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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: House of the Oireachtas Commission (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if ex offico Commission Members receive the €9,500 per annum in commission member allowance. [47898/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form a list of former Ministers currently in receipt of ministerial and TD pensions; the names of the recipients; their gross annual pension payment taking into account the public service pension reduction and their gross annual pension payment excluding the public service pension levy. [48207/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the saving to the Exchequer if the following public services pension reduction rates were applied, up to €12,000 exempt; any amount over €12,000 but not over €24,000, 6 per cent; any amount over €24,000 but not over €60,000, 9 per cent; any amount over €60,000 but not over €80,000, 20 per...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No.397 of 19 July 2012 if he will provide details relating to professional fees paid by his Department . [47310/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Conservation (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to require all public sector bodies to implement targeted energy efficiency programmes immediately; and his views on whether an annual saving of €100 million in the public sector energy bill could be made within two years. [47566/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Conservation (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to require all public sector bodies to implement targeted energy efficiency programmes immediately; and his views on whether an annual saving of €100 million in the public sector energy bill could be made within two years. [47566/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Exchequer Savings (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual saving to the Exchequer if a pay cap of €100,000 was in place for the 226.65 City and County Managers, Assistant Managers and Directors of Service within local authorities in receipt of annual basic salaries in excess of €100,000. [48352/12]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 641 19 July 2012, if he will provide details relating to professional fees paid by his Department. [47258/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No 684 of 19 July 2012, if she will provide details relating to professional fees paid by her Department. [47257/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours withdrawn from the system for elderly persons since the beginning of this year. [47628/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 836 of 19 July 2012, if he will provide details relating to professional fees paid by his Department . [47256/12]

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Have those discussions not commenced?

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Commissioner indicated there would be a decision or proposal on this matter within a number of weeks. Am I correct in assuming that? Will there be discussions with the staff representative bodies prior to or after the decision? How does the Commissioner envisage the process playing out?

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Commissioner stated typical figures range from €2,500 to €4,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: A cut.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: If the Commissioner believed it were the correct course of action, he would argue for keeping stations open. Rather than having a presence of one or two hours per day or whatever presence skeleton staffing requirements necessitate, he would argue for a greater resource and presence and a lifting of the embargo.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: I know he is not going to refer to policy.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Callinan referred in his opening statement to the imperative of doing more with less. There comes a point when that argument runs out of rope because there is a stage at which not alone can one not do more with less but one cannot even do the necessities. Therefore, recruitment will be re-opened at some stage. Would it pose an operational difficulty for the Commissioner if he were to...

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the person who is in charge of the force and is answerable to Government, from a simple managerial perspective would it not cause Mr. Callinan concern that such a differential would open up? It would certainly complicate his task.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Síochána - Review of Allowances (1 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: None the less, I am sure Mr. Callinan, as the person charged with the most senior management responsibility, would prefer if such a scenario were not to play out.