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Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Data (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of the drug payment scheme; the annual number of beneficiaries of the scheme; the number of individual monthly claims, in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17795/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the amount raised by the State from charges on the estate of persons who received nursing home care under the nursing home support scheme in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17796/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (23 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health insurance policies offered in the market here as at December 2011, December 2012, December 2013, December 2014, December 2015 and at present in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17803/16]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: I congratulate the Chairman on his appointment and wish him well in his role. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, to his first engagement with the select committee and wish him well in his role. What are the figures for the outturn for last year? Did the OPW spend all of its budget last year? Can the Minister of State explain why the budget for programme A, flood risk...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: When can we expect to receive those recommendations?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: I asked about the Cork city flood scheme.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: Does the Minister of State have a date for when the overall scheme will move to tender and construction stage?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: Will it be next year?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: Will it be 2018?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: That is not terribly reassuring.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: Is it expected to go to tender in 2018?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) (Revised)
Vote 12 (Superannuation and Retired Allowances) (Revised)
Vote 14 (State Laboratory) (Revised)
Vote 15 (Secret Service) (Revised)
Vote 17 (Public Appointments Service) (Revised)
Vote 18 (Shared Services) (Revised)
Vote 19 (Office of the Ombudsman) (Revised)
Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement) (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: In the context of the budgetary reform process, when does the Minister envisage that the 2017 Estimates process will be considered by the select committee? Will it be before the end of the year?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) (Revised)
Vote 12 (Superannuation and Retired Allowances) (Revised)
Vote 14 (State Laboratory) (Revised)
Vote 15 (Secret Service) (Revised)
Vote 17 (Public Appointments Service) (Revised)
Vote 18 (Shared Services) (Revised)
Vote 19 (Office of the Ombudsman) (Revised)
Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement) (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: That would typically be around February.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) (Revised)
Vote 12 (Superannuation and Retired Allowances) (Revised)
Vote 14 (State Laboratory) (Revised)
Vote 15 (Secret Service) (Revised)
Vote 17 (Public Appointments Service) (Revised)
Vote 18 (Shared Services) (Revised)
Vote 19 (Office of the Ombudsman) (Revised)
Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement) (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: Deputy Cullinane asked about public sector pay and the Lansdowne Road agreement, which is still in its early stages and has over two years left to run. There is a commitment to set up a public sector pay commission. When does the Minister envisage that being set up? Does he anticipate that entrant pay for young gardaí and young teachers will be dealt with through that mechanism of the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) (Revised)
Vote 12 (Superannuation and Retired Allowances) (Revised)
Vote 14 (State Laboratory) (Revised)
Vote 15 (Secret Service) (Revised)
Vote 17 (Public Appointments Service) (Revised)
Vote 18 (Shared Services) (Revised)
Vote 19 (Office of the Ombudsman) (Revised)
Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement) (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: The consultation on the public pay commission will start shortly. When does the Minister envisage that it will be up and running? Is he looking at the first half of next year for this? What will its terms of reference be and what will the output from the commission be? Will it be to recommend levels of pay beyond the Lansdowne Road agreement?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) (Revised)
Vote 12 (Superannuation and Retired Allowances) (Revised)
Vote 14 (State Laboratory) (Revised)
Vote 15 (Secret Service) (Revised)
Vote 17 (Public Appointments Service) (Revised)
Vote 18 (Shared Services) (Revised)
Vote 19 (Office of the Ombudsman) (Revised)
Vote 39 (Office of Government Procurement) (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: Government policy is that there will not be any changes outside of the context of the Lansdowne Road agreement prior to its expiration in the autumn of 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (22 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the dedicated new court to deal with mortgage arrears, as promised in the programme for Government, will be established; if all bank and non-bank institutions that hold mortgage debt in Ireland will be subject to it; if she plans to establish a preferred hierarchy of mortgage solutions to be applied to arrears cases; if she plans to give a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions (21 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the convictions incurred by a person (details supplied) qualify as spent convictions under the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016. [16671/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mortgage Debt (21 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of interest applying to a judgment mortgage; if a judgment mortgage lapses after a period of time; the steps the creditor may take to enforce the asset, the subject to the judgment mortgage; the rights of the borrower; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17159/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Settlements (21 Jun 2016)

Michael McGrath: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of settlements the Revenue Commissioners reached in 2014 and 2015 with high nett worth persons which contained a clause guaranteeing that the details of the settlement would not be published; why the Revenue Commissioners enter into non-disclosure agreements; his plans to review the policy in relation to non-disclosure of large settlements; and...