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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (26 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 12 July 2017 and the revised projected inflation figure for 2018 included in the summer economic statement published on 12 July 2017, the rates of all weekly payments; the resulting rates if they were to be increased in line with the revised harmonised index of consumer prices...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Data (26 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times in respect of applications for the domiciliary carer's allowance payment; the number of all applications which upon receipt have still yet to be determined in respect of applicants waiting for three months, six months, nine months, 12 months, 15 months and greater than 15 months, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Internship Scheme (26 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the net saving of closing JobBridge to new applicants from 1 January 2018. [35827/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the net saving if the Gateway scheme were abolished on 1 January 2018. [35828/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (26 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated saving to her Department of moving an additional 5,000 long-term unemployed into employment via JobsPlus in 2018. [35829/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Payments (26 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36054/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 1644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of increasing central funding to the housing adaptation grant schemes by 50% in 2018. [35714/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It is so disappointing we have only an hour. This is the big set-piece event and the Minister has other engagements, which means we have only an hour. This is simply not acceptable and we need to ensure it is not replicated. Some of us travelled far to be here this morning. It is not good enough. My question is on the water refund. This is something the Minister did not mention in his...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to pick up on that figure. I am looking at the spreadsheets for the fiscal monitor showing the end of June underspend in different Departments. There is an analysis of gross Voted expenditure and we see that it is under profile by €322 million. Some €57 million of that is capital spending and current spending is €265 million. Is that the figure being considered...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Is it €322 million or €265 million?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Minister suggesting that the €57 million for capital spending is in the pot to pay back water charges?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am just seeking clarity. Is the Minister considering using capital underspend at this point in time to make up the repayment of water charges or is he only looking at the current underspend?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. Capital underspend would be diverted to refunding water charges as opposed to housing, where there is a great need for additional capital and where we are already over profile in capital spend.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is saying that it is possible he will use capital underspend for refunding water charges.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: No, I did not. I said it was possible.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am trying to figure out exactly where this money is coming from. If we looked at the same analysis of gross voted expenditure in 2016 and 2015 instead of 2017 would we see an underspend of current expenditure at this point in time also?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It would be natural for Departments to try to stay below profile in the first half of the year in terms of prudent budgeting.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Would that be correct?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: My point is that it would have been natural and would have been the case in the past that current expenditure, for example, in the education budget, would be under profile at this time of the year but towards the end of the year it would come closer to profile. Is that not a trend we would have seen generally across Departments?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. The Minister might not agree with many of us who believe the capital underspend should be re-diverted into major capital programmes in areas such as housing. The current underspend is €265 million, €178 million of which the Minister needs to refund water charges by the end of the year. We have established that it is now the norm for the expenditure of Departments to be...