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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (11 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: Increased allocations have been provided for training, development and incidental expenses. There are plausible reasons for this, but I am anxious to know that this is not a case of training for training's sake. Is there a metric for this? Do the people who undergo training deliver better services afterwards? I refer to shared services. The training allocation has increased from...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (11 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: The Minister of State said the amount of office space in the OPW had gone from 357,000 sq. ft. to 84,000 sq. ft. Where are all those people now? Are they all squashed in or are the properties leased? That is a massive reduction. We discussed flood plains with the former Minister of State, Brian Hayes, a few years ago. As late as this week, someone in my own village was refused...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (11 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: I am sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: (Resumed) Discussion (10 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: I welcome the witnesses. It is good to see the banks. As a commercial farmer, the level of engagement from banks has been very good. I have considerable experience in this matter. It is popular to give out about banks. I know there are difficulties but the experience levels of the people I dealt with means we are quite happy with it. Mr. Maurice Crowley mentioned income downturns....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: (Resumed) Discussion (10 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: It is hard to mention it as it is getting a bit lonely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: (Resumed) Discussion (10 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: I ask the witnesses to give us their views on land lease costs which are a big concern at present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: (Resumed) Discussion (10 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: I am concerned about the rush to expand. Doubling one's holding does not mean doubling one's efficiency. Land is being taken at the moment without any metrics. How many people are taking soil samples beforehand, given that the costs of increasing land fertility are huge? While banks are lending they must also ask relevant questions, such as: "Is this adjacent to your milking platform or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (10 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full cost of the archaeological dig in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [5654/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Establishment (3 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: 331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the GLAS scheme will be fully operational. [4579/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Establishment (3 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: 332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a one-year derogation on entry to GLAS will be applied in view ot the spring barley growing tillage farmers who have a derogation of the three-crop rule provided that they are in the new GLAS and in view of the fact that the application date for the single farm payment may come before GLAS acceptance. [4581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (3 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: 333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the funding of tillage groups will become operational. [4582/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (3 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that adequate compensation will be paid for farmers who have had their land designed special areas of conservation with regards to the hen harrier, and in view of the severe restrictions on available farming options that this brings about; and if the designation will be removed. [4583/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (3 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: 554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when rural development plan funding will be open for applications, following the reconfiguration of Leader groups. [4580/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Feb 2015)

Tom Barry: 633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reactivate the M20 Cork-Limerick motorway project; and if there is work being done on this project at present. [4767/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2015-2017: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 Jan 2015)

Tom Barry: The witnesses and Minister are all very welcome today. It was a very interesting contribution. It is important and very necessary to have a medium to long-term perspective. Perhaps we lacked it in the past. There certainly did not seem to be a co-ordinated approach to achieving economic stability, which is vital, in the longer term. Reference was made to climate change, demographics...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2015-2017: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 Jan 2015)

Tom Barry: Does the Minister think there are sufficient skills within the Department to address the criticisms previously made against it?

Housing Affordability: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jan 2015)

Tom Barry: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Private Members' business. It is timely, given the Central Bank's announcement on the new regulations regarding the residential housing market. Of course, the key objective of these regulations is to increase the resilience of the banking and household sectors to the property market and reduce the risk of bank credit and house price spirals, such...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Tom Barry: 567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband services in the Rathcormac area (details supplied) in County Cork will be improved as it is affecting rural businesses. [3709/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Rate (14 Jan 2015)

Tom Barry: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the worth in monetary terms to the Irish economy of each percentage point in growth in terms of GDP. [1086/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (14 Jan 2015)

Tom Barry: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the worth to the economy of a 1.5% rate of universal social charge to higher earners, that is over €100,000. [1087/15]