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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. I am advised that the Office of Public Works will respond to the Deputy directly in respect of employees of that Office encompassed by this Question. Year Advisors Name (and Minister in question) Annual Salary Areas of Expertise 2020 (Change of Minister during year) Deborah Sweeney (Paschal Donohoe) Kevin...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, please see the table of expenses paid to Ministerial Advisers in this Department since 2020 to date. 2020 Advisers to Minister McGrath €0.00 2021 Advisers to Minister McGrath €517.15 2022 Advisers to Minister McGrath €3,485.87 2023 Advisers to Minister Donohoe €5,760.98 2024 Advisers to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by publicjobs (the Public Appointments Service), the statutory independent recruiter for the Public and Civil Service, that Remote Proctoring is a critical tool in their assessment process. It is utilised to confirm the candidate’s identity, to ensure adherence with the rules and guidelines, and to verify that the assessments are completed independently, fairly and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Dear Seán, I refer to your email of 26 August 2024, requesting an update on the status of the arrangements for the Occupational Supplementary Pension (OSP). I am pleased to inform you that this matter has now been dealt with, and Circular 12/2024 was issued in late July this year, setting out the arrangements for Occupational Supplementary Pensions. These arrangements include a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regional Development (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects or sectoral policy strategies, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP),...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: In 2023, the latest year for which statistics are available, 51% of reviews by the Information Commissioner were concluded within four months, with 92% of reviews concluded within 12 months. Given the complexity of the issues that routinely arise, the Commissioner and his staff are to be commended for the efficiency with which FOI reviews are carried out. Resources for the Office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Single Public Service Pension Scheme is a statutory Public Service Career-Average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, established on 1 January 2013 under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. Single Scheme pension benefits are integrated with the State Pension (Contributory) as members pay Class A PRSI. All new entrants to the public service, hired after 1...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As a consequence of the UK’s decision to leave the EU, the EU put in place funding support for Member States to mitigate the resulting impacts, in the form of a Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR). Ireland’s BAR allocation is €802 million, the largest allocation for any Member State. Ireland has received its share in the form of pre-financing - approximately €361.7m...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As a consequence of the UK’s decision to leave the EU, the EU put in place funding support for Member States to mitigate the resulting impacts, in the form of a Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR). The BAR provides support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial and, environmental consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. In order to be eligible for BAR...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department and the bodies under its aegis is set out in the table below. Public Body HEPA Filtration Co2 Monitoring Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform No The Department does not have any hard-wired Co2 monitoring systems installed or in operation. Where necessary, portable Co2...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Summer Economic Statement (SES) was published in July, following on from the Stability Programme Update earlier this year. It set out the parameters for Budget 2025 and expenditure ceilings out to 2030 which are framed with the need to continue to improve public services and capital infrastructure to support a growing population, and to ensure an expenditure strategy that will help...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Appointments Service is the recruitment and resourcing service provider for client organisations in the civil and public service. It is responsible for sourcing, assessment and delivery of quality candidates to public service clients. It runs a wide range of openly advertised recruitment competitions and interdepartmental promotion competitions within the Civil Service. PAS’...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Public cloud continues to be a key and growing platform supporting the delivery of innovative, modern digital public services. Connecting Government 2030, the Digital and ICT Strategy for Ireland’s Public Service, reaffirms the commitment to a cloud-first approach, as set out in the 2019 Cloud Advice Note published by my Department. That note advised that new government systems should...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister recognises the role that Cloud computing plays in the delivery of public services. In support of this, the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) published a comprehensive Cloud Services Procurement Guidance Note which provides procurement and commercial guidance to Public Service Bodies in respect of their procurement of Cloud based solutions. This Guidance Note was well...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: In answering the Deputy's question, it is assumed that the scenario outlined applies to an individual who has retired or resigned from a role in the Defence Forces, in which they were a member of a pre-existing public service pension scheme, and who has now accepted another public service role, where membership of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme applies. It should be noted that, in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 469, 477, 478 and 479 together. As a consequence of the UK’s decision to leave the EU, the EU put in place funding support for Member States to mitigate the resulting impacts, in the form of a Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR). The BAR provides support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial and, environmental consequences of the withdrawal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that neither my Department nor any of the bodies under its aegis have had any legal cases of the nature specified in the past five years.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The European Union’s Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) is a unique regulation established specifically to provide support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial, and environmental consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. The BAR funding complements funding provided by the Government. In order to be eligible for BAR funding, expenditure must fall...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Summer Economic Statement is an important milestone in the annual budgetary process, it sets out the broad parameters for the forthcoming annual Budget in terms of current and capital, giving the wider macroeconomic context within which the parameters are set. It sets the basis for which my Department negotiates the overall allocations to each line Department and on that basis is vital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Ombudsman currently has jurisdiction by default in relation to any company where a majority of shares are held by or on behalf of a Minister of the Government, unless it is specifically excluded under the terms of the Ombudsman Act. At present, there are no plans to make changes to the current arrangements. In relation to prisons, engagement is ongoing between the Ombudsman and the...