Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Sector Staff Retirements

Seán Kyne

19. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have retired from the public service and Civil Service under Government voluntary early retirement and voluntary redundancy schemes since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11694/15]

Public Procurement Contracts

Mick Wallace

20. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in improving access to State contracts for Irish firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11689/15]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on any meetings he has had or intends to have with the relevant unions on restoring public service pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11686/15]

Departmental Staff Retirements

Niall Collins

59. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be awarded a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/15]

Public Sector Staff Data

Sean Fleming

60. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of persons evaluated under the Civil Service performance management and development system in 2013 and 2014; the number of persons who received a rating of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 under each system; if he will provide an explanation as to what each of these ratings mean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12208/15]

Departmental Contracts

Michael Colreavy

61. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he provided his consent under section 66 of to the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 in respect of a contract with Capita for the development of a system of postcodes; the factors which he considered when granting such consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12279/15]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

John O'Mahony

62. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have been called to fill clerical officer posts from the panel (details supplied) for counties Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12302/15]

Drainage Schemes Applications

Patrick O'Donovan

63. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an application for funding submitted by Thurles Municipal District in respect of funding for the Loughmore Drainage Scheme in County Tipperary. [12313/15]

Public Expenditure Policy

Bernard Durkan

64. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he might be in a position to prioritise and encourage the provision of vital infrastructure, particularly where such provision is vital to economic recovery nationally and regionally; the extent to which public private partnerships or specific Government development bonds, as a means of addressing such issues without impact on the national balance sheet, can be authorised by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12329/15]

Public Service Reform Plan Measures

Bernard Durkan

65. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department can encourage reform or policy initiatives with a view to maximising the potential for economic recovery and development in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12330/15]

Public Service Reform Plan Measures

Bernard Durkan

66. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to indicate the degree to which he expects public expenditure constraints and reform policies, effective in the context of economic recovery, to be used as a basis for prudent economic development in the future; his plans to implement innovation, in this regard in the future, to maximise economic benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12331/15]

Public Service Reform Plan Measures

Bernard Durkan

67. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the most effective policies pursued by his Department over the past four years in addressing the economic needs of the country, with a view to identifying the most likely and effective strategy to be followed in terms of public expenditure and reform, and the future economic needs of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12332/15]

Public Service Reform Plan Measures

Bernard Durkan

68. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which all Government Departments and their subordinate bodies have met the targets set down by his Department, in the context of public expenditure and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12333/15]

Public Service Reform Plan Measures

Bernard Durkan

69. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the Croke Park and Haddington Road agreements have achieved their objectives; the extent to which this is likely to influence policy in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12334/15]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Bernard Durkan

70. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he sees recruitment, in specific vital areas of the public sector, being adopted as a policy initiative in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12335/15]

Public Service Reform Plan Measures

Bernard Durkan

71. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects to utilise reform policies throughout the public sector in the course of the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12336/15]

Sale of State Assets

Bernard Durkan

72. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which strategic disposal of State assets remains an economic policy option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12337/15]

Public Service Reform Plan Measures

Bernard Durkan

73. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects savings to continue to be made throughout the medium of public procurement in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12338/15]

Public Service Reform Plan Measures

Bernard Durkan

74. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget for each Department to meet its requirements over the next 12 months; if any particular measures are required to address specific issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12339/15]

Public Service Reform Plan Measures

Bernard Durkan

75. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the requirements of the Troika, which he inherited from his predecessors, have been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12340/15]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas P. Broughan

76. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts a person's businesses and-or subsidiaries (details supplied) have with his Department; the value of these contracts; their length; and the other companies that entered the tendering process that resulted in this person's companies winning the contract. [12359/15]

Economic Policy

Micheál Martin

295. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and his Department will be preparing for the new social dialogue announced recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11113/15]

Public Sector Pensions

Áine Collins

296. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update with regard to public service pensions, in order to address a query (details supplied). [11151/15]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

John O'Mahony

297. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans for flood relief work in respect of a town (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11152/15]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Dara Calleary

298. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a flood relief plan has been finalised in respect of a town (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will publish the plan; if he will offer a time frame for completion of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11202/15]

Public Sector Pensions

Michael Moynihan

299. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the staff of Waterways Ireland in Portumna in County Galway have been asked to pay an increased pension levy; the cause of the most recent increase; the company that the pension scheme is being paid into; if it is Irish managed or a United Kingdom managed company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11076/15]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Michael Ring

300. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress with flood relief plans for an area (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11323/15]

Flood Prevention Measures

Denis Naughten

301. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a meeting (details supplied), if he will approve funding for a project; the total projected cost of the project; the time frame for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11514/15]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Noel Grealish

302. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the time frame for when flood alleviation measures will be carried out in Claregalway, Montaigh and Carnmore in County Galway; if he will provide a breakdown of how the €15 million allocated for these areas will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11546/15]

Insurance Coverage

Michael Colreavy

303. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public liability insurance coverage for Parkes Castle, Dromahair, County Leitrim, would cover a special event in the castle organised by Leitrim Tourism Network on 24 March 2015. [11711/15]

Freedom of Information Requests

Billy Kelleher

304. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the Secretary General of his Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of material for release under freedom of information legislation. [11804/15]

Public Procurement Contracts Data

John Halligan

305. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of payments made to private sector companies in 2014 for public contracts; if his Department investigates the employment policies of firms in the private sector who tender for State contracts; if a company's employment record has any impact on whether it is awarded public contracts; his views that an equal employment policy should have an impact; his further views that it is important to ensure that the Government supports equal opportunity employers and that contracts of this nature should not be awarded to private sector companies who operate gender discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11849/15]

Appointments to State Boards

Paul Murphy

306. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the remaining vacancies on the interim board of the Office of Public Procurement will be filled; the criteria for selecting appointees; and when legislation setting up the board on a permanent basis will be expected. [11948/15]

Flood Relief Schemes

Anne Ferris

307. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding road restoration works at a location (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11982/15]

Flood Relief Schemes

Anne Ferris

308. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the planned measures by the Office of Public Works to ensure that unsafe access to the River Dargle flood relief construction site by children is prevented; the measures in place by the office to inspect safety hazards at the site; the current line of responsibility for the statutory safety file for this project; if the safety statement for the works has been inspected and approved by the office; the safety audits which are carried out and by whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11983/15]

Flood Relief Schemes

Anne Ferris

309. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to restore the People's Park in Bray, County Wicklow; when these works are due for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11984/15]

Flood Relief Schemes

Anne Ferris

310. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to conduct an audit of traffic movements, construction signage and general traffic and pedestrian safety in the vicinity of the River Dargle flood prevention construction site before work recommences in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11985/15]

Flood Relief Schemes

Anne Ferris

311. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the planting and seeding of disturbed river banks at La Vallee, Bray, County Wicklow; if the planting scheme will be open to public consultation as construction work in this area was not included in the environmental impact statement or planning application for the Dargle flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11986/15]

Public Sector Pensions

Denis Naughten

312. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with the Alliance of Retired Public Servants, in advance of the completion of his annual review of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 to 2013; if consideration will be given to the imposition of the public service pension reduction on pensions, in view of the improvement in the Exchequer balance; if he has discussed the application of the universal social charge with the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12117/15]

Heritage Sites

Tom Fleming

122. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process for applying for a boat licence for a local boat owner to provide service to the Skellig visitor centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10774/15]

State Properties

Robert Troy

123. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has been asked to compile a list of State-owned land and buildings to be used to provide child care facilities; when this will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10759/15]

Public Sector Staff Training

Terence Flanagan

124. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure more staff within the public service are trained to use sign language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11014/15]

Economic Policy

Sean Fleming

68. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the national economic dialogue he is planning to hold in June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10602/15]

Legislative Programme

Stephen Donnelly

69. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide data on all legislation enacted by his Department since March 2011 and the total number of amendments tabled by him. [10643/15]

