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Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: Theirs is sheltered.

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: In a sheltered area.

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: The conditions are different.

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the chance to speak about angling and Inland Fisheries Ireland. I agree with Deputy O'Dowd that it does some really good work. Dr. Ciaran Byrne and his team are really committed to the job. It did a very good gig at the Minister of State's instigation last October, in Buswells, where it invited every Member of the House over to brief us on its work. Some of us did not go, but...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of persons waiting over a year for their consultation in Mayo University Hospital has almost doubled in the year to March 2017 [20777/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Compensation (3 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a Garda compensation case (details supplied). [20899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications (3 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a BIM application for a farm (details supplied). [21132/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 90. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of funding provided under the capital plan for the information technology infrastructure across his Department; the amount spent to date; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (2 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to events preceding the death of a person (details supplied) as outlined on a television programme on 20 April 2017; the steps she undertook to investigate the issues; the persons and bodies to which she referred the issues; the dates she did so; the follow-up undertaken by her; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéim Áiseanna Pobail agus Teanga (2 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 687. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding sources available for a Gaeltacht community to construct a roadside sign and to print maps outlining the location of each local logainm on the map and within the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19169/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 733. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available for a festival (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19954/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Communities Programme (2 May 2017)

Dara Calleary: 1255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific projects funded in 2016 by SEAI under its better energy communities programme; the projects that were unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19161/17]

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Government will meet the medium term objective next year in terms of the structural budget. That will then free up resources for capital expenditure in budget 2019. The Minister is currently in the middle of a capital plan review, but in terms of that pipleline, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has told us there are not enough projects to go into that pipeline. In terms of...

Other Questions: Shared Services (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the National Shared Services Office; the progress of the Bill; the preparations in place for an expansion of the National Shared Services Office; the mechanisms in place to assess whether savings are actually made; his views on whether there will be resistance from the Departments to the expansion of the National Shared...

Other Questions: Shared Services (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: We discussed the shared services Bill here in December. I believe it was on the last day of the previous session. First, what is the status of the Bill? Will it come to committee soon? Second, will the Minister outline any further progress since that discussion on the roll-out of shared services as a function within the public service?

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: 16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent of the €3.8 billion provided for 2016 under the capital plan; if he is satisfied that the money allocated has been spent efficiently; the way in which he is satisfied that the money has been spent efficiently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18708/17]

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: This is almost a continuation of the earlier discussion in terms of allocating capital budgets on the one hand but, on the other, monitoring how they are being spent and ensuring they are spent.

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: In terms of the Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, the outturn for 2016 of €467 million is under the €539 million projection. That comes back to my first question in terms of what is happening in housing. The Minister leaves it to every line Department and tries to keep it within the budget, but how much of the €4.1 billion was actually...

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is quite critical of expenditure ceilings. It states they have not worked effectively owing to continual upward revisions in spending. It quoted every expenditure report since 2012. To give an example, the Minister did some public service pay deals on the hoof, including the Garda pay deal and bringing forward increases under the Landsdowne Road agreement....

Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (13 Apr 2017)

Dara Calleary: We always welcome extra expenditure as long as it is sustainable. If the expenditure ceilings were right in the first place, the Minster would not need to change them. Again, I challenge him, as the Minister in charge of ensuring discipline on expenditure, to state whether that is a good way of doing business. How does it reflect on other Ministers? We can have this debate again. The...