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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (19 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 to 109, inclusive, and 111 to 114, inclusive, together. Reviewing voted expenditure for the current year, gross voted expenditure of €39,836 million to end-September was €439 million (1.1%) below profile, with gross voted current expenditure €364 million (1.0%) below profile and gross voted capital expenditure €76...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Operations (19 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Moratorium on Public Service Recruitment and Promotion was removed by the previous Government in 2015, and there has been considerable recruitment across many areas of the Public Service since then.  In 2015, Public Service numbers increased by just over 8,500, and up to mid-point this year numbers have increased by a further 4,000.  Also since 2015, Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Mar is eol don Teachta Dála, sa bhliain 2014, cheadaigh an Rialtas cur chuige nua chun tacú le cumas Gaeilge sa státseirbhís. Faoin gcur chuige nua seo tá bearta chuireadh i bhfeidhm chun deireadh a chuir leis an bpolasaí maidir le marcanna bónais a bhronnadh as inniúlacht Ghaeilge in earcaíocht agus i gcomórtais d'arduithe céime sa...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will appreciate, the decision of the UK to leave the EU will have significant implications for EU-funded cross-border programmes where one Member State is leaving the EU and the other is remaining.  Nevertheless, the Irish Government remains firmly committed to the full implementation of the two programmes. A key issue is the basis on which Letters of Offer can issue to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, managing the delivery of public services within Budgetary allocations is a key responsibility of each Minister and their Department, and measures are in place to help ensure that these budgetary targets continue to be met. My Department is in regular communication with all Departments and Offices to ensure that expenditure is being managed within the overall...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The pensions of Prison Officers (and public servants generally) appointed on or after 6 April 1995, are integrated with the State pension.  For such officers the pension consists of: an occupational pension, which takes into account the State pension, and which is currently paid by the Payroll Shared Services Centre, and a State pension payable by the Department of Social Protection. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue of pension entitlements for Community Employment Scheme Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors was the subject of a Labour Court recommendation in 2008. The position is that although the employing bodies concerned are mainly funded by public expenditure programmes, the State does not have any role as an employer in this sector and the employees of such bodies are not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Appointments Service (PAS) on behalf of the Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC) are currently running an open competition to fill the post of Assistant Secretary (Head of Remuneration, Pensions & Industrial Relations) within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The post was advertised on the Public Appointment Service website on Friday, 26thAugust 2016 and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue of pension entitlements for Community Employment Scheme Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors was the subject of a Labour Court recommendation in 2008. The position is that although the employing bodies concerned are mainly funded by public expenditure programmes, the State does not have any role as an employer in this sector and the employees of such bodies are not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The recruitment and appointment of Recruit Prison Officer is in accordance with the conditions of service attached to direct entry grades which excludes incremental credit for previous public service employment.  It is however the position that Prison Administration & Support Staff who are appointed to the Recruit Prison Officer grade will attract a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue of pension entitlements for Community Employment Scheme Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors was the subject of a Labour Court recommendation in 2008. The position is that although the employing bodies concerned are mainly funded by public expenditure programmes, the State does not have any role as an employer in this sector and the employees of such bodies are not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Haddington Road Agreement, underpinned by the FEMPI 2013 Act, brought in pay cuts for public servants earning €65,000 and over. Under the Lansdowne Road Agreement (and the FEMPI Act 2015), pay restoration for those public servants on annualised remuneration up to €110,000 will be in two equal phases, with the first phase due to take place on 1 April 2017 and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2017 (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 and 371 together. In the context of preparing the Estimates for Budget 2017, officials in my Department would have engaged intensively with officials from other Government Departments, Offices and public bodies. Departmental officials would also have attended certain bilateral meetings where I met Ministers with responsibility for other...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I have in place in my Department in Government Accounting Unit robust and well-established arrangements for responding to the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General which have cross-public service implications. As the Deputy will be aware, when the Comptroller and Auditor General makes a recommendation relating to a Government Department or body under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The establishment of a Public Service Pay Commission to examine pay levels across the public service is a commitment in the confidence and supply agreement and in the Programme for Partnership Government.  In July, the Government agreed in principle to the establishment of a Public Service Pay Commission.  In line with this decision, my...

Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Absolutely.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (13 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 106 agus 107 le chéile. Tá seachtar ball foirne a bhfuil cumas feidhmeach acu obair na Roinne a dhéanamh sa Ghaeilge, coibhéiseach le tuairim 1% den fhoireann uile. Cé go bhfuil cuma ar an líon seo a bheith beag, is leor é le riachtanais na Roinne, nach mbíonn i dteagmháil dhíreach le...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí (13 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Mar is eol don Teachta Dála, sa bhliain 2014, cheadaigh an Rialtas cur chuige nua chun tacú le cumas Gaeilge sa státseirbhís. Faoin gcur chuige nua seo tá bearta chuireadh i bhfeidhm chun deireadh a chuir leis an bpolasaí maidir le marcanna bónais a bhronnadh as inniúlacht Ghaeilge in earcaíocht agus i gcomórtais d'arduithe céime sa...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (13 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In so far as the arrangements referred to in the Deputy's earlier question relate to a scheme operated by the United States' Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and accessible to Irish citizens under the U.S.'s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, by which monetary awards are available for tip-offs leading to successful enforcement actions by the SEC, it would be a matter for my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commission for Public Service Appointments (12 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) is an independent statutory body.  It is responsible for overseeing appointments to a wide range of positions in the Civil and Public Service.  In carrying out its oversight role, it audits recruitment processes and examines complaints from individuals unhappy with the conduct of an appointment...