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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The information sought is as follows: Year Amount 2011 €0 2012 €30,750 2013 €164,608 2014 €478,514 2015 €270,801

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. I can confirm that I am satisfied with the way Parliamentary Questions are replied to in my Department.  Individual sections provide me with briefings and draft responses in advance of deadlines so I can personally review each question until I am satisfied that a full and comprehensive response is being given. There have been some...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: My Department awards contracts for IT consultancy following requests for tenders advertised on the public procurement website, . These are typically awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous of the tenders received. My Department was established in June 2011. While no contracts for external IT consultants have been renegotiated since then, all new contracts have been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy is aware, the Government introduced new arrangements for the appointment of State board members in 2011.  Under the new arrangements, Departments now invite expressions of interest from the public on their websites for vacancies on the boards of bodies under their aegis. It is open to all members of the public regardless of gender, political affiliations or geographical...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Requests (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question, the following table outlines the number of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department since its formation in 2011: Freedom of Information Requests 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Number of requests received 61 178 99 110 113 Number of requests refused 5 20 8 14 9 Number of requests granted 38 51 29 55 23 Number of requests part-granted...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Process (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question, the following table outlines the Bills initiated by my Department that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas: Number Name Purpose Subject to Pre-Legislative Scrutiny No. 33 of 2013 Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 To provide for the exercise by either House or both Houses...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Process (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question, the following table outlines the Bills initiated by my Department since September 2013: Number Name Enacted 1 Appropriation Act 2013 20/12/2013 (No. 43 of 2013) 2 Public  Service Management (Recruitment & Appointments) (Amendment)  Act 2013 24/12/2013 (No. 47 of 2013) 3 Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices)...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Expenses (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question, the following table details expenditure on staff subsistence payments and staff taxi payments in the years from 2011 to 2015: Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Staff Subsistence Payments €147,924 €211,882 €280,746 €356,408* €201,359 Staff Taxi Payments €3,492 €5,638 €6,983 €12,731*...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question, the following table outlines the total amount spent on external consultancy reports commissioned by my Department since 2011: Name of External Report Costs Date or Expected Date of Publication Name of External Consultant Independent verification of savings arising under the Public Service Agreement €35,819 June 2011 MKO Partners Ltd Report on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 316 to 318, inclusive, together. The data sought by the Deputy is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Age related data on serving civil servants is readily available from 2006 onwards and it shows that over the period 2006 to 2015 the average age in the Civil Service rose from just over 43 years of age to almost 48 years of age, as presented in the table below.  The Moratorium on Recruitment over much of that period will have contributed to this.  Similar age related...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (16 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 322 together. The Moriarty Tribunal made two recommendations for changes to company law, as follows: - That a provision similar to section 172 of the UK Companies Act, 2006 be adopted, together with the adoption of additional implementation or enforcement measures. - That consideration be given by the Oireachtas, and/or by the Company Law Review...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Agencies Reports (17 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The National Lottery Regulator took up office on 17 November 2014. In accordance with the terms of the National Lottery Act 2013, the Lottery Regulator has compiled draft accounts for the period during 2014 in which he was in office. These accounts have been submitted to my Department and to the Comptroller and Auditor General. Once the accounts have been audited by the Comptroller...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Public procurement is the acquisition, whether under formal contract or not, of works, supplies and services by public bodies. National rules governing public procurement must comply with the relevant EU, WTO and national legal requirements and obligations. In general under EU law, public contracts above a certain value must be advertised EU-wide and awarded to the most competitive tender...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (17 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The main purpose of the EU public procurement regime is to open up the market and to ensure the free movement of supplies, services and works within the EU having regard to Treaty of Rome principles including transparency, proportionality and equal treatment. This is the rationale that shapes the detailed rules (Directives) governing the regime. Public procurement procedures require...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (17 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Public Procurement can be defined as the acquisition, whether under formal contract or not, of works, supplies and services by public bodies.  It ranges from the purchase of routine supplies or services to formal tendering and placing contracts for large infrastructural projects by a wide and diverse range of contracting authorities. EU directives set out advertising requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (17 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: EU directives set out advertising requirements and tendering procedures for contracts above certain value thresholds that must be applied by all public bodies involved in procurement. For contracts or purchases below these threshold values, contracting authorities can contact the OGP to see if they can procure the goods or services on their behalf. Where this is not the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Currently, public service procurement activity is carried out by many contracting authorities throughout the State ranging from small schools to hospitals to central Government Departments. Public procurement in Ireland is complex, with different levels of procurement development, capabilities and systems across the public service. To date, there have been no specific training requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Under the Standards in Public Office Act 2001, civil servants are required in the performance of their duties to maintain the highest standards of probity by conducting themselves with honesty, impartiality and integrity. Specifically they are not allowed to use their official positions to benefit themselves or others with whom they have personal, family, business or other ties or seek to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (17 Jun 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The main purpose of the EU public procurement regime is to open up the market and to ensure the free movement of supplies, services and works within the EU having regard to Treaty of Rome principles including transparency, proportionality and equal treatment. This is the rationale that shapes the detailed rules (Directives) governing the regime. The enforcement of employment and health...