Parliamentary questions

Pension Provisions

Joan Collins

487. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the application of the pension levy to civil servants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37030/12]

Pension Provisions

Michael Healy-Rae

488. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37200/12]

Public Procurement Tenders

Dara Calleary

489. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy on public procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37424/12]

Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure

Michael Healy-Rae

490. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way non-commercial semi-State agencies avail of a Cabinet decision, which was made a number of weeks ago, to mandate Government Departments, local authorities, the Garda, the Defence Forces and the non-commercial State agencies to avail of national contracts to be put in place by the National Procurement Service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37646/12]

Pension Provisions

John Lyons

491. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if pensions payable to Ministers and sitting public representatives in the Houses of the Oireachtas are co-ordinated or integrated with the social welfare pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38409/12]

Public Procurement Tenders

Gerry Adams

492. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is the case that a recent tender process operated by the National Procurement Service on managed print services operated a criteria which effectively excluded more than 90% of potential tenderers on the basis of requiring a minimum average turnover of more than €10 million for the previous three years; his plans to make such tender processes less restrictive to allow small and medium enterprises to tender for State contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38462/12]

Petroleum and Gas Exploration

Pearse Doherty

493. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an explanation for the €2,059,000 payment under the heading of Marathon Petroleum Ireland Limited in the July 2012 Exchequer statement. [38546/12]

Property Valuations

Brendan Smith

494. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in relation to a commercial crèche at a location (details supplied) the Valuation Office is considering the revaluation of this unit; the way the unit is currently valued – is it as, a crèche, an office, or a retail unit; if it needs a total revaluation to put matters right or is it just a matter of confirming its current usage; if the bill currently being sent to the crèche owner is a total bill for the entire building or just the space being occupied by the crèche; if the building is revalued, can the decision be retrospective and can rates be reduced for the past few years accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38725/12]

Legislative Programme

Patrick O'Donovan

495. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he hopes to bring forward a new valuation Bill in an effort to support small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38731/12]

Public Sector Staff Increment Payments

Terence Flanagan

496. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will deal with the following matter (details supplied) regarding the public sector pay and pensions Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39261/12]

National Parks Opening Hours

Clare Daly

497. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the Office of Public Works has to reinstate the duck pond and the bridges which have been locked off for more that two years in Pearse Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin. [37162/12]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Sean Fleming

498. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of special advisers for whom salary increases have been requested; the amount requested; the details of those granted increases and the amount by which they were increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37163/12]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Mary Lou McDonald

499. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new recruits to his Department following its establishment and up to and including July 2012; the positions they hold and the annual salaries paid. [37164/12]

Appointments to State Boards

Ged Nash

500. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of appointments that have been made to positions available on the boards of semi-State companies and statutory agencies following public advertisement; if he will provide details of the names of persons who have been appointed under this initiative and the agencies on which they now sit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37165/12]

Departmental Bodies

Dara Calleary

501. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agencies, authorities, boards, committees, working groups, tribunals, council services, task forces, agencies or other quangos set up by his Department since February 2011; the number abolished since then; the extra cost of quangos which were established; the savings from the abolition of quangos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37250/12]

Departmental Bodies

Dara Calleary

502. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of each quango in his Department; the amount expected to be saved from the mergers of quangos in his Department; the basis for this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37266/12]

Job Creation

Dara Calleary

503. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new jobs created by his Department as a result of the jobs initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37282/12]

Job Creation

Dara Calleary

504. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new jobs created by his Department as a result of the action plan on jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37298/12]

Job Creation

Dara Calleary

505. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of new jobs created by his Department as a result of budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37314/12]

Departmental Expenditure

Dara Calleary

506. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount spent on taxis by his Department since February 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37330/12]