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Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The matter of holding a constitutional referendum does not arise. The Deputy will be aware that the Government has referred the report to the Garda Commissioner, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Revenue Commissioners and to the Standards in Public Office Commission. The Dáil has fully debated the Report and the Government is considering its response to the findings and recommendations.

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: As I indicated in my reply to Deputy Fleming on the 21st of February 2012 details of Public Service staff numbers and Non Commercial State Agencies are not held centrally on a county by county basis. The Deputy is advised to contact the relevant Ministers directly for such information. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform does not have any Offices in Co. Kerry.

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415 to 417, inclusive, together. Compliance with the legislation covering employment and equality issues comes under the aegis of my colleague the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Public procurement procedures require applicants to meet certain standards when applying for public contracts. The criteria upon which contracting authorities may...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: An Post National Lottery Company is a commercial State body and day to day operational matters are a matter for the body concerned. There are no other State companies that come under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 421 and 422 together. I refer to my reply to Question No 12990/12 of 7 March. The estimated gross monthly pay and pensions to March 2012, as notified by Departments and Offices, in respect of public service workers is set out in the following table. The figures exclude pay and pension expenditure by Local Authorities and do not take account of the...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question some 435 written Parliamentary Questions were replied to in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012. The Deputy should be aware that included in the 435 written Parliamentary Questions there are a number of oral questions that were put down which were not reached in the Dáil and were therefore treated as written PQs. The 435 replies also includes a...

Written Answers — National Lottery: National Lottery (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The National Lottery is currently included in the list of public bodies covered by the Officials Languages Act 2003 which is contained in Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 1(5)(b) of Schedule 1 provides that the Official Languages Act shall apply to a body, organisation or group that at the date of the coming into operation of this Schedule is a public body but subsequently comes under...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Both my Department and the Department of Finance operate a shared service for the provision of mobile telephony service. The reply to the Deputy's question is included under the Department of Finance PQ reference number 18888/12.

Written Answers — National Lottery: National Lottery (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I announced on 4 April 2012 that the Government has decided to hold a competition for the next National Lottery licence. The new licence will be for a 20 year period and will involve an upfront payment to the State, with some of the payment being used to help fund the building of the proposed new National Children's Hospital. The ongoing provision of a fixed percentage of annual lottery...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The table sets out the list of contracts that were issued to consultancy firms during the period January 2011 to March 2012. Date Supplier Name Invoice Amount€ Jun-Nov 2011 Deloitte & Touche 65,914 Jun-Nov 2011 Accenture Consulting 80,465 Jun-Dec 2011 RedC 41,043 July 2011 MKO Partners 35,820 Sep 2011 Mercer (Ireland) Ltd 1,210 Feb 2012 Davy Corporate Finance 615 Feb-Mar 2012...

Written Answers — Capital Expenditure Programme: Capital Expenditure Programme (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Exchequer capital allocation for the next four years amounts to just under €13.9 billion, including an additional €39m recently agreed to build a new children's detention facility at Oberstown. Approximately €4.2 billion of this is required to finish out existing contractual commitments. This figure does not include capital commitments that relate to the Department of Jobs...

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Whose fault is that?

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy is willing harm on us.

Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Joe the plumber.

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (29 Mar 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The surplus generated by the National Lottery is transferred annually to the Exchequer and is applied to part-fund the Exchequer allocations to a specified range of expenditure subheads across various Votes. The amount transferred to the Exchequer from the National Lottery surplus, together with details of the total Exchequer allocations to the relevant Lottery supported subheads, are...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (29 Mar 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The only cost incurred by my Department in respect of the visit to Singapore was the cost of the flights for myself and the two officials accompanying me, which amounted to €7,035 including taxes and charges. In order to reduce the costs of the visit my officials and I stayed in the Ambassador's residence in Singapore. The costs arising in Singapore in relation to the trip were met from...

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (29 Mar 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The radical streamlining of State Bodies is a key deliverable of the Public Service Reform Plan, which was published in November 2011. This streamlining includes the rationalisation of 48 bodies by the end of 2012, as well as the critical review of a further 46 bodies to take place by end June 2012. Details of the bodies involved are set out in Appendices IIa and IIb of the Plan which can...

Order of Business (29 Mar 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I am very open.

Order of Business (29 Mar 2012)

Brendan Howlin: With regard to Deputy Michael McGrath's questions, the sitting sequence is a matter for discussion and will not simply be determined by the Government side. I understand the Government Whip would like to engage with all parties and Independent Deputies in the House to ensure general agreement on the sequencing of the sittings between now and the referendum day. I assure the Deputy the two...

Order of Business (29 Mar 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Neither to me nor the Government because of the €160 million required to fund local services for the hundreds of thousands of people who depend on them. With regard to the announcement on the promissory note, from my perspective and the perspective of those of us in government who have been working on substantially altering the terms of the agreement entered into by our predecessors,...