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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: It is expected that the Clare River (Claregalway) Drainage Scheme, which encompasses alleviation works between Carnmore and Claregalway, will be submitted shortly to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for statutory approval to proceed to construction. If approval is received, it is expected that construction will commence before the end of the year in areas that do not have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (5 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The Commissioners of Public Works' office estate consists of a very diverse array of buildings ranging from National Cultural Institutions to Garda Stations, to the State Laboratory. All provide accommodation to a wide range of employees serving a variety of public and non-public functions, and within that estate there is a wide range of accommodation types. Office accommodation is located...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (5 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The Commissioners of Public Works' owned estate consists of a wide variety of properties which serve a variety of functions, ranging through office space, public offices, museum and gallery space, heritage properties open to the public, Garda Stations etc. These properties are actively managed by the Commissioners to ensure optimal occupancy at all times. At present, three buildings...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (5 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The Office of Public Works selects electrical contractors in a number of ways. For larger and medium sized works contractors are selected on a project-by-project basis. These projects are usually publicly advertised on etenders. The criteria for selection are appropriate to the size and scope of the work. For maintenance and minor work in the Dublin region a tender is run for a framework...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (5 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The Office of Public Works understands that where watercourses or channels pass through private lands which are not part of arterial drainage schemes, maintained by the OPW, or not part of Drainage Districts, maintained by local authorities, the responsibility for the maintenance of those channels rests with the riparian owners. OPW is aware of legal advice recently received by Cork County...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (5 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: There are 78 State owned properties managed by the Commissioners of Public Works in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny broken down as follows with full details supplied on Table 1. - Carlow Kilkenny Properties 11 28 National Monuments 10 28 Historic Properties 0 1 Table 1: List of State Owned Properties/Sites Managed by the OPW in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny County Property Location Land...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (5 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 and 375 together. The matter remains unchanged from my previous reply in June. The CSSO has written to Kerry County Council on the 14th of October to address any outstanding issues and are awaiting the return of signed contracts from the Council solicitors in order to progress the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (5 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The contractors for the Bray flood relief scheme, SIAC Construction Limited, were appointed by Bray Town Council, as Contracting Authority under a design-build arrangement whereby aspects of the detailed design of the works are undertaken by the contractor. Substantial elements of the works have been completed by the contractors, including the construction of the new culvert and the...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: I said previously as a former social protection spokesperson in this House that the schemes we run through the Department are all funded through the Social Insurance Fund, which was established in 1954 and which is predicated on the view that people who make contributions rightly expect, when they are in difficulty, the benefits of those schemes. If one looks at the current expenditure in...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: I am listening. Manners are a two-way street.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (24 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: The civil service office accommodation portfolio held by the Commissioners of Public Works comprises over 860,000 square metres, 58% of which is owned and 42% is leased. None of the leased office buildings within the portfolio are vacant. The Commissioners actively manage the portfolio to ensure optimal use of space and this ongoing process has resulted in substantial reductions in the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: It is not perfect. I fully concede that point. I accept that this Bill deals with an entirely different matter but the difficulty is time. Given the different financial year we now have, the Finance Bill will be going through the House between now and December. That has changed the parliamentary cycle in terms of the Finance Bill, although that Bill is not the ideal vehicle for this...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: There are two issues here. First, even though the substantive political agreement was reached in November 2012, the actual agreement in terms of our portion of the payment was only determined this summer. It was not concluded before then. Second, other countries have been paying into this since its establishment. We are now coming out of our bailout programme and this is the first...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: Sometimes the official advice is that all these matters can be addressed in regulation, and that is so, but it is important at other times to put it into the legislation to ensure clarity for the purposes of the Oireachtas.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: As the Deputy is well aware, in any primary legislation there is an amount of time before the regulations come in. This is priority legislation and understandable pressure has been imposed on the Government by the troika to ensure it would be introduced. There is very little point in the Oireachtas passing the Bill but then not bringing forward the regulations. While I do not have an exact...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: Immediately on enactment.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: No.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: Yes, it is really down to the regulations.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 64: In page 21, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following subsection: “(2) Where anything produced under subsection (1) is not held on the Register the Bank may sell it or publish it and sell copies of it.”.This amendment allows the bank to publish and sell items produced under subsection (1). The bank may produce, for example, analysis reports and...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2013)

Brian Hayes: There will not be credit scores. It is anonymised information. It will just be the raw data without the names of individuals.