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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to explain the different pension arrangements that are in place for members of An Garda Síochána who joined the force pre-and post-1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19825/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: Will the Minister explain the different pension arrangements in place for members of An Garda Síochána who joined the force pre- and post-1995? In particular, I want a timeline as to when there will be a change in the system whereby gardaí who retire on full pension after 30 years are forced to claim jobseeker's benefit for nine months and then jobseeker's allowance until they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The majority of public servants recruited before 6 April 1995 pay class B or class D PRSI. This cohort of staff has no entitlement to social insurance benefits such as jobseeker’s benefit, the State pension contributory, SPC, or illness benefit. Their occupational pension and lump sum forms the entirety of their pension benefit from the public service. For all new entrants to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. As he said, the focus right now is on getting these consultants in place. I fully accept that. Letterkenny has approved two full-time posts, with 100% commitment at the hospital and, as the Deputy said, there is also a third post. The focus is on these endocrinology posts. There was very effective intervention by central HSE for recruiting more consultants for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister meet the Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland? As he knows, it is highly respected. He needs to meet its members face-to-face to get their account of what is happening so he can best address the issues.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Certainly the next time I am in Donegal there will be no issue with that. We are very clear on what the issue is; it is a lack of recruitment. We have the money and we have the posts. We need the advanced nurse practitioners and the endocrinologists. I want to use the time to get the posts in place. I am very aware of the issues being raised and there is ongoing engagement through the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (2 May 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Budget Process

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out how he plans to limit the deployment of so-called "non-core" expenditure as he develops plans for budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20050/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: The use of non-core expenditure has become a feature of budgets in recent years, and the continued use of this device is concerning not only to me and Members of the House but, as the Minister knows, also to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC. Will he explain how he intends to limit the use of this device ahead of budget 2025?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for the question. In the period since 2020, the Government has had to negotiate a number of exceptional challenges, from Brexit to the Covid pandemic to the war in Ukraine and the subsequent impact on energy prices. All of these challenges required a response from the Government which had significant cost implications for the Exchequer. As a matter of policy it was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister. Nobody is arguing that we did not have a necessity for additional spending in recent years. The issue is the means by which the Government has presented the spending. The Minister will recall the phrase used by IFAC after budget 2024, when it described the way in which expenditure was presented to the House as a form of "fiscal gimmickry". This was a very serious...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: This is something I and the Minister for Finance are considering at the moment. With regard to the charge, if that had been made, about the presentation of the budget and the policy content of it, we are one of a small group of countries in the European Union that has a surplus. Budget policy has evidently not contributed to the growth of inflation in our economy. The rate of expenditure...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: Nobody is arguing that we did not require additional supports for those who are less well-off and those on modest incomes in terms of battling through the cost-of-living crisis. It is how we have presented it in the House. In recent years the budget has been presented in a very opaque way. Many budgetary items described in recent years as "once-off" have, in fact, persisted. This is the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I differ from the Deputy on the point he has made regarding the value of the non-core expenditure framework. The reason for this is if we look at where we have been with non-core spending the reason it was allocated differently is we wanted to avoid the risk of the spending becoming permanent and being embedded in how we spend our country's money at a time in which the emergency that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: There was a slight problem with notifications. We will now take Question No. 9. We will probably only have time for one more question and perhaps part of another one. The notification of Deputy Stanton's substitution was sent in yesterday so we can proceed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 May 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In that case, my question is out.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Yes. This will save people sitting around. If we have time, we will take Deputy Mac Lochlainn's question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cancer Services (2 May 2024)

Cancer Services

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cancer Services (2 May 2024)

David Stanton: 9. To ask the Minister for Health if a governance structure exists in the HSE to oversee the provision of care for people genetically predisposed to cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/24]