Public Sector Pensions

Brendan Smith

70. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of staff at Waterways Ireland and the staff of other all-Ireland bodies regarding the proposal to impose an additional pension contribution on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10700/15]

Coastal Protection

Martin Ferris

227. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instigate a technical assessment of the blowout in sand dunes at Banna Strand and Carrahane Strand in County Kerry with a view to preventing the environmental disaster which would result in a breach of the dunes at a point where only 10 m of dune remain, threatening the homes and farmland behind it with flooding by seawater; and if he will arrange for the filling of the dunes to prevent this. [10111/15]

Departmental Properties

Sean Conlan

228. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason no proper consultation has taken place between the Office of Public Works, the Department of Social Protection and property owners in Ballybay, County Monaghan, to find an alternative premises to ensure that the Department of Social Protection jobs will be retained in Ballybay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10113/15]

Departmental Properties

Sean Conlan

229. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that have been taken by his Department and the Office of Public Works to have an alternative premises in Ballybay, County Monaghan, made available to the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10114/15]

Departmental Properties

Sean Conlan

230. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason, despite the fact that four property owners (details supplied) in Ballybay, County Monaghan, have offered their premises to the Office of Public Works, and have undertaken to do any upgrading works necessary at their own expense, his Department has failed and refused to engage with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10115/15]

Coastal Protection

Thomas Pringle

231. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received an application for funding for coastal erosion works from Donegal County Council for protection works at Maghery Strand in west Donegal where large volumes sand are being blown inland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10278/15]

Coastal Protection

Thomas Pringle

232. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received an application for funding for coastal erosion works from Donegal County Council for protection works at Buncronan, Mountcharles, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10544/15]

Public Sector Pensions

John Browne

233. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capitalised value of full pensions for Garda inspectors, Garda superintendents, school principals, directors of services in county councils and paramedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10002/15]

Public Sector Staff Sick Leave

Olivia Mitchell

234. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the sick leave policy introduced for the public sector in March 2014, and for the education sector in September 2014, was backdated for four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10004/15]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Billy Kelleher

235. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Public Appointments Service has the discretion to permit someone to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process in the following circumstances (details supplied). [10039/15]

Heritage Sites

Brian Walsh

236. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors to, and the total annual turnover of, each individual Office of Public Works visitor site, in 2014; the net profit returned to the State in respect of each of these sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10101/15]

Teachers' Remuneration

Anthony Lawlor

237. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the ongoing discussions with regard to pay increases, if consideration has been given to revisiting the Haddington Road agreement, with a view to improving the rates of pay for new teachers who are currently receiving much lower salaries than their colleagues for the same work; if he will prioritise this particular group in any future pay discussions with the teaching unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10125/15]

Public Sector Pensions Levy

Clare Daly

238. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reverse the pension cuts provided for in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts. [10348/15]

Care of the Elderly Provision

Billy Kelleher

239. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reconsider the transfer of the senior alert scheme to Pobal, as there have been a number of issues raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10357/15]

National Lottery Ticket Sales

Sean Fleming

240. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the lottery regulator has quantified the loss of sales of national lottery tickets, arising from persistent technological problems and the consequent reduction in money available for good causes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10367/15]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Pat Deering

241. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, who applied for a position in the Civil Service; and when that person will receive further communication in respect of this application. [10485/15]

Local Authority Members

Mattie McGrath

242. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) is a councillor in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10582/15]

Office of Public Works Properties

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

99. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 18 November 2014, the progress that has been achieved in identifying space for community use at the building developed by Newbridge Credit Union; the form of community engagement that has taken place, or will take place, on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9653/15]

Office of Public Works Properties

Patrick O'Donovan

100. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the ownership of a public slipway in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9660/15]

Pension Provisions

Finian McGrath

101. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the spouses' and children's superannuation scheme. [9722/15]

