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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Energy Usage (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: My Department works to reduce its carbon footprint primarily through the Public Sector Energy Efficiency Strategy.  The Department's performance in that regard is reflected in the 2021 Annual Report on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance, prepared by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).  This sets out details of the energy...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: The Finance Act 2020 legislated for a schedule of annual carbon tax increases over the period 2021 – 2030. All revenues resulting from the increases in carbon tax will be allocated in line with the commitment in the Programme for Government to use the revenue raised from these increases to fund €9.5bn in additional spending.  - €5bn of the expected €9.5bn in...

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

Michael McGrath: The Programme for Government commits to hypothecating all additional carbon tax receipts over 2021-2030 (estimated at €9.5bn) in order to: - Ensure that the increases in the carbon tax are progressive by spending €3 billion on targeted social welfare and other initiatives to prevent fuel poverty and ensure a just transition; - Provide €5 billion to part fund a socially...

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

Michael McGrath: The details requested by the Deputy on salaries and expenses paid in respect of advisers, Ministers and Ministers of State in my Department in 2020, 2021 and 2022 are set out in the tables below. The Deputy is aware that there was a change of government in 2020. The 2020 figures below are inclusive of the former and current government. Minister Salary Expenses...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: My Department publishes the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies. The Code provides a broad framework for the application of best practice in corporate governance. The Code applies to both commercial and non-commercial State bodies. The Code itself notes that it should be read in accordance with any specific legislative provisions that govern specific state bodies, and that in...

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 17 staff members seconded into my Department from the civil and public sector, and 18 staff members from my Department seconded out to the civil and public service.  The Office of Government Procurement (OGP), which is under the remit of my Department currently have no staff members seconded to them from the Public Sector, and have 2...

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

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 555, 556, 557 and 558 together. The Secondment Policy, and associated Guidelines and FAQs, published by my Department last year formalised an approach to secondments within the Civil Service, recognising that a number of administrative arrangements had evolved across the Civil Service over time. A copy of the Civil Service Secondment Policy Circular Letter...

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

Michael McGrath: Section 4(1) of the Public Service Management Act 1997 empowers the Secretary General of a Department, by way of a Framework of Assignments, to formally assign or reassign to other officers of their Department (or grade or grades of officer) responsibility for the performance of certain of his or her functions. There is no Second Secretary post in the Department of Public...

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

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department actively participates in internship programmes and currently accepts six interns on an annual basis. These internships are designed to provide the successful candidates with the opportunity to gain practical experience in a Government Department. The interns currently placed in my Department are paid €485.60 per week, which is the first...

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

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that currently there are 17 staff of my Department that are seconded to it from the Civil or Public Service and 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 paid directly by the host organisations.  While the salaries of the remaining 2 staff members are still...

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

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 563, 565, 566, 571, 573 and 574 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...

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

Michael McGrath: The following rates are payable to former civil and public servants who serve on Interview/Selection Boards in the Public Appointments Service and throughout the civil and pubic service.   Retired Civil Servants (on pension): Grade Amount Secretary General €377 Deputy Secretary €295 Assistant...

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

Michael McGrath: Since 2017, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has allocated a total of €25,000 to Mayo County Council.  The allocation was an award from the Public Service Innovation Fund (PSIF) after a competitive process.  The allocation was fully drawn down and spent in a single allocation in 2019. The PSIF funding to Mayo County Council was for...

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

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that no staff of my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement, were on a secondment of the nature set out in the question during the period specified.

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

Michael McGrath: As set out in my previous responses on this matter, officials from my Department engage on an ongoing basis with their counterparts in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on multiple policy issues, which include the consideration of principles for a Higher Education Staffing Agreement. The purpose of a Higher Education Staffing Agreement, once...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that the CCTV cameras or face recognition technology referenced in the question are not used by my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement. With regard to the bodies under the aegis of my Department, the CCTV cameras or face recognition technology referenced are not used by the National Shared Services Office, the Office of the Ombudsman, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: The €165 billion national development plan to 2030, published last year, sets out the Government’s overarching investment framework and broad direction for investment priorities for this decade. The NDP also sets out the actions that are being taken to strengthen delivery, maximise value for money and ensure to the greatest extent possible that projects are delivered on time,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: We have made changes for new tenders and new contracts, allowing for indexation of the tender price prior to the awarding of the contract. New contracts provide for mutual cost recovery to allow for recovery by the contractor of inflation above a certain percentage. I acknowledge that the level of inflation being experienced in construction is placing real pressure on contractors conducting...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: We have a capital carry-forward this year of over €800 million. That gives us some extra resources to ensure the delivery of the NDP this year. I have acknowledged that if the current level of inflation in construction persists for a long period, it will impact on the number of projects in the NDP that are delivered. We have seen some signs in respect of individual tender...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ethics in Public Office (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: We made a commitment in the programme for Government to reform and consolidate the ethics in public office legislation. As the Deputy’s question mentions, and as a first step in meeting this commitment, I asked my Department to undertake a review of ethics legislation in advance of bringing proposals for legislative reform to Government. Following Government agreement, this review...