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Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I am trying to be helpful. I will take it away, discuss it with my officials and see if we can do it.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy. I inform the Chairman that I have to move a motion in the House at 12.50 p.m., immediately after the Order of Business.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I want to answer the Deputy's question on the Department of Health. The way we would look to do that is by the HSE national service plan. We are aiming to move to a health budget that will ensure the delivery of existing and new commitments. I expect the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, will deal with the health spokespersons in his own committee in regard to how that will happen....

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As announced, on the additional funding provided to the Department of Health, I want to see a change in how we account for funding to ensure the budget delivers the objectives that Government has set for it and that we verify it. That is what we are going to do.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: We have tried to outline the process by which we are going to respond to what Deputy Barrett said earlier in terms of the mid-year expenditure report and publication of the taxation papers. The main constraint we have is from an input point of view, that if we share that information with the Oireachtas, we want to be confident it will not change. Even in my early weeks in the Department, in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Data (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The fiscal forecasts in the Stability Programme Update for the period 2017 to 2021 were set out on a technical, no-policy change basis, consistent with the approach adopted in the Budget 2016 book published by the Department of Finance in October last year. The amounts included in both the Budget 2016 book and the April 2016 Stability Programme Update in respect of voted expenditure were...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question the Public Sector Times Magazine is freely distributed to all departments so no costs were incurred.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question my Department spent €22,379 on daily and weekend newspapers in 2015.  There are online subscriptions to the Irish Times and the Financial Times. With over 1,100 staff members in my Department a combination of physical copies and online subscriptions is currently considered appropriate and every effort is made to minimise costs where possible.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 and 367 together. The number of staff working in the Human Resources section of my Department is 20.8. The HR staffing number is reflective of my Department's mission to, inter alia, deliver the Government's Public Service Reform Plan.  The introduction of PeoplePoint in 2013 was accompanied by the establishment of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: On the commencement of each Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices including the permitted staffing levels in the private and constituency offices of Ministers and Ministers of State.  These guidelines are expected to be approved by Government shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The two Directives referred to by the Deputy have been transposed into national law by way of the following Statutory Instruments: - S.I. 284 of 2016European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 - S.I. 286 of 2016 - European Union (Award of Contracts by Utility Undertakings) Regulations 2016 The provisions of these Regulations are effective from 18 April 2016. Under...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reports (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The report of the Civil Service Arbitration Board on the introduction of an Underperformance Policy for the Civil Service was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on Monday 23 May 2016. The new policy on the management of Underperformance in the Civil Service has been endorsed by the Arbitration Board as compatible with good HR practice.  The Board has recommended that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Data (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question I can confirm that there are no semi-State companies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: A tender competition for pre-retirement courses was concluded recently and a new service provider is in place.  Administrative arrangements are being finalised and it is anticipated that pre-retirement courses will be in place shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The River Deel downstream of Crossmolina is part of the River Moy Catchment Drainage Scheme which was carried out by the Office of Public Works (OPW) under the Arterial Drainage Act 1945. The OPW continues to have statutory responsibility for the maintenance of this scheme. Earlier this year the OPW initiated a programme of tree cutting from the bank of the river in this area. Further work...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (14 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I note that the Fiscal Assessment Report welcomes the commitments in the Programme for a Partnership Government in relation to compliance with fiscal rules and reform of the budget process to allow for greater scrutiny. Within the context of ensuring compliance with the fiscal rules, the Programme contains a commitment to spend at least €6.75 billion more on public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sports Facilities Provision (9 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: It is the responsibility of the Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association to provide, erect and maintain, in a safe condition, goal posts on playing pitches allocated to it in the Phoenix Park.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (9 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In June 2015, Government approved proposals for a significant amelioration of pension reductions which had been applied under the financial emergency (FEMPI) legislation to all public service pensions above specified thresholds. This amelioration of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR), which subsequently became law under the Financial Emergency Measures in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (9 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question the table outlines the list of all Bills I intend to re-initiate relevant to my Department from the previous Dáil and a provisional timescale for each: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Intended legislation to be introduced in the current Dáil Session Title Purpose Status of Bill Public Sector Standards Bill 2015 To significantly...