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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: At the moment, one has to declare one's place of work. If one is an accountant, one would list the practice in which one works. If one has to declare the amount of income one receives from the employment, that is a different situation.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: No, it is not. One just declares where one works.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: That is not my understanding.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: One does not have to declare the amount of one's salary. If one's salary exceeds that threshold, one has to state the employment in respect of which that salary is received. One does not have to state the amount of the income.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: That is my understanding.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: Correct. One does not have to declare the amount.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: Where the hope value exceeds the common use value is generally how it is determined in the tax Acts, is it not?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (6 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the repair and lease scheme will be rolled out across the country; when local authorities will be informed and authorised on implementing the scheme; his plans to expedite this process due to huge demand in counties such as Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16813/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (6 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if and when the local infrastructure fund can be accessed by Westmeath County Council in order to upgrade housing on the Ardmore Road, Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16812/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) regarding its application on the school building programme for the development of a new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16493/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expedite the construction of a school (details supplied) in view of significant past delays with the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16492/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (5 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 288. To ask the Minister for Health if DPS, drugs payment scheme, patients must pay the DPS amount of €144 only 11 times per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17051/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (5 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 289. To ask the Minister for Health the approach taken by DPS, drugs payment scheme, pharmacists when a patient runs out of medication before the calendar month is up; if there are instances where patients must pay €144 twice in one month; if this is taken into account at the end of the year in cases where patients could have made up to 14 monthly payments; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank the Governor and his staff for attending the committee today. On the tracker mortgage issue, the Governor has been very clear that lenders have failed their customers. That is a very serious environment for the Central Bank to be operating in and it should take it at the most serious level. On that, we said earlier that the reasons banks treated customers in this way are unknown....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: That is critical because much of the information I have received suggests that the banking institutions are not giving their customers that information and they feel powerless in this area. The Governor mentioned the team he has and that the scope of the investigation will be very wide, which is important. We have reports both from witnesses and from those in the media of how some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: That captures where were are in this argument with regard to the banks. When Mr. Kissane and others appeared before the committee they expressed a view that the Central Bank is the appropriate forum as the guardian of our financial system and regulator to investigate these matters and to hold the banks to account. I advise the Governor's team that thousands of people are relying on this and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cost price of a new build house is taken into account when calculating loan to value for the purpose of the help-to-buy scheme rather than the valuation price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16000/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans to address the crisis in the tourism and hospitality industry in respect of the supply and training of chefs and kitchen staff in view of the negative impact this is currently having on enterprises and tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14416/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reinstating the phone allowance for older persons in view of the fact that for areas with poor reception it was suitable to have a landline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16784/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (4 Apr 2017)

Peter Burke: 457. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal scheme will be published and implemented as outlined in the partnership programme for Government; the timeframe for this process in view of the detrimental effect it is having on small family farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16064/17]