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Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Calleary is right - that should not happen.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: It is no use running with a statement like that. We are interested in analysing the problems and providing solutions, as we have done in respect of every serious challenge we have faced.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Is this a question?

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy wants to look back five years and judge us on our performance over those five years.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Irish people have not been asked yet and I would not be so arrogant as to pre-empt what the judgment of the Irish people will be.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy can, like de Valera, look into his heart and know the will of the Irish people. Let me be honest and clear with the Deputy. If we had followed his prescription five years ago we would have had a collapsed health service by the end of 2011. We would have bankrupted the country and there would be no pay for nurses or doctors, never mind talking about increases. Let us talk some...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Medical and dental staff have seen increases of 10.5% since the beginning of last year. The number of medical and dental staff is now higher than the pre-crisis peak of 2007. We have now more dental and medical staff than we had when Mary Harney said we were awash with money.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: This is despite navigating this country through the worst economic crisis in our history. The additionality to which I referred is €135 million. Most people listening to this debate will feel their hearts scalded by the two actual cases which have been referred to today. Regarding the very sad case of Mr. Dualtagh Donnelly, as I have said, the advance paramedic in a rapid-response...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Deputy for raising three discrete and separate issues. I will not have time to go into them in any great detail. Each has to be considered individually. For some time the Government has been examining emergency departments in hospitals as a priority. That is why last December the Minister for Health and I discussed how to resource them and ensure there would be adequate...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Relocation (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) operates an internal transfer list to facilitate, where possible, staff moves between the various offices of PER, the National Shared Services Office and the Office of Government Procurement. There are currently four staff on the list seeking a transfer to a different location, one of whom is based in Killarney while the other three are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Targets (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111, 112 and 113 together. The framework for the conduct of budgetary policy relating to the issues set out in the Deputy's question were detailed in the Budget and Expenditure Report documentation published on the Budget 2016 website available at . My statement on 13 October last on the Expenditure Estimates for 2016 and that of the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (5 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 114, 115 and 117 together. On 16 June last, following discussions with representatives of the Alliance of Retired Public Servants, and reflecting the improved fiscal and economic position, I announced that Government had accepted my proposal to bring forward legislation to lessen the impact of the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (4 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question I can confirm that 0.8% of staff in my Department have volunteered to deal with members of the public through Irish.  While the percentage may appear low, the Deputy will be aware that my Department, given the nature of its functions and work does not have a high level of direct contact with individual members of the general public. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Benefacts is a new social enterprise that will enhance the visibility, accountability and transparency of the not-for-profit sector. This initiative is co-funded by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Atlantic Philanthropies and The American Ireland Funds. enefacts will pilot a service that will provide a single repository of regulatory data on the entire not-for-profit sector....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tax Exemptions (3 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Community Sports Clubs that are not registered under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland)Act 1904 and which operate on a not-for-profit basis will continue to be exempt from rates and do not need to make an application. The Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015 introduced an amendment to Schedule 4 of the Valuation Act 2001 which extends a partial exemption from rates to community sports...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cross-Border Co-operation (3 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021 outlines how the Irish Government has reaffirmed its support for investing in infrastructure to support North South co-operation to help unlock the full potential of the island economy.  In particular, support for the EU PEACE and INTERREG programmes will continue to ensure that funding opportunities are maximised...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the table following outlines the total estimated expenditure of my Department in 2015. Prog. Programme expenditure Budget Estimate A Public Expenditure and Sectoral Policy €17,735 B Public Service Management and Reform €26,755The table following outlines my Department's expenditure budget for 2016. Prog. Programme expenditure Budget...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (3 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government's voted expenditure allocations and measures for 2016 were presented to Dáil Éireann in the Expenditure Report for Budget 2016. This document also provided the expenditure ceilings for 2017 and 2018.  The Department of Public Expenditure & Reform (DPER), like the Civil Service and public service as a whole, has benefited from...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (3 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy is aware the Government introduced new arrangements to the appointment of State Board members in 2011.  Under the new arrangements departments now invite expressions of interest from the public on their websites for vacancies on the boards of bodies under their aegis.  It is open to all members of the public regardless of gender, political affiliations or geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (3 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act, 2004 was enacted in October 2004. The Act provides for a new system of recruitment licensing within the Civil Service and for the establishment of the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) and the Public Appointments Service (PAS). The CPSA is responsible for setting standards for recruitment and selection...