Office of the Ombudsman Staff

Éamon Ó Cuív

102. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to delays in the Ombudsman’s office processing complaints, due to lack of adequate staffing; his plans to assign further staff to this office; his views that the office responsible for investigating, among other things, delays in other public bodies, should not itself be subject to excessive delays in its own investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9725/15]

Professional Fees

Michael McGrath

103. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has held discussions with representatives of providers of professional services to the State in respect of cuts made to professional fees under financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9828/15]

Appointments to State Boards

Mary Lou McDonald

78. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of senior civil servants in his Department who retired since 2011 who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis following their retirement; if he will provide in tabular form the names of these persons, the boards to which they were appointed and the appointment process followed in each case. [9448/15]

Departmental Properties

Patrick O'Donovan

79. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all properties rented by his Department; the annual cost of the leases; the duration of the leases; and the capacity and occupancy of each premises as of 31 January 2015. [9463/15]

Public Sector Allowances Payments

Gabrielle McFadden

80. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reinstate the rent allowance for new public servants including gardaí, prison officers and fire officers, which was abolished in early 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9560/15]

Coastal Protection

Michael Healy-Rae

227. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided to protect the road and coastline from storm damage in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8794/15]

Heritage Sites

John McGuinness

228. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the lease in place between the Office of Public Works and the Arts for Peace Foundation relative to Durrow Abbey, County Offaly; the amount charged by the State each year; if €250,000 has been sanctioned as a grant to restore parts of Durrow Abbey; if so, the amount that has been drawn down, and the work concerned; the agreements in place between the foundation and the office for certain works to be undertaken by the office; if these works have been completed; the purpose of the meeting with the office, persons (details supplied), and the foundation held on 4 November 2010; the instructions given by the office to the architect at this meeting; if the minutes of this meeting will be provided to this Deputy; if he will confirm the nature of the stipulations for the drawdown of the €250,000, as set out at a further meeting in November 2012; if the minutes of the meeting of 16 November 2012 will be provided to this Deputy; if the Chief State Solicitor's office advised the Office of Public Works and the Minister, relative to the meeting of 16 November 2012; if he will confirm the Government commitments that were provided to the foundation from the very outset of this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8905/15]

Flood Relief Schemes

John McGuinness

229. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has inspected the works carried out at Killaan, Woodlawn, Ballinasloe, County Galway, to determine if they are in line with what was committed to in the funding of €15,000; if, arising from these works, the office can confirm that the original issue of flooding at this location has been resolved; if the concerns expressed by a person (details supplied) have been dealt with; if the office will provide a full report on the work carried out, and what further work is required to deal with any remaining problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8909/15]

Departmental Properties

Michael Ring

230. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a full and comprehensive reply will issue to a group (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9350/15]

Flood Prevention Measures

Tom Fleming

231. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will have the bridge at Barrack Street, Castleisland, County Kerry, over the river Maine investigated, as there is an impediment with a sewer service pipe blocking the flow of water in times of flood and it is causing high water levels in the river, posing high risk to the properties adjacent to the river; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8861/15]

Pension Provisions

Denis Naughten

232. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will have a pension entitlement processed; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8901/15]

Public Sector Reform Implementation

Terence Flanagan

233. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8978/15]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Tony McLoughlin

234. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim, who was successful in obtaining a position via the Public Appointments Service, category specialist higher open, Office of Government Procurement, may obtain a position based in the proposed new office in County Sligo as opposed to a Dublin based office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8995/15]

Freedom of Information Remit

Sean Fleming

235. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Freedom of Information Acts will apply to EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9000/15]

Public Sector Staff Sick Leave

Michael Creed

236. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the situation regarding the revised sick leave arrangements for public servants, and the consequences for a person who is on certified sick leave for over 92 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9025/15]

Departmental Properties

Michael Ring

237. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide a copy of an agreement signed between persons (details supplied) and the office in the 1980s regarding entitlement to traverse a bridge. [9040/15]

