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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Defibrillators Provision (7 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that due to the nature of its role, the offices of my Department are not open to the general public, with the exception of approved appointments. However, the buildings used by my Department are equipped with defibrillator devices which are portable and can be transported in an emergency situation for use should they be required. I wish to further advise the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Family Support Services (7 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: Government is acutely aware of the challenges still facing households, especially those at lower incomes from increased costs of living. In 2020 we saw a fall in prices as a result of the pandemic. As we emerge from the pandemic and the economy recovers we are faced with a new set of challenges including rising energy prices and transitory supply issues which are causing prices to increase,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (7 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement, has not awarded any contracts to the named company during the period specified. This is also the case with regard to the bodies under the aegis of my Department.

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: notes that: — the annual rate of consumer price inflation, as measured by the European Union's (EU) Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, picked up sharply over the course of last year, and stood at 6.9 per cent in March - the highest reading since the series began in 1997;...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Financial Resolution (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution for the charging in accordance with the Act of levies on certain single-use items; to provide for the charging in accordance with the Act of a waste recovery levy; and to provide for the establishment of the Circular Economy Fund, into which proceeds from the levies may be paid.

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to update the House on a matter in respect of the Bill. On Committee Stage I undertook to examine the issue of the retrospective application of the Bill. I am signalling that I will be raising amendments in the Seanad. We will be coming back to the Dáil following, I hope, the acceptance of amendments in Seanad Éireann. I am just flagging that issue to the House. I have a...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I will deal with the Deputy's amendments in the Seanad. The Bill will be coming back here.

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I know.

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: No.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is the principal recruiter for the civil service.  It establishes panels from competitions, with candidates ranked in order of merit, that are available to civil service employers to access as vacancies arise. In the case of the referenced 2021 Clerical Officer competition, I am advised by PAS that some 190...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 and 567 together. Due to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on normal working arrangements, the operation of traditional flexi-time and attendance management rules do not support the flexible arrangements and agility required during this extraordinary situation. These arrangements were temporarily suspended in April 2020 to facilitate the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I can confirm that there have been no employees seconded from the private sector to my Department over the past three years. My Department does not hold central information in relation to secondments from the private sector to the public sector.  Given the broad reach of this question, the Deputy would need to seek this information on such secondments directly from the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Unions (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 541 and 542 together. Special leave with pay is currently used in lieu of sick leave for COVID-19 across the public service to assist in the prevention of the possible onward spread of COVID-19 in the work premises. The arrangements relating to the application of special leave with pay for COVID-19 is a temporary measure which has been kept under regular...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: The Office of Government Procurement is currently considering its future strategy in relation to the procurement of cloud services.  Consultants were engaged to assist with the demand analysis for such services. The demand analysis is one of the many inputs that OGP is currently considering.  Any potential procurement arrangements for cloud services will be conducted through a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are currently no staff of my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement, on secondment to the public, private or semi-private sector on the specific basis set out in the question. There are 18 staff of my Department that are seconded out to the Civil or Public Service.  Of these 18 staff members, the salaries of 16 are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: In conjunction with FastTrack into Information Technology (FIT) and the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB), my Department led the establishment of a two year, full-time Pilot ICT Apprenticeship Programme for the Civil Service that ran from 2019 to 2021.  This saw the recruitment of 34 ICT apprentices across 11 Civil Service organisations, including six employed in my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that based on the Civil Service 37 hour standard net working week, there are no staff in my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement, that earn less than €12.30 per hour.  This is also the position with regard to the National Shared Services Office, the Public Appointments Service, the State Laboratory, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Transport Costs (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: It is established policy that travel for work in the civil and public service should, where possible, be by public transport.  Where this is not possible, mileage payments may be made and mileage arrangements are designed to recoup travelling officers for expenses genuinely incurred in respect of work related travel and should not be viewed as a source of emolument or profit....