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Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Training Fund (4 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 to 148, inclusive, together. The Fiscal Rules were not developed by Eurostat and they have no oversight on the assessment of compliance, therefore it is not necessary to consult with or seek approval from them.  The assessment of compliance is undertaken by the European Commission (EC) in terms of the EU Fiscal Rules and by the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff (4 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: On foot of one of the recommendations of the Report of the Interdepartmental Group on Fuller Working Lives, my Department, with Public Service employers, was tasked 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 Contributory...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (4 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department does not currently hold central information on the numbers on transfer lists.  This information, where available, is held by individual Departments only. As you will be aware, Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan has a commitment to develop a mobility scheme within the Civil Service. Work on this scheme is ongoing with the Civil Service Management Board, Departments...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions (4 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) reduces the value of those public service pensions which have pre-PSPR values above specified thresholds. It does so in a progressively structured way which has a proportionately greater effect on higher value pensions. A very significant part-unwinding of PSPR in three stages is taking place under the Financial Emergency Measures in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Sector High Level Forum (4 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Community Sector High Level Forum was reconvened in 2015 since when it has met four times. Previously approved meeting minutes are publicly available on my Department's website and contain the names of the participants on the Forum.  The Forum is tasked with providing for the exchange of views on a range of issues relating to the sector and is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (4 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I have included a table provided by the Institute of Public Administration which sets out the amount spent by each government department on programmes at the Institute over the past five years. The table does not take account of income derived from accredited programmes from certificate to doctorate level. These programmes come under the Post Entry Education Scheme where the fees...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The head of my Department’s Brexit/EU/North South Unit is responsible for coordinating Brexit issues in the Department.  The Unit oversees Brexit work across the Department and acts as the contact point with the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade and other Government Departments.  It is represented on the Inter-Departmental Group on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (4 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am assuming the deputy is referring to vacancies on State Board. Guidelines on appointments to State Boards were issued in November 2014 and since then all vacancies on State Boards are advertised on the portal, www.stateboards.ie, operated by the Public Appointments Service (PAS).  Each vacancy sets out specific and detailed criteria and the PAS operate a transparent assessment system...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: This illustrates the challenge in seeking to make progress on this issue. A 1% change in the cost of all of the public services in our State would be €160 million.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Is it buttons?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: That says something about the value the Deputy places on the public purse.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It says something about her attitude to the journey our country has gone through that she describes €160 million as buttons.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The sum of €160 million is the cost of a 1% increase to all of those who work in our public services. The cost of dealing with the issue of equalising pre and post-wage scales across the period of 2013 in a single year would be €206 million. If I had come into the House and said that I was prioritising dealing with that matter ahead of those others who work in the public...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: If I had come into the House and said that I wanted to do both, let us be absolutely clear that the other changes we would need to make in our tax code and in how we provide services would also be rejected by all of those who are calling and arguing for all of this legislation to be abolished in one single move.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: For those who have made that call on me and who claim to stand up for and represent the workers, I will pay them a compliment that they will not afford to most other Members in this House. I will pay them the compliment of saying that I believe their desire to represent those workers is authentic. So is mine. So is the desire of other Members of the House who understand that there are...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all Deputies for the contributions they have made in the course of the debate. I want to address some of the claims that have been made about the path of action I am taking on behalf of Government if such a path of action is endorsed by a majority of the unions that are currently balloting on the extension of the Lansdowne Road agreement. I wish to record a number of points which...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not even think many of the Deputies criticising me were aware of that-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: -----let alone bringing up the fact that it will be gone. As part of my commitment on further steps, I will be meeting the representative bodies for pensioners in the coming period, as I promised to do. I have already met some of them. I will look at what further progress we can make on this. It is also a point which has been raised by Fianna Fáil in the context of the...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In fairness, Deputy Cullinane did do so, which I acknowledge. The fact is that those who joined pre-2013 will see changes in their wages of between 6% and 7.4%. Anyone who joined after 2013 will see wage changes of between 7% and 10% across the duration of this agreement, if ratified. That was not acknowledged by any of the Deputies across the House who claim to speak the loudest about...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Not true. That is wrong.