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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: This is the first occasion on which I have been in the Chamber with the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan. I wish him well in his new office. He brings much experience, and I commend him on his work in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. I did detect a change in tone in the Department of Justice and Equality at the weekend. His comments to his back bench...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: I thank Mr. McDowell and Mr. Murphy for being here today. Mr. McDowell has just answered many of the questions about public private partnerships that have been floating around. Mr. McDowell mentioned in his opening remarks that following the review of the capital programme, the European Investment Bank will be meeting the Government. Would it not be in the Government's interests and in the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: In terms of the EIB's interaction around financing of projects, what advice or assistance can it give in regard to the off-balance sheet part of its portfolio? The biggest challenge facing us in terms of infrastructure is how to do things within the limits. On those limits, given that these projects are infrastructure projects, there is a long-term return on them. In the witnesses' view,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: I accept that but as a stakeholder and an agency that wants to invest in a growing European economy, particularly in infrastructure projects, do the fiscal rules make the EIB's job harder or easier?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: With regard to the Juncker plan, Mr. McDowell mentioned that €180 billion of funding has been facilitated by the EIB. How much of that applies to projects here in Ireland?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: Between €100 million and €200 million out of a total of €180 billion?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: Mr. McDowell also mentioned that the EIB gives credit guarantees to Irish commercial banks to increase their lending into key sectors. Irish banks are charging their customers far higher interest rates for that money than banks in Luxemburg or on the Continent. What is Mr. McDowell's view on that? Are these Irish banks using EIB money to enhance their balance sheets? What is most...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: European Investment Bank (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: Is Ireland any different to the EIB's other client countries in that regard? Is it more prone to delays in planning and so on?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if the risk and sensitivity analysis performed by his Department on a biannual basis includes an analysis of the contingent liabilities facing the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30718/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Bullying in the Workplace (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that anti-bullying policies in place in his Department and linked Civil Service offices are being implemented effectively; the amount paid in compensation for bullying claims in each of the past five years; the action taken to ensure such cases do not arise in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the proposed changes to a school bus route (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views on whether exceptional circumstances exist in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30666/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a garda station (details supplied) in County Mayo; and his further plans to restore garda numbers at this station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30639/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Waste Management (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on proposals to change slurry spreading methods; if his attention has been drawn to the challenges that these changes will present for many persons, especially those on lower incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30563/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (28 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is a limit cover on bicycle insurance if the bicycle was bought abroad. [30349/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (28 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out each side agreement reached with trade unions and staff associations during the recent talks that led to the draft public service agreement including for additional allowances, annual leave and higher pay rates; and if he will set out also the cost of each individual item, in tabular form. [30478/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (27 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the qualifying criteria for Pobal's rural transport programme; if new applications are being accepted for the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30135/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (27 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 578. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the criteria changed in budget 2017 for the wage subsidy scheme for employers (details supplied). [30055/17]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister of State and wish him well in his new appointment. Section 17 (3) states that the chief executive shall not be required to give account before a committee for any matter that is or has been or may at a future time be the subject of proceedings before a court or tribunal in the State. That seems very vague and wide, in particular in the context of a body such as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive confirmation of its capital application for essential accommodation required for the 2017 to 2018 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29420/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are exemptions from providing a hearing loop for members of the deaf and hard of hearing community with regard to the planning legislation regarding the provision of hearing loops in public places such as theatres and cinemas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29302/17]