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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 ('the 2004 Act') provides in general that an individual who takes up an appointment in a public service body on or after 1 April 2004 is classed as a 'new entrant'. However, the legislation makes various exceptions for those public servants who, in the 26 weeks prior to appointment, had previously worked in the public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from my Department and the bodies under its aegis have confirmed that they are paying the legal Employment Regulation Order (ERO) hourly rate to their employees.  Please note that separate material is provided below in relation to the Office of Public Works. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The particular measure which has cut certain public service pensions under the financial emergency legislation is the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR). Introduced in 2011 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010, PSPR reduces the value of those public service pensions which have pre-PSPR values above specified thresholds. It does so in a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, the following table outlines the amount spent by my Department on taxi fares in the past two years. Year Purpose Amount 2015 Taxi fares €18,616 2016 Taxi fares €26,928 2017 (to date) Taxi fares €13,942 No money has been spent on the hiring of limousines.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, the following table sets out the information sought as it relates to my Department and the bodies under its aegis. Organisation Additional Annual Cost Department of Public Expenditure and Reform €44,207 National Shared Services Office €717,672 Office of Government Procurement €52,370 Public Appointments Service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Banking (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has concluded its examination of the files held in the National Archives and it has been found that there are no further records of sanction for the opening of public bank accounts for An Garda Síochána for the years 1990-1992 in the relevant files. I can confirm, therefore, that the only public bank accounts sanctioned for opening by An...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: On Budget day last October, the Government set out its priorities in relation to expenditure measures for 2017 in Expenditure Report 2017, with the Budget Estimates published in that report reflecting these measures. The Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2017 (REV) provided additional details in relation to these Estimates and also reflected additional allocations...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Labour Court Recommendation on Garda pay issued on 3rd of November 2016 had serious implications for the continued viability of the Lansdowne Road Agreement. After engagement with the Public Service Committee of ICTU and in acknowledgement of the anomaly that has arisen in the context of the Labour Court Recommendation concerned, the Government in its capacity as the public service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, the following table provides the details of each body or organisation scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from the group of votes under my remit in 2017. Body/Organisation Details of services being provided Amount Institute of Public Administration Public sector development, through education, training, research and publishing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, there is one qualified actuary and one actuarial analyst, training to become a qualified actuary, working in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Transport Authority (NTA) figures released in ‘Statistical Bulletin Number: 01/ 2017 April 2017’ show that 6% of the national taxi fleet is now wheelchair accessible, up from 4.2% in 2013. Based on consultations with the market prior to establishing a framework contract for the provision of taxi services in the Greater Dublin Area in April 2015, the market...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Overall expenditure on my Department's Vote was under profile by €5 million at the end of June 2017.  This variance against profiled expenditure arises primarily due to timing issues in relation to payments on a number of areas such as ICT projects and technical assistance for EU programmes, as well as some savings in relation to salary and other costs. In terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Water Charges Refunds (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Managing the delivery of public services within Budgetary allocations set out in the Estimates agreed by the Dáil is a key responsibility of each Minister and their Department. The drawdown of funds from the Exchequer is monitored against the published expenditure profiles and this information is published monthly, as part of the Department of Finance's...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I would like to advise the Deputy that there are no staff in the core Department of Public Expenditure and Reform suspended from work on full pay. My Department also includes the National Shared Services Office and the Office of Government Procurement.  There are no staff suspended on full pay from the National Shared Services Office. There is currently one Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Overall expenditure on my Department's Vote was under profile by €5 million at the end of June 2017.  This variance against profiled expenditure arises primarily due to timing issues in relation to payments on a number of areas such as ICT projects and technical assistance for EU programmes, as well as some savings in relation to salary and other costs. In terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Data (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has received no protected disclosures from staff in 2016 or to date in 2017.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to be here today to discuss the summer economic statement. It outlines the broad parameters that will underpin discussions of economic and fiscal policy over the medium term and the main pillars of this approach. In the short term, it sets the framework for discussions on budget 2018 over the coming months. Turning first to the economic situation,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The summer economic statement made clear the issue of water charging and its funding would be dealt with later on in the year. The Taoiseach has now outlined, in the context of this, that the Goverment wants to deliver a full refund, which we will do. The cost of the refunding of charges is €171 million. The full cost of this includes an administrative charge of €5 million....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It was €171 million.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is €280 million to €300 million.