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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (14 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: There is no specific provision in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 which established the Single Pension Scheme, to provide for the purchase or transfer of additional pension benefits by Single Scheme members. Notwithstanding this, a commitment has been given that a purchase and transfer facility would be provided by way of Regulations under the Single...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (14 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Capital Plan "Building on Recovery", sets out a €42 billion framework to address our priority infrastructure needs up to 2021. This plan is being reviewed to ensure that capital spending is strictly aligned with national economic and social priorities, consistent with Programme for Partnership Government objectives.  This includes...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (14 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Terms and conditions of employees of commercial state bodies (otherthan the Chief Executive Officer) are generally a matter for the body concerned and I have no direct input in relation to those terms and conditions. However, in relation to public servants generally, including those in non-commercial state bodies, the Deputy may be aware that an Interdepartmental Working Group, chaired...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the committee for the opportunity to appear before it. I am very pleased to be here to discuss, as the Chairman indicated, the implications of Brexit for the Good Friday Agreement. I will be focusing my remarks mainly on an area that I know is of interest to the committee, which is the status of European Union funding for Northern Ireland, how I see it at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputies and the Senator for their questions. I will begin with the question from Deputy Breathnach. There is no vacuum. We have an agreement in place now to see the honouring of the programmes up to 2020. I will outline some of the detail for INTERREG. A total of 24 letters of offer have issued to projects. A total of 16 letters of offer for the PEACE programme have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is about ensuring that a funding source is in place. It has also been agreed that the programmes and projects will continue to be subject to EU regulations. Reference was made to Horizon 2020 and Science Foundation Ireland. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, is responsible for this area, in particular for Horizon 2020 funding. This is another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Is Senator Craughwell referring to the ruling of the UK Supreme Court?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: We have not really done so. Legal advice may have been sought and perhaps it may have been shared with the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. I am not aware of that, but I can check. Senator Craughwell is raising an issue relating to a British political decision being implemented by the British Government that will be overseen by the UK courts. The issue of legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The common theme of what Deputy Brendan Smith, Senator Mark Daly and Mr. Pat Doherty, MP, have said is that we need to be careful not to overestimate the knowledge that other European parliaments might have about Ireland. I could not agree more. Furthermore, I cannot see why we should think that they have a very high stock of knowledge in that regard. The Dutch parliament is preoccupied...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy O'Dowd and Senators Feighan and Black for their questions and comments. With regard to Deputy O'Dowd's comments about the potential nature or level of any tariffs, the discussion and negotiation has not commenced yet. If we look at how long it took to reach agreement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, negotiations, or the nature of the agreement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: That comment can be applied to all countries. People must know the difference between friends, interests and allies. Allies change but we are clear on where we stand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Superannuation Schemes (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Membership of the Revised Civil Service Spouses and Childrens' Superannuation Scheme has been compulsory for all new entrant Civil Servants since 1984. The benefits of the Revised scheme compared to the Original scheme are that post-retirement spouses are now encompassed by the scheme and post-retirement children, including those born outside of marraige who weren't...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Relations Contracts Data (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, the tables below outline the level of expenditure on photography, advertising, website development and interview training and development by my Department since it was established in 2011.  There has been no expenditure on communications advice and public relations during that period.  There is also information in relation to the Institute of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2017 (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The estimated carryover impact of certain Budget 2017 measures was published on Page 36 of Expenditure Report 2017 (Table 9) and amounted to approximately €½ billion at that time. This estimate will be updated as the relevant Budget measures are implemented. These carryover costs will need to be accommodated within the net fiscal space available for Budget 2018 to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to PQ 3273/17 on the 26th of January 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Data (8 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The referendums on 34thAmendment to the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015 and 35thAmendment to the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015 were held together on the 22 May, 2015. The final cost of the above referendums is €14.9m.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The memo to which the article refers contains more than a reference to me; it is from me. The memo lays out the spending review that the Government will be implementing across this year. This is the kind of spending review that is a normal part of how a government should do business, but it did not take place in the period leading up to the crisis or in the period during which the crisis...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Recycling Policy (7 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas have been actively involved in the OPW’sOptimising Power @ Workenergy conservation initiative for many years. Regular events are held to elevate energy awareness for Members and Staff in the Oireachtas. The Houses of the Oireachtas previously won the “Best Energy Team” at the OPW’s national awards. The Oireachtas is...