Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Ministerial Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

648. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department; the salary of each; the same figures for this time in 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36495/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

649. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all her special advisers and those of her Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the principal officer pay scale. [36510/13]

Ministerial Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

703. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same figures for this time in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36502/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

704. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the Principal Officer pay scale. [36517/13]

Ministerial Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

771. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the staffing levels of the private offices and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department; the salary of each; the same figures for this time in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36507/13]

Exchequer Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

772. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the saving to the Exchequer if the pay of all his special advisers and those of his Ministers of State were capped at the first point on the principal officer pay scale. [36522/13]

Independent Broadcasting Sector

Mary Lou McDonald

6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether independent broadcasters should receive a share from the licence fee or the new broadcasting charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35028/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

58. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired civil or public servants that have been retained by his Department since January 2013 on a short-term contract or on a consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35845/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

59. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures and accompanying savings for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in his Department and-or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35862/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

77. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the number of retired civil or public servants that have been retained by his Department since January 2013 on a short-term contract, or on a consultancy basis, where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35844/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

78. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures and accompanying savings for the duration of the Haddington Road Agreement applicable in his Department and-or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35861/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

103. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department since January 2013 on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35842/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

105. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures and accompanying savings for the duration of the Haddington Road Agreement applicable in his Department and-or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35859/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

115. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the yearly saving to the Exchequer over the course of the Haddington Road agreement from the pay reduction for those earning over €65,000. [35777/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

116. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the yearly saving to the Exchequer over the course of the Haddington Road agreement from pension reductions. [35778/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

117. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the yearly saving to the Exchequer over the course of the Haddington Road agreement from the increment pauses. [35779/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

118. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the yearly saving to the Exchequer over the course of the Haddington Road agreement from additional working hours across the public sector. [35780/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

119. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the €175 million in projected savings over the course of the Haddington Road agreement from allowing management to maintain services against the backdrop of decreasing staff numbers, facilitate reductions in staff numbers and the associated annual pay bill cost. [35781/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

120. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the yearly breakdown of the reduction in the costs of teaching supervision and substitution for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement. [35782/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

121. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the specific Haddington Road agreement measures agreed at a sectoral level, to include the savings allocated to each measure. [35783/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

122. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a yearly breakdown of the measures and accompanying savings for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement. [35784/13]

Semi-State Bodies Dividends

Mary Lou McDonald

123. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the ESB group of unions have initiated a legal challenge against the ESB and the Government regarding the €78.4 million dividend the company is due to pay to the State which the union members allege is unlawful as the payment is based on wrongly prepared accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35832/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

124. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department since January 2013 on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35849/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

125. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures and accompanying savings for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in his Department and-or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35866/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

131. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department since January 2013 on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35847/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

132. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures and accompanying savings for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in his Department and/or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35864/13]

Pension Provisions

Mary Lou McDonald

145. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects a report back from the Pensions Board following the requirement of pension schemes to submit funding proposals by 30 June 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35835/13]

Pension Provisions

Mary Lou McDonald

146. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to enforce the minimum funding standard on the ESB's defined benefit pension scheme. [35836/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

147. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by her Department since January 2013 on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35850/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

148. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures and accompanying savings for the duration of the Haddington Road Agreement applicable in her Department and/or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of her Department. [35867/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

162. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department, since January 2013, on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35838/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

163. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures, and accompanying savings, for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in his Department and-or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35855/13]

Semi-State Bodies Dividends

Mary Lou McDonald

182. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the ESB group of unions have initiated a legal challenge against the ESB and Government regarding the €78.4 million dividend the company is due to pay to the State, which the union members allege is unlawful as the payment is based on wrongly prepared accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35833/13]

Semi-State Bodies Dividends

Mary Lou McDonald

183. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ESB 2012 annual accounts state the company's defined benefit pension scheme is to be a defined contribution scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35834/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

184. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department, since January 2013, on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35840/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

185. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures, and accompanying savings, for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in his Department and-or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35857/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

197. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department, since January 2013, on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35843/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

198. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures, and accompanying savings, for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in his Department and non-commercial state-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35860/13]

Residential Institutions Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

220. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the Bethany Home this month as committed to on 25 June 2013. [35789/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

223. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department, since January 2013, on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35848/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

224. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures, and accompanying savings, for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in his Department and-or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35865/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

227. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department, since January 2013, on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35841/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

228. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures, and accompanying savings, for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in his Department and-or non-commercial State sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35858/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

240. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department, since January 2013, on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35837/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

241. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures, and accompanying savings, for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in his Department and-or non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35854/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

244. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by her Department, since January 2013, on a short-term contract or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35839/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

245. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures, and accompanying savings, for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in her Department and-or non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of her Department. [35856/13]

Medical Card Eligibility

Mary Lou McDonald

267. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the projected annual saving to the Exchequer following his decision to withdraw the automatic entitlement to a medical card for patients undergoing treatment for cancer. [35812/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Mary Lou McDonald

273. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of retired civil or public servants who have been retained by his Department, since January 2013, on short-term contracts or consultancy basis where normal abatement rules do not apply. [35846/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Savings

Mary Lou McDonald

275. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a yearly detailed breakdown of the sectoral measures, and accompanying savings, for the duration of the Haddington Road agreement applicable in his Department and-or non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [35863/13]