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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, lines 27 to 35, to delete all words from and including “(1) For” in line 27 down to and including line 35 and substitute the following:“(1) For the purposes of this Act a person carries on lobbying activities if the person—(a) makes, or manages or directs the making of, any relevant communications on behalf of another person in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (25 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: I refer to my reply of 6 November 2014 to Parliamentary Question Number 42277.  The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (25 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: There was one request made for additional staff in the Office of the Information Commissioner during 2013. This involved a request for 5 additional staff to assist in meeting the demands arising from the changes to the Freedom of information legislation, including the extension of the provisions of the Act to a significant number of additional bodies. The request for additional staffing was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (25 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: The Valuation (Amendment)(No.2) Bill 2012 was initiated in the Seanad. The Bill completed Report and Final stages in the Seanad on 20th November 2014. The Bill will be introduced at Second Stage in the Dail in the near future, subject to availability of Dail time.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (25 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question I can confirm that neither my Department nor any Agency under my remit awarded contracts to the company you mentioned since March 2011.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: I am pleased to have the opportunity to make a contribution to this debate. It is an important one with significant long-term implications for our society. Primarily, it is about water. It is about the right to water - not the water that falls from the sky but the water that is cleaned, treated and delivered to our homes. It is a human right but so also are electricity, housing and...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: That will be done.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: He is not in the Cabinet.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should stop shouting down the Tánaiste.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: Who elected Deputy Stephen Donnelly leader?

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Donnelly is an expert on everything.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (20 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: The career break scheme provides flexibility for staff by allowing staff to apply to take a period of special leave without pay. The details of the scheme are set out in Circular 4 of 2013. The Haddington Road Agreement has not changed the operation of the Civil Service career break scheme. It is a voluntary scheme and staff are aware that, under the rules of the scheme, there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question while my Department does not have a specific Data Protection Office I can confirm that the Department itself is the legal entity or Data Controller that controls and is responsible for the keeping and use of personal information held on computer or in structured manual files. Responsibility for the keeping and use of personal information on...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: Attack the officers of the House.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: I did. I cut them by 35%.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Allowances (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: Deputies, including Ministers, are entitled to 625 pre-paid envelopes per month as set out in Regulation 8 of Statutory Instrument no. 184 of 2010 as amended by Statutory Instrument no 328 of 2011 and Statutory Instrument no 149 of 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Transport (19 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the following tables outline the ministerial transport costs for my Department since its inception: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Ministerial Costs - 2011 € 2012 € 2013 € Ministerial Travel & Subsistence 8,799.04 12,826.98 12,656.51 Minister's Drivers Travel & Subsistence 16,767.23 24,171.01...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: The public service Pension-related Deduction (PRD), referred to as "the pension levy" in the Deputy's question, was introduced in March 2009 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009.  PRD is a progressively structured multi-band reduction imposed on the pay of pensionable public servants. Based on the current PRD rates structure across...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: In my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have overarching responsibility for recruitment to the Civil Service. All such recruitment is governed by the Public Service (Management and Recruitment) Act 2004. Under the Act, the only method of appointment to a Civil Service post - either permanent or fixed-term - is as result of being successful in a competition run...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates Exemptions (18 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: The Valuation Act, 2001 provides for the exemption from rates of land that is developed for sport such as playing pitches, land on golf courses, tennis courts, etc. In relation to the valuation of buildings occupied by a club affiliated to a sporting organisation, the position is that the 2001 Act also provides for the exemption from rates of "Community Halls". To be classified as a...