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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of community employment supervisors and provision of their payments under a Labour Court recommendation of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48989/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will not add to what Deputy Burton has said but I contend that these workers are providing a fundamental public service. Everyone recognises that and they are funded by the public purse. For that reason alone, the Labour Court recommendation on them should be implemented. This is a Labour Court recommendation and failure to implement that by the Government undermines the court.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I recognise it is a significant increase, but I am asking a different question. As part of the NDP, a document was published which addressed each portfolio and what would be allocated over a number of years in order that we could track exactly where the money was spent. I am asking whether the plan has been abandoned or changed because the allocation for two of those portfolios was reduced...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister is saying there will be no significant change to the Votes or the outlying figures from Department to Department, although there may be switches from capital into current in any given year, and that it will be consistent with what was published. Over the next three years, there will be an increase of €290 million, or 0.3%. Will the Minister indicate where that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the allocations provided for in the National Development Plan have now been abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48990/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of pay negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49531/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister is aware of the threat of industrial action in a number of sectors, particularly the health sector. I note his press release this weekend outlining the consequences of that. While I do not agree with it and find it unhelpful, there is a very small window of opportunity to try to address the ballots currently taking place. I know the Minister will probably disagree with that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I acknowledge the recruitment figures the Minister mentioned. However, 2,000 fewer nurses work in the system than ten years ago. While we have increased the number, we are still behind where we were in 2008 and we have a long way to go. The INMO general secretary has called on the Minister to engage in direct discussions with INMO members on this. I do not believe - I do not think the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships Data (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the annual unitary payments for each of the past and current public-private partnerships will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48993/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there will be a review of the terms of reference of the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48992/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 21 February 2018, the status of discussions with a society (details supplied) on ensuring public access to the execution site of four persons in Roscrea Castle in 1922 for the centenary celebrations; if public access to the site will be made permanent; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a discrepancy in funding trends. [49083/18]

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I move amendment No. 39:In page 145, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:"Report on trade union tax relief 62.The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the re-introduction of Trade Union Tax Relief.". The amendment call for a report on the reintroduction of trade union tax relief to be prepared and...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: This is a relief that was available to members of the trade union movement and subsequently abolished. We are not asking the Minister to reintroduce it today but to publish a report on the benefits that could accrue if it were reintroduced. We seek only a report, which would not cost the Minister anything. Nobody should be afraid of what would be in that report. It may uphold the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: What is the waiting time between the assessment and the beginning of treatment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Would that be longer for people outside a hospital setting, for instance, within the prison service?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: When we identify risk groups and, obviously, intravenous drug users are a high-risk group, how are we targeting those individuals? I presume it is through drug addiction centres but very few intravenous drug users will get to the stage where they are in addiction centres, and some will end up in prison. Therefore, there is a cohort of people who may not engage with services. Are we...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I want to stay on this area. If an intravenous drug user is diagnosed with hepatitis C, and Professor McCormick said we are waiting about two months to begin treatment-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes. What is the issue? I know, not from personal experience but from family experience, that those individuals share needles. How prevalent is that and how are we trying to address the issue? We have the needle exchange programme running in 120 or 130 pharmacies throughout the State. Although Professor McCormick cannot comment on policy, one of the policy areas that could really bring...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15: Hepatitis C Treatment in Ireland
Management of Medical Negligence (22 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Screen them.