Parliamentary questions

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

1. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Roman Catholic Church leaders on 31 August 2017. [39675/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with representatives of the Catholic Church as part of the church-State structured dialogue process. [40410/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Bríd Smith

3. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Catholic hierarchy. [40413/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Joan Burton

4. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Ireland on 31 August 2017. [40538/17]

Taoiseach's Communications

Brendan Howlin

5. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversation with the Indian Prime Minister. [32694/17]

Taoiseach's Communications

Gerry Adams

6. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi. [40411/17]

Urban Development

Gerry Adams

7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the status of the north inner city ministerial task force; and if he will continue to chair this body. [32894/17]

Capital Expenditure Programme Review

Dara Calleary

34. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the mid-term capital review; if it will provide specific estimates of key projects; if it will earmark funding to specific projects; when he expects the review to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40449/17]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Pearse Doherty

35. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will use budget 2018 to address the State’s need for infrastructure investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40547/17]

Flood Prevention Measures

Dara Calleary

36. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contingencies put in place to deal with increased water levels in rivers and waterways; the extra measures that have been established to deal with the upcoming winter months; the amount dedicated towards these contingencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40551/17]

Public Services Card

Róisín Shortall

37. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the review into the ongoing attempts to bring the public services card into widespread use; his views on whether the manner in which this has taken place has caused significant public alarm; his plans in relation to the expansion of the card; the legislative steps he plans to introduce to underpin it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40647/17]

Living Wage Introduction

Pearse Doherty

38. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will implement a living wage for all employees of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40461/17]

Capital Expenditure Programme Review

Joan Burton

39. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he anticipates the publication of outline details of the revised capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40354/17]

Freedom of Information Remit

Mick Wallace

40. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the 40-plus agencies that are either fully or partially exempt from freedom of information requests; his further views on whether these exemptions are in the public interest with regard to accountability and transparency; if he will consider conducting a review of the agencies that benefit from such exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40247/17]

Public Procurement Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for new legislation to ensure proper wages and conditions for workers and full tax compliance, with particular emphasis on bogus self-employment, in all public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40479/17]

Brexit Issues

Bernard Durkan

42. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department has noted negative or positive impacts from Brexit; the steps required to be taken to address such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40416/17]

Public Services Card

Catherine Connolly

43. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the public services card; the circumstances in which the card will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40462/17]

Public Procurement Regulations

Dara Calleary

44. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress in implementing new guidelines on the public procurement process that will allow small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, to compete fairly for contracts; the method his Department will use to monitor adherence to the guidelines; the penalties that will be imposed if the guidelines are not followed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40451/17]

Vacant Sites Data

Dara Calleary

45. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in the implementation of the property asset management delivery plan; if a database has been compiled detailing all property owned by the State and local authorities; the number of properties that are classified as vacant; his plans for these vacant properties; if these properties are suitable for a residential purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40452/17]

Public Sector Pensions Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

46. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that excessive pensions for former politicians and public servants are curtailed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40459/17]

Public Spending Code

Eamon Ryan

47. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has revised the method of cost-benefit analysis currently in use for transport and infrastructure projects; and if he is satisfied with the current method for assessing such projects. [40454/17]

Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

48. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional financial measures he will employ in 2018 to develop flood defences across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40460/17]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Richard Boyd Barrett

49. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that there is sufficient transparency, accountability and oversight in the area of top-level appointments in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40481/17]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Richard Boyd Barrett

50. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase staffing levels and to ensure adequate funding for same in view of the clear connection between staff shortages and significant crises across the public sector in areas such as housing, health and, in particular, mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40480/17]

Public Procurement Regulations

Richard Boyd Barrett

51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he given consideration to substantial penalties for companies in receipt of public contracts that do not meet minimum standards of proper wages and conditions for their employees or that are found to be fraudulent and-or non-compliant with the law in areas such as tax, health and safety and building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40483/17]

Garda Stations

Niamh Smyth

52. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's progress with acquiring the new site identified in recent months for Bailieboro Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40147/17]

Brexit Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

53. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that spending priorities are sufficiently focussed in view of the threat to the economy of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40458/17]

