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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: We are dealing with amendments Nos. 2 and 3.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy is drifting away. I must bring discussion back to amendments Nos. 2 and 3, to which he did not refer. Does Deputy Boyd Barrett wish to address this? How stands the amendment?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Business of Sub-Committee (6 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I welcome the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, and his officials. The purpose of this meeting is consideration of Committee Stage of the Finance Bill 2013, which was referred to the committee by Dáil Éireann on 21 February 2012. The committee is required by the Dáil to report completion of its consideration of the Bill not later than Friday, 8 March 2013. The timescale,...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Amendment No. 1 has been ruled out of order as it is declaratory in nature.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I understand the ruling provides that amendments tabled by members requiring that the Minister report on a particular matter are as a rule not in order. An exception is, however, made in the case of social welfare Bills in recognition of the fact that it would otherwise be impossible to table amendments to them that were in order and did not involve a potential charge.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are related and will be discussed together.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (6 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the respective models of long term forbearance provided by regulated mortgage lenders to the Central Bank of Ireland to assist borrowers in arrears as part of the mortgage arrears resolution satrategy; the number of split mortgage arrangements that have been proposed by each of the lenders to borrowers; the number that have been accepted; the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation (6 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland to publish in full its recent piece of research on the experience of 209 borrowers facing or in mortgage arrears who engaged in the mortgage arrears resolution process of the bank’s code of conduct on mortgage arrears including the methodology employed and detailed findings; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (6 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the process by which a person can obtain information on their mother's stay at a Magdalene Laundry in Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11835/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Issues (5 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the unencumbered funds deposited with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation by a credit union (details supplied) are covered in full by the eligible guarantee scheme; the reason, when in 2011 deposits were transferred to Allied Irish Bank, the funds in question were not transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11699/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (5 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress of the Animal Welfare Bill; the effect the bill will have on the live export of cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11703/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork who was told in May 2012 that surgery was necessary is still awaiting an appointment to have the treatment carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11146/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (5 Mar 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision not to award a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11265/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: How will this process work? Let us take as an example a case where the Department of Education and Skills rolls over 10% of its allocation for a capital project other than a schools building project, which are confined, once-off projects. The capital allocation may be for the acquisition of desks and chairs or to tile a gymnasium. How would a local school know that unspent moneys will be...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I will give a case in point. When I worked in a vocational education committee it was almost standard practice to purchase computers at the end of the year. The worst time of the year to buy computers is December when demand is at its highest and these products are most expensive. The cheapest time of the year to buy products such as computers is January when one has sales and new...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Sometimes funding is not made available until February, March or April.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. That concludes the select sub-committee's consideration of the motion. In accordance with Standing Order 87, the clerk to the committee will convey a message to that effect to the Clerk of the Dáil. Under Standing Order 86(2) the message is deemed to be the report of the committee. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Message to Dáil (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform has completed its consideration of the following motion:That Dáil Éíreann approves the following Order in draft: Finance Act, 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013, copies of which have been laid in...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: What has been set out is a process to avoid the level of ballooning expenditure at the end of year. I know from working in the public sector that at the end of December, tables and chairs would arrive.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: There is a general concept of project management that arises from such an approach. In his opening address the Minister stated: Capital carryover within a Vote does not have to be spent on the same subhead or programme where the saving occurred. It may be spent on a different programme depending on progress and priorities. That provides for a certain flexibility in the scheme. How...