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Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Or face a court martial.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Any Member can propose a motion.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: That is not important.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Five years ago, the party with the audacity to table a no-confidence motion brought this country to within an inch of its life. The current Fianna Fáil leader was a member of that Government, but on that occasion he chose to save his political career rather than the country by jumping from that sinking ship. That he would table a no-confidence motion in respect of this Taoiseach is the...

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Before this House is a motion of confidence in the Government. Let us consider the record of the Government in which the Deputies opposite want us to vote no confidence. From being the economic punch bag of Europe in 2010, Ireland is on course to have the strongest economic growth in the European Union this year and next. Recent figures from the CSO show that GDP growth in the second...

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: It was 2011.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: You voted down the Garda authority Bill twice.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Office of Government Procurement wishes to confirm that as a condition of appointment to the OGP framework agreement for the provision of waste management services all service providers are contractually obliged to be fully compliant with all relevant legislation regulatory requirements and best industry practice in the delivery of waste management services. The Office of Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Office of Government Procurement notes that  pursuant to section 1.8 of the Request for Tenders, tenderers were required to "demonstrate their methodologies for handling confidential waste, including the pre and post shredding processes, collection and storage of confidential waste, confirmation of destruction. Tenderers were also requested to provide details of their proposals for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Data Protection Commissioner has confirmed that there is no requirement for Shredding Companies to register with their office. The Office of Government Procurement cannot speak to the requirements of individual units/Departments or their contracts or tender processes, the Office of Government Procurement can confirm that all service providers appointed to Lot 6 (confidential material...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I am happy to have delivered on my commitment to move towards lessening the impact of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) at the earliest date the economic and fiscal recovery enabled this Government to do so, with the majority of the planned benefit focussed on benefitting those PSPR-affected public service pensioners who are in receipt of relatively lower...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The National Lottery provides funds for "Good Causes" in accordance with the National Lottery Act 2013.  The areas to be funded are set out under section 41 (1) of the National Lottery Act as follows: - sport and recreation; - national culture and heritage (including the Irish language); - the arts (within the meaning of the Arts Act 2003); - health of the community; - youth,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 403, 404 and 408 together. I have no proposals to make any amendments to the civil service retirement age.  The amount of pension to which a civil servant may be entitled and both the compulsory retirement age and minimum pension age provisions to which a civil servant may be subject, depend on the pension conditions applicable at the date of original...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Functions (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Status of Internal Audit The Internal Audit Unit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) provides an internal audit service to DPER and to the Department of Finance (DFIN) on a shared service basis.  The terms of reference of the internal audit function are set out in: 1. An internal audit charter with DPER 2. A service level agreement with DFIN The Internal Audit Unit...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 406, 418 and 419 together. The civil service operates Contributory Pension Schemes which provide benefits to spouses and/or children of deceased members. In summary, when a member dies after retirement, a spouse's pension of up to one-half of the former member's pension is payable.  Dependent children are also entitled to a child's pension....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 410 and 411 together. I refer the Deputy to my previous reply on this matter (9 July 2015) Ref No: 28196/15

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In line with paragraph 5.4 of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, which has recently been ratified by the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), the Government intends to extend the retirement grace period to the duration of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, that is out to September 2018.  Under this provision the pension and retirement lump sum payable...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy will be aware at the moment there are no formal arrangements in place within the Civil Service to facilitate requests for transfers to other locations/employments, except in the case of grades represented by the Civil Public & Services Union.Transfers for these grades (mostly Clerical and Staff Officers) are arranged in accordance with formal procedures agreed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I am happy to have delivered on my commitment to move towards lessening the impact of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) at the earliest date the economic and fiscal recovery enabled this Government to do so, with the majority of the planned benefit focussed on benefitting those PSPR-affected public service pensioners who are in receipt of relatively lower...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Under the relevant legislation and Commisison for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) Code of Practice for Appointment to Positions in the Civil Service, a civil servant who has retired from the Civil Service in any circumstances can only seek a civil service appointment by way of a competition i.e. they must compete successfully at an open recruitment competition run by...