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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform currently have a contract in place with Three Ireland for the supply of Mobile Phone Services & Handsets, this contract is due to expire in April 2020. All mobile phones are currently procured from the Three Ireland contract, the contract was awarded on foot of a public procurement competition for the Provision of Mobile Phone Services...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The number of staff in my Department by gender and pay grade, as of 31 October 2019, is set out in the following table. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Female Male Grand Total Secretary General 1 1 Deputy Secretary 1 1 Assistant Secretary / Director ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Advisers Data (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of special advisers contracted by my Department since the commencement of this Government are outlined in the following table. Name Commencement Date Cessation Date Deborah SweeneySpecial Adviser Appointed as SA to DPER on 06/05/2016.Reappointed as SA to DPER & Finance on 15/06/2017. N/A Stephen Lynam...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not of the view that there is an anomalous distinction between the approach for retired public servants taking up employment in the public service as compared to those who take up employment in the private sector. In 2012, the then Government, in legislating to extend abatement to include re-employment anywhere in the public service, acknowledged issues around recruitment of skilled...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The principle of abatement of a public service pension is longstanding within the rules of various public service pension schemes. Abatement is an important aspect of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (the Single Scheme Act). Section 52(1) to 52(5) provides for the abatement of a public service pension where a retired public servant, whose pension is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, I wish to state that there have been no complaints of bullying and sexual harassment in respect of this Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, I wish to state that there have been no dismissals in respect of this Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Project Ireland 2040 is the Government's long-term, overarching strategy to make Ireland a better country for all its people, integrating, for the first time, the national spatial and investment strategies. The projects under these plans which include roads, schools, primary care centres, housing, sporting and cultural amenities and business activation facilities impact villages, towns,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department's FOI Publication Scheme provides information about the operations of the Department in an open and accessible manner on a routine basis, in line with Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2014. The Scheme allows for the publication of information outside of FOI where the provision of information is not prohibited by law. My Department is proactive in publishing such...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department, as of 18thNovember 2019, is set out in the following table. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform 2016 2017 2018 2019 Public Relations €5,417 * - - €7,592 Promotions - - ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (21 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, as Minister for Finance, I am responsible for the development of the legal framework governing financial regulation, which includes insurance. In this regard, both I and my predecessor, Mr Michael Noonan T.D. as Ministers for Finance, have always recognised insurance reform as a key priority for this Government. However, we have been consistently clear that there is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Powers (21 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a number of additional staff and increased use of the Revenue drug detector dog teams including a new drug detector dog, have been deployed in the mail centres. These measures together with detection technology, such as scanners, currently used in the mailing centres have led to the increased rate of detection. Revenue constantly reviews its...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (21 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Taxation Division of my Department received in excess of 300 pre-budget submissions in relation to Budget 2020 and the Finance Bill. Some of these are duplicates sent in by different public representatives on behalf of the same organisation. All submissions are acknowledged by the Department on receipt. The relevant officials in the Division consider all pre-budget submissions in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility (21 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, Finance Bill 2019 proposes a two-year extension to the Help to Buy (HTB) scheme. The definition of first time buyer in HTB is as follows: 'first-time purchaser' means an individual who, at the time of a claim under subsection (3) has not, either individually or jointly with any other person, previously purchased or previously built, directly or indirectly, on his...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (21 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware I have no role in the day to day operations of any bank operating in the market. The bank concerned, AIB, has provided me with the following statement in relation to this matter: "AIB can confirm that the issue has been notified to the Central Bank of Ireland. "This issue relates to certain EBS mortgage customers where their insurance premium is collected with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Meetings (21 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that I have not met with any insurance companies or Insurance Ireland in my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform since my appointment to that role on 6thMay 2016. I am providing a separate reply to the Deputy in response to his question to me in my role as Minister for Finance.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (21 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of the ongoing reform of Ireland’s public investment management systems, my Department has undertaken extensive work on the updating of the Public Spending Code. The purpose of this update is to strengthen the existing guidance to better align with the realities of project delivery and with a particular focus on improved appraisal, cost estimation and management. I anticipate...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Shared Services (21 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 to 68, inclusive, together. The Financial Management Shared Service Programme will see the migration and upgrade of 31 separate Financial Management Systems (FMS) to a single FMS, with a single common Chart of Accounts, and standardised accounting processes for all of Central Government. This Programme is necessary, not only to address the upgrade...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 151 and 172 together. Section 5 of Finance Bill 2019 provides for the introduction of a targeted and time bound income tax credit for permanent members of the Irish Naval Service. This is a once-off measure that will apply in 2020 only, in respect of service carried out in 2019. It is based on the design of the existing Fisher Tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (26 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The State Claims Agency (SCA) is part of the National Treasury Management Agency, which is a body under the aegis of the Minister for Finance. As such, the SCA have supplied the information included in this report, and confirmed that it is correct as of 31 October 2019.  The following figures relate to claims which have been concluded and where damages have been paid across the Clinical...