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

Brendan Howlin: The Minister would like to clarify the following for the Deputy: - PeoplePoint is the HR and Pensions Administration shared service for the Civil Service. It transacts on behalf of the client Departments and Public Service Bodies it serves, which is currently 26,500 Civil Servants. - In line with D/PER Circular 6/2014 Arrangements for Paid Sick Leave and Public Service Management (Sick...

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

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy is aware, that while I cannot comment on individual cases or circumstances the following sets out the position in relation to selection procedures in the civil service. There is no provision in the legislation to allow the reinstatement to the Civil Service of a former civil servant other than by way of competition. Such persons wishing to rejoin the Civil Service must...

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

Brendan Howlin: The Cork Event Centre project was included in the Exchequer Stimulus package announced in Budget 2014.  The project is being part funded from the proceeds of the National Lottery Licence transaction with an Exchequer grant of €12m being provided through the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The project featured on the initial Irish project list...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2016 (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 427 and 428 together. The Spring Economic Statement (SES) and the corresponding Stability Programme Update (SPU) outlined that fiscal space of the order of €1.2 to €1.5 billion is expected to be available for Budget 2016 split evenly between expenditure increases and tax reductions. This would allow Government to target an increase in...

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

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 430 and 433 together. I understand that the Deputy's questions primarily relates to employment opportunities for disabled people in the civil and wider public service.  As the Deputy will be aware, the civil and public service is an equal opportunities employer and all recruitment campaigns are conducted in strict compliance with...

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

Brendan Howlin: The Public Appointments Service (PAS) is independent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the carrying out of its functions including in relation to decision-making on testing for recruitment to the civil service.  Recruitment generally is subject to the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) Code of Practice for Appointment to...

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

Brendan Howlin: I understand that the Deputy's question relates to employment opportunities for people with a disability in the civil and wider public service. The moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the public service was introduced in 2009, as part of the response to the fiscal and economic crisis. In tandem with annual headcount targets set for each area of the public service under the...

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

Brendan Howlin: There were 312 pensions in payment in respect of former civil servants with an annual value in excess of €60,000 as of the most recent superannuation Vote payroll date (10 September). This represents 1.4% of the 21,605 pensioners on the payroll.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Water Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: My comments, in April, that the cost of the abolition  of Irish Water could be around €900 million, some €300 million from the potential loss in revenue from domestic charges and a further €600 million in capital on balance sheet,  were made before the Eurostat determination on whether Irish Water expenditure was to...

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

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the annual cost to my Department of fees paid to private for profit companies to provide public services is nil.

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

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the table below provides information on the annual costs of outsourced services to my Department since September 2014 to date. Description Total Consultancy Fees €627,921 Training €264,919 Cleaning €130,028 Catering €24,914 The OPW have indicated that they will respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 provides that the Standards in Public Office Commission, an independent body, is the Registrar of Lobbying.  The Standards Commission has a specific role under section 17 of the Act to issue guidance and information to promote an understanding of the legislation. The Standards Commission has prepared an information guide on the Regulation of Lobbying....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 provides that the Standards in Public Office Commission, an independent body, is the Registrar of Lobbying.  The Standards Commission has a specific role under section 17 of the Act to issue guidance and information to promote an understanding of the legislation. The Standards Commission has prepared an information guide on the Regulation of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Office of Government Procurement along with the other Sector Sourcing Organisations is implementing Government policy regarding the central coordination of procurement across multiple categories of expenditure. The Office of Government Procurement sourcing teams are currently engaged in over 160 active sourcing projects which vary significantly in terms of their scope, context,...

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

Brendan Howlin: The proposals for the Lansdowne Road Agreement, which were recently ratified by the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions,  contain a number of measures to reduce the effect of the pay cuts which were imposed on public servants from 2009 to 2013 in response to the financial crisis. These measures, which aim to restore some element of pay to all public servants...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Remit (23 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: It has been long-standing Government policy that, in general, commercial state bodies should not be subject to FOI requirements. The rationale for this approach is the risk of the uneven competitive market environment that would be created in circumstances where commercial state bodies operating in a competitive market were subject to FOI but their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The proposals for the Lansdowne Road Agreement, which were recently ratified by the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, contain a number of measures to reduce the effect of the pay cuts which were imposed on public servants from 2009 to 2013 in response to the financial crisis. These measures include adjustments to the application of the public service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Remuneration (24 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question no bonus remuneration has been paid to staff in my Department or the bodies under my aegis during 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (29 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: In my Expenditure Statement  for 2015 I announced the cessation of the moratorium on recruitment and the introduction of delegated responsibility for staffing levels consistent with approved pay budgets. Recruitment into the civil service is governed by the Public Service (Management and Recruitment) Act 2004. Under that Act the only way of being appointed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Statistics (29 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Spring Economic Statement (SES) and the corresponding Stability Programme Update (SPU) outlined that fiscal space of the order of €1.2 to €1.5 billion is expected to be available for Budget 2016 split evenly between expenditure increases and tax reductions. I have indicated previously that this would allow Government to target an increase in government expenditure...