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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Derelict Sites Data (11 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: 128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant or derelict properties by county that are in the ownership of the State and under the management of the Office of Public Works. [52059/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (11 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: 254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the licensed depuration facilities available to aquaculture producers around the Irish coast; and if Bord Iascaigh Mhara is considering proposals or funding programmes to increase the number of such decontamination sites. [52060/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: Mr. Watt did not spend seven hours here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: Mr. Watt might have been at the Committee on Health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: I welcome Mr. Watt and his officials. The thrust of what Mr. Watt is getting at when it comes to the Civil Service changes or reforms has to do with making the Civil Service more attractive to people from the outside. There is some irony in the fact that a few years ago Mr. Watt came before the Committee of Public Accounts and famously said one of the big problems in recruiting and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: I am only joking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: I do not think anyone is dismissing it either. Mr. Tony O'Brien made some comments about the committee hearings he attended before he resigned. I have been involved in many heated meetings. Is it still an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: I agree with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: Mr. Watt is repeating conversations that elected representatives have every day around here these days. They remark to their colleagues about mean-spiritedness, coarseness and a debasing of politics generally. Mr. Watt is saying that from the standpoint of the Civil Service and the public service that has not improved in any way since he made those comments a few years ago. I was only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: I would probably agree with Mr. Watt. In his opening statement Mr. Watt talked about people transferring between Departments and he was going to facilitate people or make it easier for them to do so. Can he explain that? I ask because in my time here I have come across people who I would have thought would be better off doing something else in a different Department. They probably would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)

John Deasy: I thank Mr. Watt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

John Deasy: I have a brief question before I call Deputy Burton. It relates to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s analysis a few days ago. I apologise if somebody else has asked this question but I am curious about it based on the ESRI's analysis. Effectively, the council examined consumer spending and employment and found the impacts of a no-deal Brexit or a disorderly exit would be in line...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

John Deasy: I know we had asked the ESRI to come before the committee well before the council reported?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

John Deasy: We have two groups. Is there agreement generally with what the council has reported? Obviously, Dr. Lawless is on the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

John Deasy: Was Dr. Lawless a dissenting voice within the council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

John Deasy: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

John Deasy: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

John Deasy: Could we deal with sections 42 and 43?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

John Deasy: Does the Chairman expect there to be many votes?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Central Statistics Office Data (22 Oct 2019)

John Deasy: 236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on recently published figures collated by the CSO for the 12 months up 30 June 2019 indicating crime rates have increased markedly since the economic recovery compared to the period immediately after the crash; and the steps being taken to address this trend. [42956/19]