Capital Expenditure Programme Review

Dara Calleary

54. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the spending review currently taking place; the timeframe for the publishing of the review; the estimated savings to be made; the measures that will be implemented as a result of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40450/17]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

James Browne

55. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme will be addressed over the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40455/17]

Budget 2018

Thomas P. Broughan

56. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of his officials that are gender-, equality- and carbon-proofing budget 2018; the extent to which these examinations with relevant costings are taken into account before the finalisation of the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40176/17]

Public Spending Code

Thomas P. Broughan

57. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the type of cost-benefit analysis that will be applied to the additional tax expenditures or new public spending which are being proposed to support business here in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40417/17]

Public Expenditure Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

58. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public expenditure envelope allowed for in the existing fiscal space is adequate to meet the needs and demands for key areas of infrastructure and crucial public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40482/17]

National Investment Plan Publication

Eamon Ryan

59. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to publish the revised capital plan; and if the plan once published will be finalised or if it will be open for revision. [40453/17]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Dara Calleary

60. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on his Department's discussions with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding the implementation of Labour Court recommendation, LRC 19293, regarding the rights of community employment scheme supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40448/17]

Company Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

61. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Taoiseach the number of companies that operate here that do not trade goods or services here. [40611/17]

Company Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

62. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Taoiseach the number of companies that are domiciled here but derive all profits from outside Ireland. [40612/17]

Company Data

Michael Fitzmaurice

63. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Taoiseach the number of companies that are domiciled here but repatriate profits from overseas. [40613/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

64. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the wide range of national and international issues he discussed with church leaders at the meeting with them and other ministers. [40712/17]

NewERA Administration

Richard Boyd Barrett

65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount NewERA has transferred to Coillte and Bord na Móna in respect of developing alternative energy and other new industry; the criteria which has been applied to a cost-benefit analysis of value for the use of this public funding; the amount of NewEra funding which has come from the National Pension Reserve Fund; the other sources of funding it has availed of; the person or body in charge of NewEra; the person or body overseeing its operations, that is, Minister and Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40376/17]

Brexit Issues

Bernard Durkan

66. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can take steps to minimise the impact of Brexit on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40745/17]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Pearse Doherty

67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the net total dividend withholding tax collected in respect of REIT dividends paid to non-resident investors and other relevant parties in each of the years 2013 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40140/17]

Irish Real Estate Fund

Pearse Doherty

68. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the net total dividend withholding tax paid by IREF funds in respect of dividends paid to non-resident investors and other relevant parties in 2016 and 2017 in tabular form. [40141/17]

Electric Vehicles

Catherine Martin

69. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance if there are taxation incentives to encourage companies to get their employees to use electric vehicles as company cars as opposed to petrol or diesel vehicles; if not, if incentives are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40213/17]

Fire Service Staff

Fergus O'Dowd

70. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a person's (details supplied) concerns regarding retained fire fighters status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40250/17]

Living City Initiative

Joan Burton

71. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the living city initiative to Drogheda and Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40258/17]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Joan Burton

72. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid out by REITs here in each year since their introduction; the amount of tax collected on those payments; his plans to review the operation of REITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40259/17]

Insurance Industry Regulation

Thomas P. Broughan

73. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if further measures are being taken by the EU Commission and his Department to address the alleged cartel-like activity and price gouging in the insurance market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40285/17]

Revenue Commissioners Resources

Michael McGrath

74. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the definition of an income tax case, for example, if it includes all persons in receipt of taxable income with regard to the Revenue Commissioners budget 2018 ready reckoner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40298/17]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Michael McGrath

75. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the interest rate banks (details supplied) apply to the warehouse portion of a split mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40299/17]

Financial Services Regulation

James Lawless

76. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice by which banks are requesting know-your-customer-type anti-money-laundering documentation (details supplied) for accounts held by voluntary and community groups under threat of accounts being frozen should such documentation fail to be provided within one week; if he will request the Central Bank to direct some latitude to be given regarding timelines in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40325/17]

Poultry Industry

Micheál Martin

77. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to allegations from a person (details supplied) regarding tax loopholes in the poultry sector that allow or allowed co-op members to avail of VAT rebates even if not registered; the actions that were taken by his Department following notification of same; if the loopholes have been corrected; if they apply to other sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40443/17]

