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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: I wish to tease out the implications for public expenditure plans and the capital programme of the Brexit vote and an anticipated slowdown in our economy, as well as the withdrawal of the UK from various EU programmes such as INTERREG.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: The €27 billion plan was based on conditions and on economic growth figures which have to be reviewed in the context of the decision. It has been nearly two weeks since the British took their decision so is there to be any review of the growth figures? What will that review mean for the capital plan? The European regional development fund has committed €240 million to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for reversing the public service pension reductions introduced during the economic crisis; the cost of restoring cuts on pensions up to €50,000 and full restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19746/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ombudsman's Remit (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 48. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of remarks by the Ombudsman seeking greater power to investigate complaints against private sector providers of public services and public service providers not currently covered within his remit; his plans to expand the remit of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19748/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commencement of Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will implement the remaining sections of the Lobbying Act 2015; his plans to give the Standards in Public Office Commission authority to investigate and to prosecute cases where lobbying legislation is not complied with and to levy fines for breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19745/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (5 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative and operational context of briefings delivered by the Data Protection Commissioner to State organisations and local government which are serving to restrict information being given to public representatives who make representations on behalf of constituents, in view of the fact that permission has been given by the person; if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (5 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: 555. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate additional funding to ensure that new applicants can avail of home help assistance and home care packages; the present funding arrangements for both schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19534/16]

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: Several immediate problems and challenges arise from the result of the referendum, particularly for exporters, those involved in the agribusiness, tourism and the retail sector and we need a detailed and an immediate response. It is also important not to overstate the panic or not to engage in a panic reaction. There is an opportunity for the Government to involve the Parliament in its...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: I wish to share my time with Deputy Anne Rabbitte. I listened to Deputy Alan Farrell's rather grudging acceptance of the Bill. In years to come, people will look at the story of Irish Water to date and it will come across as one of the greatest public policy implementation failures in recent times. Neither the Deputy nor any of his colleagues at any time acknowledged the failure of...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: I did not hear it too much at the end. The Deputy spoke about meters being in the ground and having a use. However, he refused to acknowledge that they were only there for decoration under an arrangement introduced by his Government. They do not contribute in any way. That was done by the previous Government and in particular the former Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly. The Deputy spoke...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: However, the European Commission should also realise that the construct of water charges and Irish Water never achieved democratic legitimacy in this country. It never achieved the support of the people. I hope other events in the past 72 hours will force the Commission to consider how it is doing its job of implementing the ideals of the European Union to which we all subscribe. In terms...

Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (23 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: I, too, welcome the chance to speak on the summer economic statement but the reality is that, today, Brexit hangs over this debate like Banquo's ghost. When we gather on Monday for the national economic dialogue, we will have a result and we will, hopefully, have a sense of direction from the Government as to how that result will be dealt with because, whatever happens, there must be change...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (23 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate for the fiscal space in 2017 and 2018; the factors which may cause this to change prior to budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13036/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excessive Deficit Procedure Administration (23 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications of a transaction the State entered into in 2015 in respect of its holding in Allied Irish Banks on the application of the expenditure rule in 2016 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13027/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: 64. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a visa appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17638/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector (23 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: 210. To ask the Minister for Health to review the situation that members of the voluntary sector working in section 39 funded organisations who were subject to pay reductions are now not getting their pay reinstated as other employees in the public sector are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17805/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (22 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: 29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to introduce self-assessment for commercial rates, given the systemic inability of the Valuations Office to carry out valuations in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13060/16]

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: As I was called away some of the questions I am about to raise may have been asked. Ms Emily Logan is coming towards the end of establishing an office that is different from and has far more powers and independence than some people may have wanted it to have. One of our tasks is to look at the creation of an independent parliamentary budgetary office. If that office is established and its...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: Go on, Deputy Broughan is dying to know who it is.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (21 Jun 2016)

Dara Calleary: 70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the pension to which a retired garda who served between 1966 and 1974 is entitled; the criteria for qualifying for a pension; the application procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16666/16]