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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Surely the Minister will accept there is a vast capital investment deficit in the country at the moment, and that this is having a major negative impact on the operation of our economy and the quality of life of people. Why would the Government not use available resources now to save in the future? We are over-spending in respect of the cost of the housing assistance payment. Would it not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: We need to deal with the crisis we have at the moment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Deputy Catherine Murphy is held up at the Committee of Public Accounts.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I just got word of that in the last few minutes so I apologise that I did not go through the proper protocol.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The rainy day fund seems to make sense on the surface of it or on a theoretical basis. It seems sensible to engage in counter-cyclical planning and when there are boom-time corporation taxes, it sounds like it would make sense to put them away for a rainy day. However, there has been very little discussion or debate about this and it is very hard to find out the grounds on which that money...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister. As I said, on the surface it sounds like it is the prudent thing to do. However, when we actually look at the detail it is clear that this is not money that is going to be drawn down when tax receipts are reduced. The Minister said that it is to be a fund that can be drawn down in a force majeure situation where there are external shocks due to natural disaster or...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of staff in his Department by grade. [44352/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of staff in his Department by grade. [44356/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of staff in his Department by grade. [44355/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2019 (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the figure of €295 million cited as impact of new measures on budget 2019 forecast tax buoyancy was computed in respect of table 9 on page 19 of the Economic and Fiscal Outlook of budget 2019; the basis on which it is included in the table; and if it has been used in the calculation of the amount of fiscal space that has been used up...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected fiscal space for each of the years 2019 to 2024 net of known carryover costs, public pay deal commitments, national development plan commitments, demographics, rainy day fund transfers and other pre-commitments. [44423/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of staff in his Department by grade. [44360/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rules that apply to recruitment campaigns that are limited to existing civil or public servants in terms of when such campaigns may be used; the grades they apply to; the percentage of posts they may apply to; and the legislation upon which such a policy is based. [44373/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure ceilings for each Department in each of the years 2019 to 2024. [44424/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departmental capital allocations applying to each Department in each of the years 2019 to 2024. [44425/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of staff in his Department by grade. [44353/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of staff in his Department by grade. [44359/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the difference between the capital allocation for his Department under the national development plan for 2019 given as €241 million in Annex 1 of the plan and the lower figure of €220 million that is set out on pages 7 and 121 of the budget 2019 expenditure report. [44422/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the cultural and administrative dysfunction in An Garda Síochána that was identified in the Charleton Report; the way in which he plans to respond to these issues; and the timescale for same. [44435/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (25 Oct 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of staff in her Department by grade. [44348/18]