Poultry Industry

Micheál Martin

78. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners were requested to investigate VAT loopholes in the poultry sector further to comments made by his predecessor at the economic and monetary affairs committee in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40444/17]

Poultry Industry

Micheál Martin

79. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if the European Commission was in contact with him regarding a tax loophole in the poultry sector that put co-op members at a competitive advantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40445/17]

NAMA Reports

Mick Wallace

80. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has issued yearly reports to the EU Commission for the Directorate General for Competition on the use of NAMA's post-acquisition powers; the number of yearly reports that have been issued to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40478/17]

Film Industry Tax Reliefs

Peadar Tóibín

81. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that foreign companies may be partnering with Irish companies for the purpose of availing of section 481 tax exemptions; and if he has put in place mechanisms to ensure that real work and real development happens within Ireland as a result of the section 481 scheme. [40510/17]

Film Industry Tax Reliefs

Peadar Tóibín

82. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if Irish companies receive section 481 tax exemptions for work exclusively carried out outside Ireland; and if so, the value of the section 481 tax exemptions granted to Irish companies for work carried out in total or in part abroad for each of the past five years. [40511/17]

Insurance Industry

Pearse Doherty

83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when he expects the remaining claims from a company (details supplied) to be settled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40549/17]

Tax Exemptions

Paul Murphy

84. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the details of the exemption of Government securities where an owner is not ordinarily resident in Ireland, which is listed in a Revenue Commissioners' table called "Cost of Tax Allowances, Credits, Exemptions and Reliefs"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40569/17]

Help-To-Buy Scheme Data

Paul Murphy

85. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost of the help-to-buy scheme on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40570/17]

Central Statistics Office

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated effect of including universities on-balance sheet; the discussions that have taken place on this issue with EUROSTAT or other organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40586/17]

Tax Code

Michael Healy-Rae

87. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40591/17]

Tax Code

Michael Healy-Rae

88. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding changes in structure of the VRT, road tax or fuel duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40592/17]

VAT Rate Reductions

Michael Healy-Rae

89. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the VAT rate on servicing and repairs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40616/17]

Tax Code

Willie Penrose

90. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering making changes to the forthcoming finance Bill to deal with past issues pertaining to other sectors of the agricultural industry, similar to those in the poultry industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40689/17]

Tax Data

Willie Penrose

91. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Finance if he will release the microeconomic statistics for the relevant three-year timeframe pertaining to the calculation of the current flat-rate VAT repayment percentage of 5.4% with the calculation deriving therefrom; the amount of under or overpayment arising; if same was included separately in the economic accounts for European agriculture, EEA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40691/17]

Customs and Excise Controls

Tony McLoughlin

92. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of boats, vessels and trawlers that were searched by a customs drug dog unit at Sligo port in each of the years from 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40708/17]

Customs and Excise Controls

Tony McLoughlin

93. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of boats, vessels and trawlers that were searched by a customs dog unit along the west coast in each of the years from 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40709/17]

GDP-GNP Levels

Róisín Shortall

94. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the figures for potential GDP growth in percentage terms for each of the years from 2002 to 2021; and if he will provide the actual and Government-assumed levels for 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40746/17]

Fiscal Data

Róisín Shortall

95. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures for the reference rate used by his Department in the calculation of the available fiscal space for each of the years from 2010 to 2021. [40747/17]

Fiscal Policy

Róisín Shortall

96. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance his views on the assertion made by an organisation (details supplied) in its recent pre-budget submission that the Government could increase the level of available fiscal space in the coming years while still meeting its targets under European fiscal rules. [40748/17]

Departmental Staff Allowances

Catherine Martin

97. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the current system under which mileage is calculated for business journeys undertaken in a car creates an incentive to drive greater distance; his plans to undertake a review of this system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40215/17]

Office of Public Works Projects

Jan O'Sullivan

98. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if applications have been received from County Louth by the Office of Public Works for works to be carried out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40272/17]

Public Appointments Service

Bríd Smith

99. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of the recent open principal officer competition in which scoring errors have been made in the critical reasoning part of the aptitude test which was outsourced to a UK provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40340/17]

