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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (16 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 902. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to previous a parliamentary question with regard to the chief executive officer of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company (details supplied), receiving a payment of €19,877 for selling back annual leave, and given that the current directors are also on the audit committee of the Harbour Company which agreed this, if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (16 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 871. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to a company entitled the International Diaspora Centre being established in 2011 by the Board of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company in 2011 without Government approval at the time, if he will confirm that Government approval was only sought in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23216/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (16 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 872. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the names of the directors of the International Diaspora Centre Company on the date of incorporation with the Companies Office in 2011; the persons who appointed these directors; the changes in directors from 2011 to date in 2015; if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of directors' fees...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (16 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 873. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm if the International Diaspora Centre Company has any employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23218/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (16 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 874. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to this Deputy's previous parliamentary questions regarding the outstanding expenses to be repaid by a a former board member (details supplied) to Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, and his reply that legal action has been initiated by the harbour company to recover this money, if he will provide the details of the date the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (16 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 899. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that it now appears that a board member (details supplied) of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company claimed expenses to which that person was not entitled, if he will confirm if any proceedings have been initiated with regards to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23627/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (16 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 897. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the meaning of the term "other" in the profit and loss account as issued by Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; if he will accept that the term "other" could include a performance-related bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23625/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Appointments (16 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 900. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that there is a vacancy on the board of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company if a worker director will now be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23628/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland (16 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 901. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to previous parliamentary questions if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of all directors' fees and expenses paid to a person (details supplied) for a directorship previously held by that person on boards under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23629/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (16 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 903. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1031 of 26 May 2015 his views on whether fees to chairpersons and members of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company should be reduced in line with the fees paid to the chairpersons and members of Drogheda, Galway, New Ross and Wicklow as laid down, or alternatively that fees to the companies in...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is agreed, but Deputy Murphy definitely will not be here and Deputy Fleming is not here.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not think I will use the 20 minutes provided.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Bill may well merit a 20-minute contribution, but one has to cover many bases when one is a member of a small party. I have not had enough time to examine this legislation, but I am pretty concerned about it. I can see the case for having a postcode system that is uniform and allows people in business, or others who for any reason need to communicate with people or get to places, to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Irish Fiscal Advisory Council for its latest report and for its work on the anatomy of the economy. To cut a long story short, my interpretation of what the IFAC is saying is that the Government has been playing by the rules to date but all of a sudden it has stopped playing by the rules and the figures for its projections beyond 2015 do not add up. Is that what the IFAC is saying?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is there any sanction for that? What can happen now in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does Professor McHale say it is beyond doubt or close to being beyond doubt that the Government's figures do not add up and that in reality the figures will end up outside the targets post the election?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am very much for sustainable growth. I strongly fear that what we are looking at is a pre-election giveaway without much concern for the rules that previously were apparently sacrosanct for this Government and were the justification for just about every nastiness they inflicted on us. Having said that I want to ask questions about the metrics and measures that the IFAC is using. Are we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Shifting the goalposts from the Government's point of view is fairly evident to people, but worth underlining as we enter into the election. There is a more serious argument for saying that we do not have to overshoot the targets. In fact, I was at a presentation given by Michael Taft earlier on an alternative fiscal framework for a progressive alternative economic policy. He said there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thought they knew nothing about what was going on in Irish Water.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have two quick questions. Many people would say that cheap money from Europe contributed significantly to the reckless lending and over-lending into particular sectors that helped to crash our economy. The low interest rates that were favoured to try to move along the economy of central Europe - the core of Europe - were completely unsuitable for us. Are we seeing the same pattern...