Parliamentary questions

Brexit Negotiations

Stephen Donnelly

361. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the threats identified by his Department with regard to the responsibilities of his Department as a result of no deal being reached in Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26908/17]

Public Sector Pensions Data

Bríd Smith

362. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the Civil Service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26977/17]

Public Sector Staff Retirements

Noel Grealish

363. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to change the mandatory retirement age in the public sector, in view of the fact that many persons wish to continue working beyond the age of 65; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26990/17]

Public Sector Staff Retirements

Pat Deering

364. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding public sector retirement; the status of legislation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27027/17]

Flood Relief Schemes

Kevin O'Keeffe

365. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to an ongoing problem of flooding in a location (details supplied) in County Cork following flood relief measures being put in place; if the resolution of this problem will be pursued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27029/17]

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Clare Daly

366. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the standardised test of high-speed verbal and numerical reasoning administered as part of the Civil Service recruitment process discriminates against persons with mental health or neurological conditions which impinge on their ability to complete such high-speed tests that are otherwise highly qualified for recruitment. [27047/17]

Disability Act Employment Targets

Fergus O'Dowd

367. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis of his Department; if there is a responsibility to employ persons with disabilities to a quota of 3% of its workforce; if this quota has now been exceeded; if there has been an advertised competition in relation to this quota; if not, the reason therefore; the dates and details of such competitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27142/17]

National Training Fund

Thomas Byrne

368. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has undertaken an analysis of whether it would be more efficient in terms of reducing uncertainty and transaction costs on employers to implement the increase in the national training levy proposed as part of the employer contribution mechanism in one budget rather than sequenced over several budgets as proposed. [27200/17]

National Training Fund

Thomas Byrne

369. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether or not it would be possible to vary the rate employers pay on the national training levy to the proposed employer contribution mechanism according to the assumed benefit they derive from higher education training or alternatively to varying contributions by sector whereby employers in more high skilled sectors pay a higher contribution. [27201/17]

National Training Fund

Thomas Byrne

370. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the limits imposed by the expenditure rule on spending the surplus of the national training fund are due to the legislative provisions which established the fund as a hypothecated revenue rather than as general revenue and as such could be altered by amending the National Training Fund Act 2000 to disestablish the fund as a hypothecated revenue and re-establish it as general revenue. [27203/17]

Office of Public Works Staff

Anne Rabbitte

371. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the appointment of a safety officer of national monuments which was advertised and interviewed for earlier in 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27259/17]

Public Sector Pensions

Éamon Ó Cuív

372. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if retired public servants will be represented at the pay talks by associations representing specifically retired public servants; if an organisation (details supplied) are or will be participants in the talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27275/17]

Public Sector Pensions

Clare Daly

373. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans regarding retaining the link between occupational pensions received by public service pensioners and the wages or salary of the person's grade at retirement. [27292/17]

National Training Fund

Thomas Byrne

374. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has sought approval from EUROSTAT on whether it would be permissible under the fiscal rules to use the surplus from the national training fund levy for capital expenditure. [27324/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

375. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all the persons that have been hired by the Garda Commissioner to form part of the Charleton liaison committee were sanctioned by his Department and were employed following a full public procurement process; and if so, the details of same. [27344/17]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Dara Calleary

376. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to parliamentary Question No. 215 of 6 April 2017, the reason his Department does not publish details of the projected annual cost of individual PPP projects over their lifetime. [27366/17]

Public Sector Staff

John Brady

377. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has advised Government Departments that applications by civil servants to continue working past 65 years of age under circular 13/1975 are no longer to be accepted; if so, the date on which; the reason this decision was made; the number of applications made under circular 13/1975 for each of the years between 2010 and to date in 2017; the number of applications that were accepted; and the income figures used to calculate the hardship threshold set out in part 3 of the circular. [27384/17]

Public Sector Pensions

Eamon Scanlon

378. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to restore pro rata pension increases for retired public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27394/17]

Office of Public Works Properties

Joan Burton

379. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Office of Public Works commissioned document Towards a Liffey Valley Park; if there has been correspondence between the Office of Public Works and the local authorities since the publication of that document to seek updates regarding steps the local authorities are taking to implement the recommendations of that document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27401/17]

Public Sector Staff Retirements

Mary Butler

380. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on progress implementing the recommendation in the interdepartmental report on fuller working lives to review the current statutory and operational considerations giving rise to barriers to extended participation in the public service workforce up to and including the current and planned age of entitlement to the State pension (contributory); the nature and scope of contact with public sector employers regarding the implementation of this recommendation; the public sector employers with which his Department has been in contact on this matter; when he expects the review to be concluded; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27424/17]