Community Sector High Level Forum

Willie Penrose

100. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the high level forum which was established some seven months ago will make recommendations in relation to the provision of a pension or gratuity scheme for community employment supervisors and assist community supervisors in the context of a Labour Court recommendation which facilitated the awarding of such pensions gratuity and in circumstances in which many such personnel are now coming to retirement age and have just the old age State pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40692/17]

Public Sector Debt Management

Pearse Doherty

101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings that have resulted from the work of the Debt Management Implementation Board, by area, that is, the HSE, the Courts Service and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40130/17]

Public Sector Debt Management

Pearse Doherty

102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the future targeted savings for the Debt Management Implementation Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40131/17]

Office of Public Works Properties

Pearse Doherty

103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sale price and the name of the buyer of all buildings sold by the OPW in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40132/17]

Office of Public Works Properties

Pearse Doherty

104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the buildings licensed by the OPW for community use in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40133/17]

Intestate Estates

Maureen O'Sullivan

105. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the most recent transfer from the intestate estate funds deposit account to the Dormant Accounts Fund took place; the amount involved; the period to which the transfer referred; when the next transfer is anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40438/17]

Public Sector Pay

Joan Burton

106. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of restoration of civil servant pay under FEMPI; when he expects further pay restoration to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40356/17]

Public Sector Pay

Mick Barry

107. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will make retrospective the compensation to all public servants recruited since 2011 on lesser pay than their longer-serving colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40488/17]

Legislative Measures

Mick Barry

108. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason FEMPI remains on the Statute Book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40489/17]

Public Sector Pay

Pearse Doherty

109. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost liability of public sector pay restoration, as provided for under the gradual unwinding of the FEMPI measures, with respect to local authority staff, for 2017 and 2018 for each local authority, in tabular form [40553/17]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Joe Carey

110. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a flood protection scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40588/17]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Joe Carey

111. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a flood protection scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40589/17]

Fire Safety

Eoin Ó Broin

112. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to undertake a comprehensive fire safety audit of all high risk buildings within the State’s property portfolio including historic properties. [40606/17]

Public Procurement Regulations

Clare Daly

113. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the detail of the procedures for tendering outlined in the new guidelines for public procurement for goods and services published in July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40635/17]

Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme

Clare Daly

114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself that the increase in capital investment to 2021 set out in the summer economic plan is sufficient to deliver key promised infrastructural projects, including the new national maternity hospital. [40636/17]

Office of Public Works Expenditure

Louise O'Reilly

115. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW started paying rent on the new Department of Health headquarters (details supplied); the cost of the rent per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40688/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Bernard Durkan

116. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of savings likely to be required in Departments in the remainder of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40731/17]

Departmental Reform

Bernard Durkan

117. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent reform remains a feature of his Department's policy with particular reference to ensuring good value for the taxpayer and quality service for the consumer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40732/17]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Bernard Durkan

118. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which current expenditure levels are likely to impact on capital expenditure requirements in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40733/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Bernard Durkan

119. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself that expenditure and reform goals continue to be achieved throughout all Departments and subordinate agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40734/17]

Public Sector Pay

Bernard Durkan

120. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which salary and wage cuts incurred during the economic downturn continue to be a priority in terms of restoration to the public in line with good practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40735/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Bernard Durkan

121. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself regarding the adequacy of budgetary provisions affecting each Department; his views on whether the original allocation will remain sufficient throughout 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40736/17]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Bernard Durkan

122. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to be in a position to allow the various capital projects already announced to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40737/17]

Public Procurement Regulations

Bernard Durkan

123. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which procurement procedures continue to achieve good value for the taxpayer and speedy delivery to the consumer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40738/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Bernard Durkan

124. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself that expenditure overruns by Departments barring exceptional circumstances are likely to be curtailed in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40739/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Bernard Durkan

125. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he remains satisfied that all Departments and bodies under their aegis remain within the required expenditure and reform guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40740/17]

Public Sector Pay

Bernard Durkan

126. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the unions that signed up to the various agreements including the Lansdowne Road agreement will not be penalised as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40741/17]