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Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No.1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Dáil Éireann: — Acknowledges that two statutory reviews have been undertaken to date in relation to the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; — Recognises that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has initiated a review of Section 22 of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015;...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputy Richmond for raising this Topical Issue tonight and for the sustained interest he has shown on this issue on which I know he has submitted several parliamentary questions in the past. The response I have focuses on the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, in particular. I know Deputy Richmond is, as he has acknowledged, familiar with the responses he has been receiving to date on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: My thanks to Deputy Richmond for his response. I will write to the Minister for Justice and engage with her in respect of this issue. It has always been the case that the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform resist any efforts to ring-fence proceeds for any particular purpose. They like that to be part of the Estimates process. That has already been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regional Development (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: Balanced regional development is a key priority of this Government and this priority is at the heart of Project Ireland 2040. This strategic plan includes the National Planning Framework (NPF), which sets the overarching spatial strategy for the next twenty years, along with the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2027, which sets out the ten year capital and infrastructure investment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that the procurement processes for all contracts in my Department were carried out in accordance with the Office of Government Procurement’s (OGP) Public Procurement Guidelines for Goods and Services which aim to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers the best value for money. Five procurement processes...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Process (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Legislation Primary or Secondary Outcome 2017 Public Service Pay and Pensions Act Primary Granted 2018 Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018 Primary Granted 2019 None...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: My Department does not have a "Chief Data Protection Officer" role. Our Data Protection Officer is employed at the Assistant Principal Officer grade.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: My Department has had no tribunals, public investigations or commissions of investigations under its remit since it was established in 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: The information sought by the Deputy is not recorded centrally in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for public works contracts. However, contracting authorities are obliged to publish contract award notices on both the eTenders website and the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU) for all contracts above certain thresholds. National policy currently requires all contracts with a...

Social Welfare Commission Bill 2020: First Stage (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: No.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move the following Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2020: Vote 32 — Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised Estimate) That a sum not exceeding €1,855,169,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2020, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for...

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2020: Leave to Introduce (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates forthe service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2020: Vote 30 — Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary Estimate) — Select Committee on Agriculture and the Marine. Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science...

Estimates for Public Services 2020: Referral to Select Committee (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December, 2020, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to the following Select Committees, as appropriate, pursuant to Standing Orders 95(1)(a) and 215(3):— Vote 30 — Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary Estimate) —...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2021 (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: Budget 2021 set out gross voted expenditure for 2021 of €87.8 billion, representing a significant investment in public services and encompassing a substantial package of supports in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. As is usual, some of this funding will go to the community and voluntary sector. This includes allocations to a wide range of organisations, such as voluntary hospices,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I have recently received the 2019 Annual Report for the Office of Public Works, an agency under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The report details the operations, achievements and expenditure of the OPW for that calendar year in the areas of flood risk management, property and heritage services. I intend to bring a Memo to the next meeting of Government, as...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware, good progress has already been made by the Department in including strategic, green and social policy considerations in public procurement processes more broadly. This has been done for example through: (a) the publication of an Information Note on Incorporating Social Considerations into Public Procurement in 2018; (b) the roll out of Circular 20/2019: Promoting...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: REACT-EU (Recovery Assistance for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe package) is an initiative under the European Recovery Instrument to respond to the impact of COVID-19 and prepare a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy. REACT-EU builds on the crisis response measures delivered through the two Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII and CRII+) packages, which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I have presumed that when referring to ‘pension restoration’ the Deputy is referring to the reversal of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR), which was introduced on 1 January 2011 under the FEMPI Act 2010 and is the only measure which led to a decrease in the actual payment value of public service pensions since 2008. PSPR is separate and distinct from pension...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (1 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: As agreed with the Deputy, I am providing in the table below the details of all relevant contracts entered into by my Department with a value of €20,000 or more during the requested years. An additional table in included which contains the details for the Office of Government Procurement, which is also part of my Department. I can confirm to the Deputy that none of the contracts...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (2 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move the following Supplementary Estimate: Vote 9 — Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary Estimate) That a supplementary sum not exceeding €7,819,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2020, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including...