Departmental Legal Costs

Billy Kelleher

238. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, use solicitors firms (details supplied); the amount paid to these solicitors each year from 2011 to 2014 by his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department; the date until which his Department, or State bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department, are contracted to use these solicitors' firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9199/15]

Climate Change Policy

Catherine Murphy

239. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency has conceded that Ireland will fail to achieve its binding EU 2020 greenhouse gas reduction target by as much as 15%, the financial contingency planning he is putting in place to cover this eventuality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9222/15]

Sale of Aer Lingus

Mary Lou McDonald

240. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if existing Irish and European Union fiscal rules, such as the expenditure benchmark or fiscal treaty debt and deficit rules or any other policy or legal commitment to the European Union institutions would restrict the use of any proceeds from the sale of State assets, such as Aer Lingus, from being used to fund current or capital expenditure, and would require the Government to divert such proceeds exclusively or primarily into reducing Government debt. [9255/15]

Flood Prevention Measures

Seán Kyne

241. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works progress on flood relief and defences at a location (details supplied) in County Galway. [9333/15]

By-election Issues

Denis Naughten

80. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of each by-election to the current Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8485/15]

Ministerial Advisers Remuneration

Colm Keaveney

81. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total severance packages, individually detailed, received by any special advisers in his Department, or those under his aegis, since January 2014, specifically in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8498/15]

Flood Risk Assessments

Michael McCarthy

82. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Public Works has deemed a portion of land (details supplied), in County Cork, to be a flood plain; if this adjudication could be reviewed in view of the fact that this land has never been the subject of, or at risk to, flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8502/15]

Valuation Office

Michael McNamara

83. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the average length of time taken by the Valuation Office to issue a valuation certificate; if that time period has increased during the Thirty-First Dáil; if this represents a satisfactory level of public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8508/15]

Ombudsman's Remit

Sean Fleming

84. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Ombudsman's remit extends to An Bord Pleanála and EirGrid; when this changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8520/15]

Court Accommodation Provision

Brian Stanley

85. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of floor space available for use in the accommodation rented at Kilminchy, Portlaoise, County Laois. [8315/15]

Commercial Rates Valuation Process

Michael Colreavy

86. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recourse open to the owner of a small, rural business whose enterprise is at imminent risk of closure because their appeal against an unfair rateable valuation was unsuccessful. [8327/15]

Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses

Mary Lou McDonald

87. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public purchasers, including local authorities, are precluded from using social clauses in public procurement contracts until such time as the Working Group on Social Clauses in the Office of Public Procurement has completed its pilot projects, and decided what conditions to insert into the Government form of contract, they are required by law to use; and the scope such bodies have to use social clauses in the interim. [8351/15]

Exchequer Returns

Thomas P. Broughan

88. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the income generated for the Exchequer from mobile phone masts at Garda stations in the Dublin region for 2014 and to date in 2015. [8367/15]

Office of the Ombudsman Remit

Sean Fleming

89. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the organisations that have been removed from the remit of the Ombudsman; the dates on which same occurred; the reason in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8372/15]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Pat Deering

90. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process for entry to the Civil Service; when it will open; and if there will be a regional breakdown of the applications. [8381/15]

Pension Levy

John Paul Phelan

91. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to remove the public sector pension levy; and if so; if he will provide the timetable for its removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8415/15]

Revised Estimates Publication

Sean Fleming

92. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No 244 of 10 February 2015 and the assertion that the readability of reports published by Departments is enhanced by the use of 12-point font or greater, his views on the point size of the font used on page 103 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2015, published by his Department; and if he considers such a point size to be easily readable. [8432/15]

Office of Public Works Properties

Fergus O'Dowd

93. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the properties in County Louth, under the care of the Office of Public Works, the spend, capital and current, by the Office of Public Works on each of these properties, for each year since 2012; the works carried out and the plans, capital and current, for expenditure in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8441/15]

Flood Risk Assessments

Brendan Griffin

255. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a serious flooding risk at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7716/15]

Office of Public Works Projects

Michael Healy-Rae

256. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a permit and a competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7883/15]