bring forward a review of the plan in the context of discussions under way in another part of Leinster House on the serious need for urgency in meeting housing commitments. With regard to the commitment in the...

Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: Let us not get carried away by the plan which has been described as lacking in ambition. In 2019 only half of what was spent in 2008 will have been spent. The roads budget, for instance, is purely for maintenance works. In the context of the commitments in the programme for Government and given the overall figure to which the Government has committed, would it not be appropriate and...

Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: The Acting Chairman missed a question.

Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: Deputy David Cullinane's question was a priority question.

Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: There was another question, Question No. 35.

Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: I have two questions. Does the Minister have plans for other disposals of State assets during the lifetime of the new Government? Second, has all of the money associated with Aer Lingus, BGE and various other assets sold off, including the national lottery, been drawn down from the various purchasers?

Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to bring forward the review of the capital plan to ensure that critical unmet infrastructure needs are addressed, in particular the need to increase the overall share of gross domestic product represented by investment expenditure; if he is considering additional non-Exchequer sources of funding for capital investment; and if he will...

Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: I wish the Minister and Minister of State every success in their new roles. Government procurement costs €8.5 billion per annum, or €23 million per day, and should be used as an employment creation mechanism as well as getting value for money for the taxpayer. Increasingly, it has become the preserve of bigger companies and consortiums which are coming together to tender for...

Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: Could the Minister of State outline the sanctions for Government agencies that ignore Circular 10/14? In 2014, the Small Firms Association, SFA, made a submission to the Committee of Public Accounts that stated 82% of its members surveyed believed the emphasis in procurement was on price rather than on value for money. There is still a very strong perception among the SME community that...

Priority Questions: Public Procurement Regulations (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform how the Office of Government Procurement operates to ensure maximum participation by small and medium enterprises in public contracts; to set specific targets for the proportion of Government procurement to reach these enterprises; to support greater co-operation between groups of these enterprises in bidding for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is giving consideration to an application by a school (details supplied) in County Mayo under the emergency funding scheme; if the application will processed in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13489/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the method by which the more competitive capital funding, as promised in the programme for Government to Leader groups, will be made available, and the associated timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13364/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 395. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the stipulation in the tenant purchase scheme that a tenant must have a minimum income of €15,000 to be eligible to purchase and that social protection income can only count as a secondary source to get to the €15,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 486. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand the number of places available on employment schemes across the country (details supplied), in particular for existing participants and potential applicants over the age of 55; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13366/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 552. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have paid the public service pension reduction, PSPR, in each year since its introduction; the projected number who will pay it in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12755/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 836. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the roll-out of high-speed broadband in rural Ireland; his further plans for the roll-out of broadband to a region (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13237/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry Regulations (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 844. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations surrounding the use of private helicopters and aircraft, including if minimum height restrictions exist for flying in built-up residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Provision (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: 876. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding announced for re-alignment of a bridge (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13232/16]