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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Housing Provision (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The delivery of local authority build targets is a matter for the Minister of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Housing Provision (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The €165 billion national development plan to 2030 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, on budget and with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan 2021 - 2030 (NDP), rests...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Lottery (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The use of expired unclaimed prize money from National Lottery ticket sales is set out in the licence to operate the National Lottery, which was won, following an open competition, by Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI) in 2013. The Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery (ORNL) is an independent regulatory office established by statute. The role of the ORNL is set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 130 together. At the outset it should be noted that my Department, in carrying out its role in coordinating the National Development Plan Review, did not consider the merit of individual projects or sectoral policy strategies as this is primarily a matter for individual Departments and Agencies. National Strategic Objective (NSO) 8 seeks the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Budget Process (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: From 2022, the Government has committed to featuring the Well-being Framework within the budgetary process.  This follows from a commitment in the Programme for Government – Our Shared Future to use a well-being perspective to inform budgetary priorities as a complement to existing economic measurement tools.  This commitment regarding the budgetary process is part of a wider...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments.  Management and delivery of individual investment projects within the allocations agreed under the NDP is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister.  I am currently examining the support structures and levers available...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. Management and delivery of individual investment projects within the allocations agreed under the NDP is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister. The National Development Plan 2021 – 2030 (NDP) published in October...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Flood Risk Management (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to my previous update on this matter given to the House on 19th January of this year regarding the consent process for the River Deel Flood Relief scheme prepared by the Office of Public Works under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 to 1995. An initial round of public consultation was held beginning on the 1st December 2020 and concluding on the 11th January 2021. Following this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, this is a matter for my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister of Defence in the first instance but I will address the Deputy’s question from my Department’s perspective. A series of enhancements to pay and terms have been introduced for the Defence Forces in recent years including, for example, enhancements arising from recommendations of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 193, 196 and 201 together. The Government has committed €165 billion for capital investment through the National Development Plan (NDP) published in 2021. In 2023, almost €12 billion will fund vital infrastructure in areas such as housing, transport, education, enterprise, sport and climate action. Achieving value for money and reducing cost...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194, 197 and 199 together. With an overall goal of ensuring value for money for the taxpayer, budgetary and expenditure reforms remain a key feature of public expenditure management throughout all Departments. This important goal has been fully embedded across the system of Government and is progressed in a number of ways including the day-to-day...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Public procurement is governed by EU legislation and national regulations with the aim of promoting an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime that delivers the best value for money for the State. All Irish public bodies are obliged to spend or invest public funds with care, and to obtain optimal value for money in accordance with the Public Spending Code. For...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 198 and 200 together. My Department is responsible for the allocation of public funds across each area of Government spending and seeks to ensure that expenditure is managed by Departments in line with these allocations. The responsibility for the management and delivery of investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The terms and conditions of Adult Education Tutors employed by Education and Training Boards are a matter in the first instance for both the Department of Education and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. The particular matters raised in the proposals are complex and raise significant issues which are being considered by my Department.  My...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (2 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The amount of Expired Unclaimed Prizes for which audited accounts are available in each of the past six years was as follows: € 2021 17,054,620 2020 17,026,536 2019 18,993,483 2018 18,922,846 2017 16,164,125 2016 16,359,564 No amount of Expired Unclaimed Prizes has reverted to the Exchequer. The total amount of Expired Unclaimed Prizes in each year has, as prescribed in the Licence,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: At least the Deputy is acknowledging it.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parental Leave (7 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Parental leave legislation allows parents to take unpaid leave from work to spend time looking after their children, of up to 26 weeks’ for each eligible child before their 12th birthday (or 16th birthday if their child has a disability or long-term illness). Currently Civil Servants can take parental leave until the day their child turns 13, or 16 for a child with a disability or...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (7 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The 2014 Freedom of Information Act expanded the scope of FOI to cover nearly 500 state entities directly. Generally FOI, applies by default to public bodies, that is those which were created by the state or have significant state involvement in their governance structures. In respect of bodies that operate in competitive marketplaces, the approach adopted since FOI first came into...