Parliamentary questions

Ministerial Remuneration

David Cullinane

580. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing Ministers' portion of pay by 50%. [13652/16]

Ministerial Remuneration

David Cullinane

581. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by withdrawing super junior ministerial allowances. [13653/16]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

David Cullinane

582. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing advisers' pay to first point principal officer grade. [13654/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

583. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing public sector pay over €100,000 by 15% and over €150,000 by 30%. [13655/16]

Semi-State Bodies Remuneration

David Cullinane

584. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing non-commercial State-sponsored bodies' chief executive officer pay by 10%. [13657/16]

Semi-State Bodies Remuneration

David Cullinane

585. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing commercial State-sponsored bodies' pay by 10%. [13658/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

586. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department. [13660/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

587. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on travel by 10% in his Department. [13661/16]

Departmental Staff Training

David Cullinane

588. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on education and training by 5%. [13662/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

627. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14105/16]

Hospitals Expenditure

David Cullinane

662. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operating budget allocated to University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12716/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

David Cullinane

663. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on outpatient waiting lists at University Hospital Waterford who were referred to other public and private hospitals in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date by speciality in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12717/16]

Hospitals Building Programme

David Cullinane

664. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if outline architectural designs to construct a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford were completed; when the plans were requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12718/16]

Hospital Facilities

David Cullinane

665. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to move the orthodontic department at University Hospital Waterford, including how long it will take to complete a move. [12719/16]

EU Directives

David Cullinane

691. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the State is compliant with the EU working time directive in respect of front-line staff in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12971/16]

Health Services Provision

David Cullinane

693. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the situation regarding a person (details supplied) and their referral to a consultant in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13128/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

770. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14112/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

827. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14104/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

828. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year saving for 2017 by reducing spending on travel by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14122/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

839. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14107/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

840. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated full-year saving for 2017 by reducing spending on travel by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14124/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

887. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14117/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

909. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14113/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

910. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full-year saving for 2017 by reducing spending on travel by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14129/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

940. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14106/16]

Departmental Expenditure

David Cullinane

941. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year saving for 2017 by reducing spending on travel by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14123/16]

Institutes of Technology

David Cullinane

98. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the details of the draft financial statements for all institutes of technology for the 2014-2015 and for the 2015-2016 academic years, including the amount of the deficit any are showing in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12395/16]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

166. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for details of the pay scales and grades within the public sector in 2008 and for all circulars relating to changes in the public sector in pay, grade structures, conditions and productivity in each of the years 2008 to 2015, in tabular form. [12270/16]

GDP-GNP Levels

David Cullinane

121. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the gross fixed capital formation for investment in aircraft for leasing and intangibles; for core investment excluding investment in aircraft for leasing and intangibles; for public investment at market prices; the level of gross fixed capital formation in total as a percentage of gross domestic product, GDP; the level of gross fixed capital formation excluding investment in aircraft for leasing and intangibles expressed as a percentage of GDP; the debt to GDP ratio; the effect of the exclusion from GDP of investment in aircraft for leasing and intangibles on the debt to GDP ratio, for each quarter in the years 2011 to 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11780/16]

Institutes of Technology

David Cullinane

134. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of institutes of technology which are running a deficit in tabular form. [11227/16]

Institutes of Technology Expenditure

David Cullinane

135. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of its budget that Waterford Institute of Technology spends on salaries. [11228/16]

Institutes of Technology Expenditure

David Cullinane

136. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2016 (Lansdowne Road agreement) on the budget of Waterford Institute of Technology. [11229/16]

Institutes of Technology Expenditure

David Cullinane

137. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2016 (Lansdowne Road agreement) to Waterford Institute of Technology; and if he will meet this cost through an increased budget. [11230/16]

Institutes of Technology

David Cullinane

155. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the staff retention levels in Waterford Institute of Technology; his plans and timescale for completing the engineering block on its grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11375/16]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

362. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 to 2013 that are to be unwound or are in the process of being unwound under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 to 2016, the Lansdowne Road agreement. [11224/16]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

363. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full list of measures in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 to 2013 that need to be unwound outside of those under the process of being unwound under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 to 2016, the Lansdowne Road agreement, to bring public sector pay grades and conditions to a pre-Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts level. [11225/16]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

364. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of implementing the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 to 2016, the Lansdowne Road agreement. [11226/16]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

368. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of additional unpaid hours which have been provided by civil and public servants under all public sector collective agreements since 2009; the cost of paying workers for these hours; the cost of bringing all post-2011 Civil Service and public service entrants to pre-2011 pay grades; the details of the €2.2 billion in savings from the collective agreements, by pay, levies, productivity measures and year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11483/16]

Public Sector Pay

David Cullinane

374. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will end the pay inequality to which teachers who qualified after 2011 have been subject for the past five years; when he will establish the public service pay commission; in the absence of pay equality, to outline the justification for pay inequality having regard to the principle of equal pay for equal work; when he will make the work of teachers equal to the equal work they do; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11686/16]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

David Cullinane

483. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to clarify the three-out-one-in hiring rule adopted by hospital groups within the Health Service Executive in December 2015, as reported in The Irish Times on 22 April 2016; the criteria for this hiring rule and the grades and sections of the hospital groups within the HSE that are subject to this rule; the number of staff lost to the hospital groups under the HSE under this rule, broken down by hospital group; to provide a breakdown, by hospital group, of staff shortages in December 2015 and staff shortages, as of the end of April 2016; to outline development and execution of the rule by the HSE; and the circulars and memos relating to this hiring rule. [11655/16]

Institutes of Technology Expenditure

David Cullinane

61. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the institutes of technology which are running a deficit, in tabular form. [10956/16]

Institutes of Technology Expenditure

David Cullinane

62. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills what percentage of the budget of the Waterford Institute of Technology goes on salaries. [10957/16]

Institutes of Technology Expenditure

David Cullinane

63. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the Lansdowne Road agreement on the budget of Waterford Institute of Technology. [10958/16]

Institutes of Technology Expenditure

David Cullinane

64. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the Lansdowne Road agreement to Waterford Institute of Technology and if he will meet this cost through an increased budget. [10959/16]

Fire Safety Regulations

David Cullinane

423. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of serious health and safety defects found in homes in Ceol na Mara in Kill, County Waterford, if the homes conform with all relevant statutory fire obligations; if not, the steps he or the appropriate State body will take to carry out appropriate remedial works to satisfy all statutory obligations pertaining to health and safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9840/16]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

741. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of interventionist cardiologist posts in place at University Hospital Waterford; if any posts are currently vacant; the resources necessary to provide 24-hour emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention cover; the volume of cardiovascular patient activity at University Hospital Waterford and other PPCI centres here; the extra resources being put in place at UHW; if increased resources will deliver 24/7 emergency PPCI cover at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9899/16]

Hospital Staff

David Cullinane

742. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the criteria for determining the provision of 24-hour emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention cover in hospitals; the volume of patient activity at all intervention centres and for University Hospital Waterford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9900/16]

Health Services Staff Recruitment

David Cullinane

804. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how many of the 36 posts sanctioned nationally to support the implementation of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care initiative will be sanctioned to support the diabetes community in County Waterford; when he will put those sanctioned for County Waterford in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10193/16]

Ambulance Service

David Cullinane

40. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address health and safety issues raised by the UNITE union and ambulance paramedics in Waterford and the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8537/16]

Industrial Disputes

David Cullinane

105. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the ongoing industrial relations dispute between 999 emergency call staff and a company (details supplied), the companies refusal to pay a living wage, the companies refusal to engage with the Communication Workers' Union, and allegations from employees of punitive suspensions and a harsh disciplinary regime at the company; the steps he intends to take to support the workers in improving their terms and conditions of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8536/16]