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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: I am pleased that the Minister is aware of my hard work on behalf of the people of Waterford and that his Department is watching every move that I make. He could be my director of elections in some respects, given how he cited the long list of issues-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: -----for which I have rightly campaigned. The people of Waterford deserve proper schools, hospitals and infrastructure, as every city and county does. Contrary to what the Minister said, though, we costed every proposal in our alternative budget to the cent. When the Minister states that the issue of equal pay for equal work is not going away but that we need to focus on improved public...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: There is nothing fairer than the principle of equal pay for equal work. We have had several discussions on this issue, so it is on the record that my party is not asking for every FEMPI cut to be unwound in one go. We have called for a new collective agreement, one that is properly negotiated with the trade unions, in respect of 2019 to 2021, inclusive. In that context, it is appropriate...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: With respect, I am fully aware of the Minister's responsibilities and I am equally aware of my responsibilities. I am not asking the Minister to comment on a liability which does not exist. I am asking him to explain, as he has been asked previously, how he will defend the consultants' contracts he says the State will defend potentially to save the State money if the State has decided to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: It is because-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: -----there is a potential cost to the State. Information will have to be provided to the-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Yes, and this information will have to be provided because it is the committee that will scrutinise the potential liability and costs. The Minister must deal with the fears we have that there may be cost on this issue, and he has not done so. The issue was raised by another Teachta in the same context. It is a very important issue. It is the first time we have had an opportunity to put...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: The Minister is now stating there will not be any costs. I hope he will not be back in one, three or six months speaking about a cost and stating there will be a liability. In any event, I have dealt with the issue. There is a real issue with regard to the ability of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight to do its job properly and fairly. I have given a number of examples where...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the industrial unrest in the public sector has to do with pay justice for post-2011 entrants and that his decision to bring forward to the earlier date of 1 April 2017 the pay restoration due under the Lansdowne Road agreement will not, in fact, address the substantive issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: I have asked, possibly 100 times at this stage, as have other Members of the House, including today, the Minister to commit to the principle of equal pay for equal work and restore public sector pay to a single-tier pay structure to deal with the very real sore that affects so many workers who came into the system post 2011. I again put the question to the Minister. It is not going away and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he can outline the arrangements, if any, for the provision of information by his Department to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight. [3274/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Departmental Information (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: This is a general question about how the Minister sees the relationship between his Department and the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight. We have had two examples of where sufficient information was not given to the committee. The first is the issue of the €120 million, with which we have already dealt. I do not want the Minister to rehearse that because we have heard the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings and efficiencies his Department has highlighted in order to fund the decision to move forward to the earlier date of 1 April 2017 the partial pay restoration due to public sector workers earning less than €65,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: The Minister has been asked repeatedly to outline to Members of this House where he will find the savings and efficiencies necessary to meet the €120 million cost of the partial pay restoration for public servants earning below €65,000. That restoration is welcome but we need to know the detail of how the moneys will be found. There is a concern that the Government will cut...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: The Minister should act in the manner in which he would expect the Opposition to act. If I were to come into this House and put forward a proposal that cost €120 million, the Minister would ask how I proposed to pay for it. If I responded that it should be collected through general savings and efficiencies, I would be laughed out of the Chamber, as would any of my Opposition...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: On the left.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 2 o’clock Of course, PPPs can be presented as an alternative model. The question is whether they are viable and represent value for money. Even conservative economists such as Colm McCarthy have raised concerns about their use. There are significant oversight issues that need to be addressed but nothing in the Minister's response indicates this will be the case. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: The Minister has not answered my questions on the viability of PPPs and value for money. There is already flexibility in capital spending whereby any investment can be spread over four years, which is why Sinn Féin provided for €1.2 billion of additional capital investment in our alternative budget. The Minister flunked that and missed an opportunity to have significant capital...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Private Partnerships (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of the review his Department will undertake regarding the role and use of public private partnerships in future capital projects, further to his comments before the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight; the lessons learnt in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3599/17]