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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for the management of gross voted expenditure and the annual estimates process, general sanctioning powers in relation to expenditure and policy matters relating to the appraisal, review and evaluation of expenditure. I am not responsible for the management of non-Exchequer expenditure. However, the National...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has found it necessary to contact An Garda Síochána in the context specified in her Question. I would emphasise that such instances tend to be very isolated but the health, safety and welfare of those working in the Department to provide a public service is a key priority and, therefore, any such instances are treated with the utmost...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Single Public Service Pension Scheme is a statutory Public Service Career-Average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, established on 1 January 2013 under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. The Single Scheme was established to place publicly-funded retirement benefits on a more sustainable footing in the context of longer life expectancies. All new...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Campaigns (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: It is estimated that the cost to the Exchequer of holding the two Constitutional referendums on 8 March 2024 will be approximately €21m. It is estimated that about 80% of this cost would be made up of payments to Returning Officers, with a further 16% to An Post and the remainder made up of smaller payments in respect of costs incurred by the Department of Housing, Local Government and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, I and my Department have responsibility for providing and maintaining rules and guidance on severance terms in the civil and public service as per Circular 09/2018. Under Circular 09/2018: Consolidation of arrangements for the offer of severance terms in the civil and public service, Government Departments may seek sanction to pay severance to an individual by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: At present there are no plans to make an order under section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act in respect of any organisation. However, a comprehensive review of the Freedom of Information Act has been undertaken. Among the themes identified as requiring examination in the consultation process were the mechanisms for designating a body as one to which FOI applies. This issue is being...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 287 and 288 together. In the first instance it should be noted that this is a matter for the Minister for Children as it relates to expenditure of that Department. Budget 2024 provides an allocation of €1.9 billion by DCEDIY for the provision of accommodation for beneficiaries of temporary protection and international protection applicants. This...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Thank you for raising this important matter. I recognise that in an increasingly digital society there are those who are unable to avail of digital opportunities for whatever reason. That is why In August 2023, my Department, following collaboration with a number of Departments and external representative organisations, published Digital for Good: Ireland's Digital Inclusion Roadmap. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there have been no such instances in my Department or the bodies under its aegis since 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Campaigns (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The deadline for Returning Officers to submit all of their costs to my Department is six months after the referendums are held, so final figures for the cost of the referendums held on 8 March will not be available until then. However, it is estimated that the costs over which my Department has oversight will be approximately €21 million, broken down as follows: €17 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Campaigns (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The deadline for Returning Officers to submit all of their costs to my Department is six months after the referendums are held, so a breakdown of the cost of the referendums held on 8 March will not be available until then. However, it is estimated that the costs over which my Department has oversight will be approximately €21 million, broken down as follows: €17 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has funded two non-governmental organisations over the past three years, with the amount of funding set out in the table below. My Department has funded Transparency International Ireland since 2013 to support the Department’s role in the implementation of the Protected Disclosures Act. My Department provides this funding in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Meetings (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department and I have had a number of engagements with the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) since 2019. In each of the years from 2019 to 2023, my officials and I met with the Community and Voluntary Pillar for a pre-budget meeting and the NWCI attended each of these meetings. In addition to this, the NWCI were also part of a Civic Forum...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform has a very modest capital allocation of less than €700,000 for 2024. At the end of February no capital funding had been expended, which is similar to the position at end-February 2023. On a Vote group basis, capital expenditure amounted to just under €34 million at end-February 2024, compared to capital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 302 and 303 together. As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for the management of gross voted expenditure and the annual estimates process, general sanctioning powers in relation to expenditure and policy matters relating to the appraisal, review and evaluation of expenditure. I am not responsible for the management of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for the allocation and management of voted expenditure across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan 2021-30 (NDP), rests with the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not sponsored any PPP projects, however, the OPW under the aegis of my Department manages the Convention Centre Dublin on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media who are the sponsors of the project. In terms of costs for the completed projects, the payments made by the State over the life of the PPP contract (typically 25 years...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Energy Conservation (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 and 313 together. Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs) are a form of Public Private Partnership (PPP), but are significantly different from ‘traditional’ PPPs. Under an EPC, an Energy Service Company (ESCO) takes responsibility for undertaking the energy efficiency upgrade of a building. In return, an agreed proportion of the resulting...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for the management of gross voted expenditure and the annual estimates process, general sanctioning powers in relation to expenditure and policy matters relating to the appraisal, review and evaluation of expenditure. I am not responsible for the management of non-Exchequer expenditure, which mainly comprises of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 312 and 317 together. During the life of the PPP contract (typically 25 years after construction), a portion of the unitary payment is adjusted annually by an inflation factor to reflect changes in a general inflation index specified in the contract (the Consumer Price Index or the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices). This indexable portion represents...