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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (24 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the table below. Body / Agency Independent Health and Safety advisors present Company Services procured in the last 3 years Office of Public Works (OPW) Yes Engineering Design Consultants Yes (OGP Framework) Public Appointments Service (PAS) ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (24 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 546 and 547 together. The information requested regarding the bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out below. Office of Public Works (OPW) In the performance of its functions, and in accordance with the requirements of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Act 2014, the Office of Public Works has regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 549 and 550 together. Apprenticeships programmes exist across the public service including craft apprenticeships in the uniformed services and a number of state agencies, as well as commercial semi-state bodies.  In my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have overarching responsibility for workforce planning in, and recruitment to,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (24 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to Covid-19 related spend in 2020 for my Department, the Office of Government Procurement which is also part of my Department, and the bodies under the aegis of the Department is set out in the tables below. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Purpose of Spend Cost ICT Costs * ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (24 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that payments by persons of the nature specified in the question do not arise in respect of my Department, given the nature of its role.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Communications (25 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department can be contacted by e-mail at minister@per.gov.ie. As the Deputy is aware, Circular 25/2016 states that State Bodies under the aegis of Government Departments must provide and maintain a dedicated email address for Oireachtas members.  The relevant information in respect of the bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (25 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 and 51 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that Section 22 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 requires that an annual report be published in relation to disclosures received by the Department.  This is available on the Department's website on gov.ie, at the link below, and sets out that there were no protected disclosures received between the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (25 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law ("the Whistleblowing Directive") was adopted by the European Council and Parliament on 23 October 2019. Ireland is one of just 10 EU Member States to already have comprehensive whistleblowing laws in place, in the form of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, and is considered a leading country in this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policy Functions (25 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: Disability services in Ireland are provided through a mix of HSE direct provision as well as through non-statutory Section 38/39 service providers and private providers.  The Department of Health currently has responsibility for Government policy on disability services.  While my Department engages with the Department of Health on expenditure on disability services, the progression...

Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: That is right. I am resuming from where I left off a number of weeks ago. At that point, I had referred to the need for this legislation to progress a range of pay reform matters. I had just begun to touch on the seagoing commitment scheme, which is one of a number of measures advanced in 2020 to support recruitment and retention in the Naval Service. It provides for a €5,000...

Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputies Mairéad Farrell and O'Reilly for their contributions. Hopefully, they will be in a position to support the Bill. I look forward to the Bill being progressed in the weeks ahead, particularly as it is needed to give effect to the Building Momentum pay agreement. The latter is a very fair agreement. It involves general pay increases in October and October of next...

Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Referral to Select Committee (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: OneLearning has responsibility for the provision of the Pre-Retirement Planning Programme for the Civil Service. OneLearning is the Civil Service Learning and Development (L&D) Centre, which is based in my Department. OneLearning runs Pre-Retirement Planning Programmes on a regular basis, which are open to all civil servants who are preparing for retirement within twelve to eighteen...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Negotiations (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: The Brexit Adjustment Reserve represents an important response by the European Union to the challenges posed by the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU. Ireland played a leading role in securing support for the Reserve at the European Council meeting last July. The purpose of the Reserve is to help counter the adverse economic and social consequences of Brexit in the sectors...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: My Department is responsible for setting the overall multi-annual capital expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial Vote Group as set out in the National Development Plan and Project Ireland 2040. My Department is also responsible for maintaining the national frameworks within which Departments operate to ensure appropriate accounting for and value for money in public expenditure such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: As a matter of good governance, I will be appointing four new members to the Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board to provide it with additional external expertise and to enhance the 'challenge function'. Applicants will be required to have experience in project delivery in either the public or private sectors with skills relevant to the themes underpinning the revised National Development...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: My attention has not been drawn to any instances of litigation where there is a realistic prospect of a formal legal challenge being commenced in 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020 arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts. I can also confirm that I am not aware of any current applications to the courts arising from the inclusion of social clauses under public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I understand the Deputy is referring to the policy in relation to pension increases for retired members of An Garda Síochána focusing in particular on the impact of changes in the treatment of rent allowance for retired members of An Garda Síochána. With effect from January 2017 there was an increase of €500 in the rate of rent allowance and this allowance was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that I am aware of the provisions set out in Circular 02/2016, which was issued by my Department, including those pertaining to completeness of documentation and approval in retrospect. The information requested by the Deputy regarding the bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the table below Body Annual budget expenditure of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: The information requested by the Deputy regarding the bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out below. Office of Public Works The Office of Public Works (OPW) was notified by the Digital Government Oversight Unit (DGOU) in my Department on 23 March 2021 of a new electronic portal for submission of Start of Year and End of Year Returns for ICT expenditure and Requests for Specific...