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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: Ireland will have access to the following EU funds, the administration of which are governed by the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR), for the 2021 to 2027 programming period: - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; - European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) - under the aegis of the Department of Further and Higher...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (3 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department had one audit by the Data Protection Commission in the period from 2016 to date. In 2016, an audit was carried out on PeoplePoint in the National Shared Services Office (NSSO), which at that time was a division of the Department. As the Deputy may be aware, the NSSO has since been established as a Scheduled Office under the aegis of my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (3 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: The reduced new entrant pay scales for civil and public servants introduced in 2011 were abolished in 2013 under the Haddington Road Agreement, where it was agreed to merge the new scales and existing scales - typically by adding the lower two points of the new scale to the existing scale. As such there are no separate reduced pay scales for civil and public servants. Under the Public Service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: The Government recognises the importance of the SME sector and continues to enhance the already substantial measures to support SMEs in accessing the public procurement market. Significant work has been undertaken by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) to ensure that public procurement is accessible by all businesses, including SMEs.  My colleague, Minister of State Ossian...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: Public Procurement is governed by EU and National rules. The aim of these rules is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers transparency and value for money outcomes. Regulation 67 of the SI 286 of 2016 - European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations sets out that the most economically advantageous tender...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Programmes (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) was established in 2011 to reduce public spending to more sustainable levels and to reform and improve our public services under the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011. As part of the establishment of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, certain functions primarily focussed on expenditure including Vote 12...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Service Agreements (PSAs) provide for agreed redeployment arrangements to apply in the Civil Service and in other parts of the public service. My Department remains responsible for redeployment in the Civil Service and non-commercial State bodies, and these redeployments panels are operated by the Public Appointments Service (PAS). My Department is in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: The issue raised by the Deputy is not a matter for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and falls within the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Health.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: The reduced new entrant pay scales for civil and public servants introduced in 2011 were abolished in 2013 under the Haddington Road Agreement, where it was agreed to merge the new scales and existing scales - typically by adding the lower two points of the new scale to the existing scale. As such there are no separate reduced pay scales for civil and public servants. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy may be aware, the previous Government approved the current pension increase policy for the pre-existing public service pension schemes (i.e. all pension schemes apart from the Single Public Service Pension Scheme) as part of its commitments under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA). Under this policy, which applies for the duration of the PSSA, pay...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: My Department has no role in this matter and it should be referred to my colleague the Minister for Justice in the first instance.  I understand that this matter has been the subject of extensive correspondence with the party in question and that the position has been outlined in correspondence including a number of Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: Following the publication of the original Return to Work Safely Protocol in May, my Department developed an internal plan on how the relevant aspects of the protocol would be implemented by the Department across all of its locations.  The Department is currently revising this implementation plan to take account of the updated Work Safely Protocol, which was published on 20...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: The details requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department, the Office of Government Procurement which is also part of my Department, and the bodies under the aegis of my Department are set out in the following table. The Deputy should note that the percentages noted only reflect employees that have declared a disability, given that the declaration of a disability is voluntary. ...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (9 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move the following Supplementary Estimates: Vote 30 — Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary Estimate) That a supplementary sum not exceeding €16,800,000 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 Agriculture, Food and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (9 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: Section 91 of the Finance Act, 2004 makes statutory provision for capital carryover of unspent capital expenditure allocations by way of deferred surrender. Government Departments are permitted to carryover up to 10% of their capital expenditure allocations into the following year.  Carryover figures are included in the Appropriation Act at Vote level in the year from which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies Data (9 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: As set out in tabular format below, two Statutory Offices under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have advisory boards. Details regarding the composition, membership and appointment of these boards is set out in the legislation which established both bodies. The Department also provides grant funding to the Economic and Social Research...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: The information requested for my Department and the Office of Government Procurement, which is also part of my Department, is set out in the tables below. As agreed with the Deputy, the information provided is limited to the previous 12 month period. The statutory position up to 31 December 2010 was that the reimbursement or payment of an annual membership fee of a professional body, on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: In 2017 the Government agreed the policy on public service pensions in payment for the period to end 2020 as follows: - An equitable approach must be adopted for the various public service pensioner cohorts who are not only differentiated by amount of pension in payment (determined by grade and service) as heretofore but also by date of retirement (in particular pre and post end February...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Workplace Relations Commission (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: Issues in relation to the funding of the CIÉ pension scheme are in the first instance a matter for the trustees of the scheme as well as the employer ( the CIÉ Group). Any specific matters arising from the WRC ruling of 9 June regarding the funding of the CIÉ pension scheme and which may require ministerial consultation will in the first instance be reviewed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (15 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: The Public Service Stability Agreement is due to expire at end-2020. Within Budget 2021, the following allocations were made to cover the carryover costs associated with changes implemented on 1 October 2020: - €276m is allocated in the Budget Estimates for the carryover cost of the 2% increase in public service salaries. - €37m is allocated in the Budget estimates for the...