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Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: He was away that day.

Migrant Earned Regularisation Bill 2015: First Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: No.

Standing Orders: Motion (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I move:That, pursuant to Standing Order 99(1)(a), the Committee on Procedure and Privileges recommends that the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby amended by the adoption of the following as an additional Standing Order: Discharge from Committee '107J. (1) Where a member of a Committee which is conducting a Part 2 inquiry contravenes a direction...

Estimates for Public Services 2015 (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I move the following Revised Estimates: Vote 1 — President’s Establishment (Revised Estimate).That a sum not exceeding €3,444,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2015, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary General to the President, for certain other expenses of...

Estimates for Public Services 2015 (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the two Deputies who contributed to the debate and I will try to deal with the issues raised. Having raised the issue with the Tánaiste earlier, Deputy Sean Fleming makes much of this being the first debate on the Estimates. However, on the day of the budget, 14 October 2014, we published the comprehensive expenditure report, which laid out the expenditure allocation to every...

Estimates for Public Services 2015 (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I do not know whether Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett attended the meeting of the Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government where members forensically examined the intentions of the Minister. We have allocated €1.3 billion in Exchequer funding over the coming three years. In addition, private financing will be sourced for a PPP package of €300 million...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Most pensionable public servants recruited before the commencement of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme are required as a condition of appointment to be members of (i) a "Main Superannuation Scheme" which provides for the member's own pension benefits and (ii) an associated Spouses' and Children's Scheme which covers pensions for spouses, civil...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman Staff (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I am advised that the Office of the Ombudsman carefully monitors the numbers of complaints it has on hand as well as the timelines required for concluding its examination of cases.  I am informed that the Ombudsman is taking steps to ensure that the majority of those who make complaints to his Office have their cases concluded in a very short timeframe, while at the same...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Professional Fees (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Sections 9 and 10 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2009 provides for the making of regulations by the Minister for Health, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to reduce the amount or the rate of payments to health professionals in respect of any services that they render to or on behalf of a Health...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (10 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Public Service superannuation schemes are funded on a pay as you go basis and therefore my Department does not have the information sought by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (10 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Public Service Sick Leave Scheme provides that an individual's sick leave record will be reviewed over a four-year period in order to determine how much paid sick leave they have access to.  Reviewing sick leave over a period of four years has operated as a flexible way of providing support to employees during periods of illness. The alternative approach...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (10 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Public Appointments Service (PAS) is the independent centralised provider of recruitment, assessment and selection services for the Civil Service and recruitment competitions are conducted in accordance with the Commission for Public Service (CPSA) Codes of Practice. Recruitment is conducted by way of competitive, fair, merit based selection processes. In such processes,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Teachers' Remuneration (10 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: There are two measures which currently underpin public service pay and pensions policy: the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts (or FEMPI) and the Haddington Road Agreement (HRA).  The HRA, in the Government's view, sets the parameters for pay policy in the public service  until July 2016.  The pay and conditions of teachers come within the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (10 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I refer to my reply on 18 February 2015 to Parliamentary Question No. 62.  The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Care of the Elderly Provision (10 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government manages the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages community support for vulnerable older people in our communities by providing grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alarms.  Therefore, this question is more appropriate for my colleague the Minister for Environment, Community and Local...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Ticket Sales (10 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Under the National Lottery Act 2013 the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has no function in relation to the operation of the lottery.  The Act requires the National Lottery Regulator to monitor and enforce compliance by the operator with the Act and with the terms and conditions of the licence granted to the operator.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (10 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Public Appointments Service is the independent, centralised recruitment agency for the civil and public service. As the the Public Appointments Service can only discuss the progress of an application with the individual concerned, I have requested that they communicate directly with the candidate.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authority Members (10 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has no function in this matter. However I understand, as the elected councillors of all Local Authorities is a matter of public record, that the person referred to is a councillor in Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown County Council.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Policy (11 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Over the last few years, this Government has delivered wide-ranging reforms to the budgetary architecture that have enhanced how we manage the public finances.  The reforms are informed by the core principle that a more open and transparent process, allowing for clearer accountability and oversight, supports the efficient use of public funds to deliver effective services for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (11 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question I have introduced twenty pieces of legislation since the formation of my Department which include: 1. Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 2. Appropriation Act 2011 3. Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 4. Statute Law Revision Act 2012 5. Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012...