Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Private Partnerships Cost

David Cullinane

242. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Comptroller and Auditor General does not have the resources that would allow it give the Committee of Public Accounts the reassurance that every public-private partnership project delivers value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24987/16]

Tax Code

David Cullinane

244. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance in view of the exceptional increase in gross domestic product, GDP, in 2015 due to asset transfers with no discernible impact on the real economy, the effect on GDP figures of the recent announcement by a company (details supplied) that it plans to shift €30 billion in assets to Ireland; if his Department expects any more announcements of multi-billion euro asset transfers to Ireland; if so, the effect his Department expects them to have on GDP and GNP figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24992/16]

Corporation Tax

David Cullinane

245. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the amount of the corporation tax overpayments announced to date in 2016 his Department expects will be reclaimed later in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24993/16]

School Funding

David Cullinane

424. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the serious funding and resources shortfall at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25332/16]

School Transport

David Cullinane

475. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the exceptional circumstances that pertain to persons (details supplied) with regard to a concessionary bus ticket; if a review of the concessionary bus ticket scheme has taken place; if so, the conclusions of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25899/16]

Public Private Partnerships

David Cullinane

872. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the statement of the Comptroller and Auditor General at a meeting of the Committe of Public Accounts on 21 July 2016 (details supplied), the number of look-back exercises that have been undertaken for public private partnerships since 2003; the number of look-back exercises that have been published for public private partnerships since 2003; the number of look-back exercises that found value was delivered in the way that was expected; the number of look-back exercises that found value was not delivered in the way that was expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24986/16]

Lansdowne Road Agreement

David Cullinane

891. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain the contradiction between his statement to Dáil Éireann on 12 July 2016 that non-unionised public service workers who comply with the terms of that collective agreement will attract the benefits of the Lansdowne Road Agreement on one hand and the statement from the Department of Education and Skills on the other, as reported recently (details supplied); if his statement of 12 July 2016 is still valid in the context of the publicly-stated position of the Department of Education and Skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24882/16]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

David Cullinane

896. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that a prison administration and support officer III with two increments and over three years' public service, has been informed that were they to cross over and become a prison officer they would have to start at the entry grade for a prison officer, their current service in the public sector apparently having no bearing on their entry pay scale; if he will provide clarity as to whether it is the case that previous and current service in the public sector is not transferable for pay grade purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25119/16]

Public Sector Allowances Review

David Cullinane

898. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the public service allowances and premium payments that were abolished as a result of the outcome of the 2012 review of public service allowances and premium payments; the saving achieved by the abolition of these public service allowances and premium payments and for this information to be provided by sector and allowance/premia payment as per appendix A of the 2012 Outcome of the Review of Public Service Allowances and Premium Payments (details supplied) for each of the years 2013 to 2015; if the abolition of the listed public service allowances and premium payments affected new or existing public sector employees or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25134/16]

Public Sector Allowances Review

David Cullinane

899. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the public service allowances and premium payments that were abolished as a result of the outcome of the 2012 review of public service allowances and premium payments but have since been reinstated; and the reason for their reinstating. [25135/16]

Public Sector Allowances Review

David Cullinane

900. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the figure for the saving achieved in 2012 through the suspension of public service allowances and premium payments for that year. [25136/16]

Medical Card Applications

David Cullinane

990. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a person who has applied for, but has not yet received, a medical card and is placed on JobPath while the application is still being processed, will still receive a medical card; and if the starting date of the medical card is backdated to the day of application or if it is from the day the application is formally approved. [25188/16]

HSE Funding

David Cullinane

1152. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 19 July 2016, the reason the HSE compliance unit is not able to provide a more definitive answer to the question as to the number of section 38 and section 39 organisations that are funded by the HSE than the approximate figure of over 1,700; if it is the case that the HSE compliance unit is unaware of the number of organisations that are funded by the HSE and if this is the reason for the lack of certainty with the figures; if he is satisfied that the HSE compliance unit does not know the number of section 38 and section 39 organisations that were audited in each year from 2011 to 2015; his views on whether it is acceptable and reasonable that the HSE compliance unit is incapable of forming a factual and informed judgment on the compliance rate among section 38 and section 39 organisations due to a lack of even the most basic element of the necessary research, namely a simple list of the organisations that have submitted audited returns to the HSE and those that have not; if he agrees with the head of the HSE compliance unit that such a basic building block of compliance oversight, that is, a simple list of those which have submitted an audit and those which have not, constitutes detailed information and is outside the current administrative and bureaucratic practices and procedures of the HSE compliance unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25019/16]

Harbours and Piers Expenditure

David Cullinane

1541. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the figure for the annual capital spend on the development and upgrading of harbours for fisheries listed by harbour and year for each of the years 2008 to 2015; and the budget allocation for 2016 for capital spend on the development and upgrading of harbours for fisheries listed by harbour. [25179/16]

Harbours and Piers Expenditure

David Cullinane

1542. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the figure for the annual spend on storm repair of harbours for fisheries listed by harbour and year for each of the years 2008 to 2015; and the budget allocation for 2016 for storm repair of harbours for fisheries listed by harbour. [25180/16]

Harbours and Piers Expenditure

David Cullinane

1543. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected annual capital spend on the development and upgrading of harbours for fisheries for each of the years 2017 to 2021. [25181/16]

Harbours and Piers Expenditure

David Cullinane

1544. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected annual spend on storm repair of harbours for fisheries for each of the years 2017 to 2021. [25182/16]

Work Permits Applications

David Cullinane

1854. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work employment permit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25324/16]

Exports Data

David Cullinane

1856. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the trade figures for May 2016 as published by the CSO on 12 August 2016, which show an increase of €19.237 billion in the value of Irish industrial exports in 2015 which was a 22.75% increase on the value of Irish industrial exports in 2014, if it was not the source or one of the sources of the distortion in the Irish GDP figure for 2015; the capacity issues, if any, being faced by export industries in terms of the increased pressure on transport infrastructure, ports and airports caused by this significant rise in the productivity of Irish exporters; the discussions his Department has had with other Departments and Ministers to tackle additional pressures on Irish transport infrastructure as a direct result of this increase in productivity; the number of jobs her Department estimates have been created as a direct result in the increase in value and productivity of Irish exports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25040/16]

Foreign Direct Investment

David Cullinane

1872. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the methodology used to underpin the job impact statement made by IDA Ireland on 6 January 2016 that for every ten jobs generated by foreign direct investment another seven are generated in the wider economy; the data utilised by IDA Ireland that leads it to this conclusion; the employment sectors that benefit most from the seven secondary jobs generated by every ten jobs created through foreign direct investment; the way IDA Ireland concludes that the relationship between the seven secondary jobs for every ten foreign direct investment primary jobs is one of causation and not correlation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24995/16]