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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I have two brief questions. If the construction projection of 9% growth is realised, to what proportion of the workforce does that bring the number of people employed in construction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: My second question is purely academic-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: What percentage of the workforce is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I presume it is only about 5% or 6%, is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes; it must be about 5% or 6%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Does that bring it to 4.5%, or is it 4.5% now? If the 9% growth happens, does it bring it closer to 5%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: With regard to the discussion we have just had about the revision of inflation, does Mr. McCarthy have a view on what is the ideal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Would Mr. McCarthy say that notwithstanding the size of the national debt?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Why are retail sales below the line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: What did that mean in October 2013? Did the rate of consumption collapse or did retail sales collapse? How is it a negative?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (2 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has put in place a standard to monitor patient safety risks and publish the outcome, morbidity and mortality, for sub-arachnoid haemorrhage patients who are brought to hospitals which cannot provide emergency neurosurgical treatment and are then referred but not accepted for treatment in the national referral...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (2 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: 134. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has ever submitted a proposed standard for approval, under the Health Act 2007, to monitor patient safety risks and to publish the outcome, morbidity or mortality, for sub-arachnoid haemorrhage patients who are not accepted for emergency neurosurgical or endovascular treatment in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (2 Oct 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2012, 100 sub-arachnoid haemorrhage patients were denied emergency neurosurgical treatment in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 17 July 2012, his views that Beaumont Hospital does not have sufficient funds to enable it to review the outcome for SAH patients in 2009,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Prices (10 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) publishes comprehensive and publicly available statistics on energy prices in Ireland and the EU, based on Eurostat and IEA/OECD data. SEAI's annual Energy In Ireland reports contain price information and are available on their website. Using price data submitted to the OECD and the IEA, the latest SEAI Energy in Ireland 1990 - 2012report,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Prices (10 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: While I am acutely aware of the financial challenges faced by many families at the current time, I have no statutory function in the monitoring or setting of electricity prices, whether in the regulated or non-regulated parts of these markets. It is important to note that the electricity and gas markets are commercial, liberated and operate within national and European regulatory regimes and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Appointments to State Boards (10 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: There have been 17 appointments made to State Boards under the aegis of my Department in 2014 to date. The following table details all of these appointments to State Boards, taking into consideration qualifications and legislative requirements where applicable. Appointments made to State Boards under the aegis of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in 2014 Body...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Statutory Instruments (10 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: There have been 7Statutory Instruments made my Department from 1 May 2014 to date and details of these are set out in the following table. S.I. No S.I. Title S.I. No. 208/2014 TAXES CONSOLIDATION ACT 1997 (ACCELERATED CAPITAL ALLOWANCES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 1) ORDER 2014 S.I. No. 229/2014 GAS REGULATION ACT 2013 (SECTION 5 TO 12) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Road Projects (9 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: While this is a matter for the company and not one in which I, as Minister, have any role or function, the Deputy may wish to contact EirGrid directly on the matter. EirGrid has published a number of substantial reports on the matter of optimal routing for the North South Transmission Line Project and can be contacted at or by telephone at “lo-call” 1890 25 26 90.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Payments (9 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 298 and 299 together. The licence fee is distributed in accordance with Section 123 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, to both RTÉ and TG4 in order to facilitate the pursuit of their public service objectives which are also set out in the 2009 Act. An Post pays the Department all TV licence revenues collected from sales and the Department of Social Protection...