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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Creed: My question is on the Vote.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Creed: Must top-ups be approved by the Department? I take the Minister's comment about them not being pensionable, but is everyone with a top-up in receipt of such with the approval of the Minister's Department?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Creed: That was discovered in respect of the hospital sector, but we are discussing various other State agencies where we are assuming responsibility for pensions. Are we certain that, for example, in the education sector-----

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Creed: 404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [1696/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Michael Creed: 701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their 2012 and 2013 single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1737/14]

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: I am somewhat amused at the previous contributions, particularly that of Deputy Mattie McGrath, who spoke at length about the current failings of our water supply services around the country. That is not the fault of Irish Water but of the current administrative structure we have for delivering water through local authorities. I would be the first to accept that local authorities are in a...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: It was Deputy McGrath who frightened the life out of them.

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: He would not be here.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (17 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: 488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the circumstances under which an alleged overpayment has occurred in a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53971/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (12 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: 121. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 5 December 2013, if he will confirm when the recent study of the hen harrier population in the Mullaghareirk and Boggeragh SPA was concluded; if he will outline the findings of this study in detail and the progress made to date in respect of the threat response plan; if he will identify...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (11 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: 109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the requirement by the Private Residential Tenancies Board for landlords to re-register tenants at a cost of €90; the reason for the charge; his views on the possibility of amending the legislation to ensure landlords adhering to the law are not being punished by virtue of this recurring charge; and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: We trespass on economic policy so Professor McHale is welcome to trespass on political analysis. Can Professor McHale comment on the defensibility of the banks considering raising interest rates for variable rate mortgage holders when the ECB is considering decreasing interest rates? This is because the banks are losing their shirts on the tracker books. Is that economically indefensible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: I encourage the council to pay greater attention to the matter, which is a source of extraordinary concern to variable mortgage holders.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: Deputy Dara Murphy does not have to be as tough as the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: I will try to be brief. I welcome these exchanges. There has been some commentary about the variation between the fiscal council's position on the lack of a credit line on exiting the bailout and the Government's. In fact, it is that dynamic that makes the fiscal council valuable. We need to maintain fiscal sobriety in this debate and dampen down expectations because with talk of exiting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: In terms of how they contribute to the level of indebtedness of the State, are the factors in play relevant in terms of a revision of the risk that the fiscal council attributed at that stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (5 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: I was interested in Professor McHale's commentary to my colleague, Deputy O'Donnell, on the issue of how the ESM might be used in respect the statement of the 29 June 2012 EU Heads of State meeting which referred to breaking the link between sovereign debt and banking debt and how we might get back some of the money put into the Irish banking system by the taxpayers. If we will not get a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (5 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: 133. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the extraordinary delay in finalising the threat response plan in respect of the hen harrier population in Mullaghareirk and Bogra SPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52221/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (4 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: I thank the Minister for his response, in particular his acknowledgement that linking the project with the Dunkettle project offers the best opportunity to fast-track it. With regard to the private aspect of public private partnerships, is the Minister confident that there is sufficient interest or signs that there will be at a time when tender documents can be designed for this purpose to...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (4 Dec 2013)

Michael Creed: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me and my colleague, Deputy Brendan Griffin, raise this matter. The realignment of the N22 is a critical piece of regional infrastructure. The work stretches from the eastern side of Macroom town, at Coolcower, to the western side of Ballyvourney to Sliabh Riabhach, and represents approximately 40 km of realignment involving five...