Results 22,141-22,160 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The OGP and its partner sector sourcing organisations in Health, Education, Local Government and Defence have enabled procurement savings estimated at €162m over 2013, 2014 and 2015. Additional direct and indirect benefits attributable to the new model arise from cost avoidance, reduced administration overhead and improved specifications.  Increasing the application of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Update (20 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Public Service Reform was a key element of the Government's response to the crisis and our strategy for recovery.  The reforms we implemented over the past five years enabled us to maintain and improve public services in the face of the necessary reduction in staff numbers and budgets, at a time of increased demand for public services.  Significant progress...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (21 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Unions representing CE Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors have sought the provision of Exchequer funding to implement a Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme dating back to 2008. In this regard the position has remained that it is not possible for the State to provide funding for such a scheme to employees of private companies even if those...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (26 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: A review of the public service Pension-related Deduction (PRD) was conducted last year and its application was ameliorated to reflect the improved fiscal environment. Specifically, the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI)Act 2015  increases the threshold before PRD applies on a phased basisfrom €15,000 as applied up to 2015 to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Unions representing CE Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors have sought the provision of Exchequer funding to implement a Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme dating back to 2008. In this regard the position has remained that it is not possible for the State to provide funding for such a scheme to employees of private companies even if those...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (26 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The Haddington Road Agreement (HRA) reached in 2013 provided for a range of cost-saving measures to the public payroll, including a series of deferred increments for public servants depending on salary level. For those earning between €35,000 and €65,000, section 2.19 of the Agreement provided for two three month increment pauses, i.e. increments would...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (26 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) wishes to advise that this specific tender process (mini competition) is currently live and under evaluation.  Therefore the OGP cannot comment on this process at this juncture.  The mini competition is being carried out following on from a National Framework Agreement which was awarded in August 2015. The OGP confirms that the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Living Wage (26 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 2086/16 of 19 January 2016. 

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (26 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: In relation to the employment of people with disabilities in the Public Service, Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 sets a 3% target for such employment and this is monitored on an annual basis by the National Disability Authority (NDA).  In its latest published report for 2014, the NDA reported that the proportion of staff with disabilities in the public service...

Ireland's Stability Programme Update April 2016: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The reforms to the Stability and Growth Pact, implemented as part of the obscurely named two pack of EU regulations, require member states to publish, no later than 30 April each year, their national medium-term fiscal plans in accordance with their medium-term budgetary framework. These plans are a central element of the intensified surveillance at EU-level of the conduct of national fiscal...

Ireland's Stability Programme Update April 2016: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Money allocated to deal with flooding, for example.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is his last sentence, Chair.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: A little bit of respect.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is eight years since the economic crash, an event of such magnitude that it was supposed to herald new ways of doing the State's business and for a while it did. The two largest parties in the State at the subsequent general election agreed to form a Government and negotiated a programme for same within one week. They worked together for five difficult years to ensure Ireland's economic...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (27 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is estimated that the cost of the 2016 Seanad election could be around €3m, building in a contingency for the possibility of extra candidates, increased postal costs and the cost of venue hire for the count.  There has been no expenditure returned to date. The final certified accounts after an election would not normally be available until around 6 months after the holding of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (27 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: On 16 June last year, I announced proposals to restore, on a phased basis, most of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) cuts which were applied to public service pensions under financial emergency legislation.  The PSPR applies at differentiated rates to the pensions of all retired public servants including members of An Garda Síochána. ...

Presentation of Estimates: Motion (28 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I move: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 182(1) or (2) of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business, the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2016, be presented to the Dáil and circulated to members on 28th April, 2016, being a date later than that prescribed for the presentation of Estimates: Vote 4...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Levy (28 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I refer to my answer to Parliamentary Question No. 13 on 27 April 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (28 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Unions representing CE Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors have sought the provision of Exchequer funding to implement a Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme dating back to 2008. In this regard the position has remained that it is not possible for the State to provide funding for such a scheme to employees of private companies even if those...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Revenue Commissioners Staff (4 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Following the 2015 Estimates process, the Revenue Commissioners' multi-annual budget 2015-2017 provided for an average annual whole time staff equivalent of 5,874. As part of the 2016 Estimates process the Revenue Commissioners sought to increase its staff resource to confront non-compliance by 50 whole time equivalent in order to increase the tax and duty yield from compliance...