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Appointment of Members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 8th October, 2024, to propose, for the approval of Dáil Éireann, the appointment or reappointment, as the case may be, of the persons concerned to be members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, and pursuant to sections 9 and 10 of the Legal Services Regulation Act, 2015, approves the appointment of...

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2024: Leave to Introduce (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2024: Vote 20 — Garda Síochána (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 21 — Prisons (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 22 — Courts Service (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 24 — Justice (Supplementary...

Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. XX) (Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit) Regulations 2024: Motion (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. XX) (Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit) Regulations 2024, a copy of which was laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 10th October, 2024.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: There is a process.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I thought you were all in favour of process.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Carthy is in bad form.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Carthy is in bad form today.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The procedures for Ministerial consent of a pension increase in commercial semi state bodies are outlined in the Amendments to the Annex on Remuneration and Superannuation of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, which were introduced by Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 16/2021. The Code of Practice provides that it is initially a matter for each...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The number of staff in the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform's communications and press office teams from 2019 to present is laid out in the tables below. 2019 Grade Number of staff Principal Officer 0 Assistant Principal 4 Higher Executive Officer 2 Administrative Officer 0 Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: An outline of the campaigns undertaken by my department to date in 2024 is below. Campaign Duration Purpose Cost (€) Agencies Europe Day Supplement - DPENDR Contribution Supplement ran on 5 May 2024 DPENDR has policy responsibility for EU Cohesion Funding in Ireland. A 4-page Europe Day supplement ran on 5 May 2024 as part of the Europe...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by publicjobs (formerly the Public Appointments Service -PAS-) that it assigned a total of 15 candidates from the Principal Officer 2022 panel between October 10th 2023 and October 10th 2024. I am further advised by the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) that the figure for Principal Officer internal competitions from Departments under its remit was 63 appointments...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Public Appointments Service that the budget allocation for Advertising in 2023, 2024 and 2025 is as set out in the table. Subhead 2023 Outturn 2024 Allocation 2025 Allocation (VIII) RECRUITMENT COSTS - ADVERTISING €1,290,000 €1,200,000 €1,200,000

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The current minimum wage is €12.70 per hour. Based on the civil service 35 hour standard net working week, this equates to an annual salary of approximately €23,194. If, as suggested, the minimum wage were to rise by ten cent to €12.80 per hour, this would result in an annual salary of approximately €23,377. Detailed data on civil service staff indicates that no...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Official Engagements (15 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the formation of the Government, no members of the media have accompanied the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform at international events or engagements as part of the Government delegation.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (10 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Public procurement practices are subject to audit and scrutiny under the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993, and the Local Government Reform Act 2014. Individual Accounting Officers are responsible for ensuring that their public procurement functions are discharged in line with the standard accounting and procurement rules and procedures and are publicly accountable for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reviews (10 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that a deferred reply will be issued to her in respect of this Parliamentary Question, in line with Standing Order 51(1)(b).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (9 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 to 81, inclusive, together. The response below provides a composite answer to Questions 40385/24, 40386/24, 40387/24, and 40388/24. In Budget 2020, the Minister for Finance announced that the projected revenue raised by a €6 increase of the carbon tax in 2020 would be ring-fenced to protect those most exposed to higher fuel and energy costs, to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (8 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by Public Appointments Service (PAS) that they panelled 159 candidates in total from the most recent principal officer grade competition. There are currently 38 people remaining on the panel.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (8 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy for 2023 and to-date 2024 is set out in the tables below. 2023 Supplier Purpose Value Actionable Innovation Life Events Consultancy €22,678 Agilist Information Technologies Consulting Services related to the Configuration of Azure DevOps services ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2025 (8 Oct 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Expenditure reviews are a key component of the public expenditure management framework. They began with the special group report 2009 which initiated the first Value for Money (VFM) process, followed by two comprehensive reviews of expenditure (CRE) 2012-2014 and 2015-2017, two spending review cycles 2017-2019 and 2020-2022 and a one year process in 2023. Since 2017 the spending review...