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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (22 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the current numbers of gardaí in each Garda division and the corresponding number of Garda reserves for each division in tabular form and the number of gardaí stationed at Garda headquarters and at the Garda college in Templemore, County Tipperary. [16633/11]

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Táim lán-sásta páirt a ghlacadh sa díospóireacht seo. If Deputy Fleming could cope with the unorthodox process of this, he should spare a thought for a Deputy like me for whom this is the first experience of this process. It has been something of a baptism of fire. I am sure it pales to nothing in comparison with the officials who had to comb through such a vast number of statutes...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I look forward to those responses as well. The Minister will be happy to hear that not alone did I see his website looking for ideas for cost savings, I actually advertised it on my social media-----

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and encouraged people to take part in it.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: There you go.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: If one is looking for real reform, not merely in systems but in culture, inevitably there is no better place to go than the shop floor because they are the experts in how services are delivered, efficiently or inefficiently. I want to raise something different with the Minister which relates to commercial semi-State companies. I understand the Minister's role in superannuation, remuneration,...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have no wish to prolong things unduly. I understand that borrowing is a joint function and I understand the Minister's role in terms of remuneration, pensions and pay. My question relates to the transfer or disposal of the asset in part or whole and where the share resides. I seek clarification from the Minister on this matter. My understanding is that this is also a shared role between...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is critical that we are all aware of the rules of engagement on this issue from the get-go.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not objecting to any of those amendments but at the core of the potential dilemma the Government may face with these twin Departments is, on the one hand, identifying what is to be spent and, on the other hand, having the authority to spend. I understand the logic of retaining the Secretary General of the Department of Finance as the Accounting Officer and that is logical but I hope...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I share Deputy Fleming's views, as I am sure does the Minister, on transparency in respect of those funds. What will be the process for the appointment of directors?

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Without exhausting ourselves any further I cannot let it go without reiterating the unacceptability of the amendment and the lack of transparency which the Minister has acknowledged. I urge him and the Minister for Finance to address the matter by whatever means necessary because it is deeply worrying and unacceptable.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister should always acknowledge the work done by his staff and I am delighted to hear him doing so. I acknowledge what must have been an arduous and daunting task for all concerned. We have expressed our reservations and queries concerning the new Department's processes and mechanisms. It is in all our interests that this legislation works and that the new Department delivers...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his proposals to fast-track personal bankruptcy reform particularly in relation to introducing a flexible discharge period for those termed as honest bankrupts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16721/11]

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask the Taoiseach about promised whistleblower legislation. He will be aware of the scenario that unfolded in the Rostrevor nursing home, in which nurses came forward and co-operated fully with HIQA, jeopardising their own livelihoods - in this instance, they were migrant workers.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The legislation has been promised and is long overdue. When will it be introduced to the House to afford the kind of legal comfort and protection that workers in such circumstances deserve?

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 64: To ask the Taoiseach the number of personnel by which he has reduced his Department; the way in which he has transformed his Department to the equivalent of a Cabinet office that oversees the delivery of the Programme for Government. [17385/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 67: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the following information regarding each of the State agencies (details supplied), namely, the total number of staff and their respective job titles; the total number of board members and their respective remuneration packages; the total annual wage bill for each agency and the total annual amount of central funding provided to each...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the following information regarding each of the State agencies (details supplied), namely, the total number of staff and their respective job titles; the total number of board members and their respective remuneration packages; the total annual wage bill for each agency and the total annual...

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the new skills and rigour he has to date brought into policy making across all Departments as committed to in the Programme for Government and if he has not, as yet, the way he intends to do so into the future. [17387/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures by which Departments, from Ministers down, are more accountable at every level as committed to in the Programme for Government; if he will detail the consequences for success and or failure of implementing the measures for each departmental level of responsibility. [17388/11]