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- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (31 Mar 2015)
Brendan Howlin: The Public Appointments Service (PAS) is an independent, statutory body which provides professional recruitment and selection services to the civil and public Service. PAS advertised a recruitment competition for clerical positions in the civil and public service in June 2014 which attracted over 28,000 applications. This competition was launched in order to create panels of...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (31 Mar 2015)
Brendan Howlin: The Public Appointments Service is the independent, centralised recruitment agency for the civil and public service. As the Public Appointments Service can only discuss the progress of an application with the individual concerned, I have requested that PAS communicate directly with the candidate in this instance.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (31 Mar 2015)
Brendan Howlin: The Report on the performance of the Public Works Contract was published on 11 December last year. It contains 4 interim recommendations and a framework for a medium term strategy to inform engagement between industry stakeholders. Engagement with industry stakeholders is underway on the interim recommendations and the three recommendations which amend the conditions of contract will be...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (1 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: Under EU and national rules, the public procurement of works, supplies and service contracts above certain thresholds must be awarded on the basis of objective and non-restrictive criteria. The aim of these European rules is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers best value for money. It would be a breach of the rules for a public body...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: I thank the Chairman for facilitating a debate on two orders under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 - a new Act that we debated at some length. One order provides for a different effective date for certain bodies under freedom of information, as I indicated would happen. The second order provides for exemptions from FOI in whole or in part for certain bodies. Both of these orders are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: I thank members for their contributions. It speaks volumes as to how we are in a whole new regime in that the freedom of information provisions now apply to everybody unless this committee discusses exceptions and both Houses agree to them. That has transformed the system. I do my best not to be discordant but it is difficult to listen to lectures from Deputy Fleming on broadening the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: There were no interjections until a journalist arrived.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: I want to be clear on this. The outworking of this legislation on FOI, which is, by international acknowledgment, ground-breaking and world class, will change the whole way in which bodies become subject to FOI such that they will be automatically included as opposed to being automatically excluded unless specifically included. However, we do have to have some discernment as to what is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: If we were to allow a raft of third-party people to make applications, that might delay the processing of applications and would not be in the interest of applicants. All of these things are fully encompassed in this comprehensive legislation. On the Private Residential Tenancies Board, I am, again, applying an effective date of 2012. I picked that date and not 2011 or 2013, for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: It was last year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: Yes.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: He has no interest.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: Not at all.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: From bullying.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: It is called free speech.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: Free speech.
- Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy Keaveney's party was in office for 14 years before he joined.
- Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: Stay to it, like the Order of Business.
- Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, please.
- Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)
Brendan Howlin: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, please.