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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Training (2 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: My Department's post-entry education scheme supports staff with their work and career aspirations and encourages a continuous organisational learning culture while developing and strengthening professional expertise and capacity. In the context of the ongoing need to update and develop new skills, the scheme recognises that supporting staff professional development is a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (2 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 101 together. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department has undertaken a review of the public capital programme. The review sought to assess all areas of public capital investment and to refresh the existing investment strategy and multi-annual envelopes to ensure that critical infrastructure deficits are identified and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (2 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 to 100, inclusive, 102, 103 and 105 together. Evaluations are carried out by my Department in respect to the value of savings and reform as part of an ongoing process.  There has been a wide range of reports and guidelines published, which are available on my Department's website, along with links to other related websites.   In addition...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The reform of the procurement system across the public service is a key element of the reform programme for the public service.  The fragmented procurement arrangements across the public service have enabled suppliers to charge different public service bodies different prices for the same goods and services. The savings enabled by centralised public procurement will allow public service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (2 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: At Budget time last October, I  announced an end to the Moratorium on Recruitment and Promotion in the Public Service, with new delegated management arrangements to be phased in during 2015. These delegated arrangements are designed to give Public Service managers the means to respond to service needs as they arise, including considerable...

Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: That is false.

Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I move:That Dáil Éireann take note of the Statement of Estimates of moneys required in respect of ongoing expenditure for the period beginning on 1 January 2016 and ending on 31 December 2016, prepared and published by the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission in accordance with section 13 of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003, as amended by section 8 of the Houses of...

Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: They complain it is too far away.

Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: They expect a lot of casualties.

Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Highly unlikely.

Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I take it the Estimates have been noted.

Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: There is a motion to note them.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cross-Border Co-operation (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: While the Ireland Wales border is a maritime border, the Ireland Wales Programme nevertheless includes inland counties (Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary) within the eligible area, as well as coastal counties (Meath, Dublin, Wicklow, Waterford, Wexford, Cork, Kerry). The Programme, which has a total value of approximately €100 million over the period 2014-2020, will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fines Data (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the following table outlines sanctions approved by my Department to pay the fines imposed by European Institutions since 2011.  Year Claim Amount Comment 2013 ECJ Judgements: C374/11 Septic Tanks €2,756,000 In relation to transposition and implementation of a Directive on waste relating to the disposal of domestic waste waters in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legal Costs (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The total of legal fees incurred by the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) to date in the case of NAMA v Commissioner for Environmental Information is €97,000.  It is expected that additional fees will be incurred in the coming weeks. The total of all legal fees incurred by the OCEI since its inception to date, including those for the NAMA case, is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Valuation Act, 2001 provides that all buildings used or developed for any purpose are rateable unless expressly exempted under Schedule 4 of the Act. The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the performance of his functions under the Act and the making of valuations is his sole prerogative and I, as Minister, have no role in decisions in this regard. The position under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (8 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy is aware, my Department has led a review of the public capital investment needs of the State for the five year period 2016-2020.  The outcome of this review will be set out in the Medium Term Capital Investment Framework Report that will be published when approved by Government.  It will outline the capital envelope decided upon by the Government for the period to 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (8 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question my Department does not administer any grant schemes to community groups or projects.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (8 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In January 2011, as part of the response to the fiscal crisis then faced by the country, an emergency measure to reduce public service pensions (Public Service Pension Reduction- PSPR) in payment was introduced. A further reduction for higher value pensions was introduced in July 2013.  In welcoming the proposals developed between public service employers and the representative...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Order for Report Stage (9 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."