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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (29 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he plans to ensure that outstanding commitments from the Good Friday Agreement are brought forward in the context of securing an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. [23243/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (29 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of restoring tax relief for trade union subscriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Living Wage (29 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full year cost of making the public sector a living wage employer with a minimum hourly wage rate of €11.70 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23247/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23259/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (29 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of capitation grants for primary schools in County Waterford; the difference between the amount in capitation grants approved and the amount requested respectively, by primary schools in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23260/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (29 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times under the reimbursement scheme for FreeStyle Libre for type 1 diabetic children in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23222/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (29 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his plans to designate Northern Ireland as a country of birth on driver licences for persons born in counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Derry and Tyrone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23223/18]

UK Withdrawal from the European Union: Statements (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: There is nothing new of substance in the Tánaiste's speech, which is disappointing. Obviously we all await the June summit and we want to see exactly what this real and substantial progress, which has been talked up and talked about for so long, would be. The Tánaiste knows that I and my party have supported the Government's approach and the European Union's approach to getting...

Pay Inequality in the Public Service: Statements (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: At the outset, my party welcomes the fact that at long last, moves are being made to address this issue. Accompanying the Minister of State today I can see some of the officials who I met several years ago to discuss this matter. One of the questions we were examining at the time was exactly how much it would cost to unravel all of this and deal with the issue of new entrants post 2011....

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Will Mr. O'Connor tell us how many people have retired from CIT in the past five or six years?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Over five years, the number would be around 100.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Would many of them have had retirement parties?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: What is the average spend on a retirement party? Would the institute have paid for each party?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Would it have paid for any of them?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Did it pay for any of them?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Why did it pay for that person's party? Why was the person so special that €13,000 had to be spent? If 100 people have retired from the organisation, why was one person singled out in paying the cost of a retirement party of €13,000?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I am not asking about the standard. Facts are facts. A total of 100 people left the organisation. If there were retirement parties, 99 paid for their own retirement gig. A collection might have been made by staff members, as happens in any organisation, and there might have been a token gesture. However, of all those who retired, one person was singled out in holding a reception that cost...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Why was it a good use of taxpayers' money in doing it for one person?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Mr. Gallagher was there at the time, was he not?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: That is an understatement. We can accept that. I am accepting that Dr. Love has examined the matter and produced a report. I accept fully that he should be given time to bring it to the board which will make a decision on what will happen then. Dr. Love has said €13,000 was spent, of which the HEA felt about €6,000 was outside the rules. Without pre-empting what the board...