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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that employees are not obliged to state the nature of the illness on medical certificates or on the NSSO Human Resources Management System (HRMS) when reporting illness and absence. The figures below were supplied by the National Shared Services Office, who maintain these records on behalf of my Department, and were provided by them to my Department on 12/04/2023....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In the past 5 years my Department have dealt with 2 cases brought under the Civil Service Dignity at Work Policy. All matters brought under this policy are addressed in full as set out in the Civil Service Dignity at Work Policy. I include a link to the policy in full here. www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/227348/8fcbe889-e b13-490a-9488-2ee7df1ae319.pdf#page=null 

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform has on record 3 dismissals since 2010. Year Dismissal 2010 0 2011 0 2012 0 2013 0 2014 0 2015 0 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Prison Service (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Since 6 April 1995, all newly-appointed public servants became fully insured under the Social Insurance System.  They pay Class A PRSI, which would entitle them to Social Insurance Benefits such as, maternity benefit, illness benefit, State Pension Contributory (SPC) and other social insurance entitlements not available to public servants paying modified PRSI (Class B, C or D).  A...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (18 Apr 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 National Development Plan (NDP) is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister. Each Minister is responsible to deciding on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (19 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Across the EU, the European Commission classifies regions as either being a “Less Developed Region”, a "Region in Transition” or a “More Developed Region”, based on their GDP per head of population relative to the EU27 Average. The Northern and Western Region is classified as a “Region in Transition”, and the other two regions in Ireland, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (19 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: NUTs is a classification system created by Eurostat to define territorial units of regional statistics across the European Union. For the 2014-2020 round, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) allocations were based on two "NUTS 2" regions in Ireland, the Border Midlands and Western region, and the Southern and Eastern region, both of which had a corresponding Regional Assembly. These...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Industry (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are no staff of the nature specified in this question employed by my Department. With the exception of the Office of Public Works (OPW), this is also the case for the bodies under the aegis of my Department. The information with regard to the OPW is set out in the table below. Professional Detail Number of Staff ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy thatmy Department publishes on a regular basis a schedule which details its consultancy fees, professional fees, legal fees and advisory fees by year. The information for 2022 can be accessed at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/8b97d6-consultancy-co sts/ With the exception of the Office of Public Work (OPW), the information requested by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In commencing the procurement reform programme in 2013, the Government decided that the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) be established initially as a Division within my Department, with an intention to establish it thereafter on a statutory basis. In progressing legislation to establish a body on a statutory basis, there are a number of factors that I must assess including...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Government Procurement published a new Information Note on Apprenticeships and Public Procurement on 18 April 2023 which can be accessed via the below link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/8b008-apprenticeships-and-public-p rocurement/ This information note, developed in collaboration with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, provides...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) represents the tools that a public body must use to procure and manage the external resources necessary to deliver a public works project that is to be delivered under the Exchequer-funded element of the National Development Plan. It consists of a suite of best practice guidance, standard contracts, generic template documents and procedures that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) came into effect on 1 January 2011 via the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2010 and was significantly extended via the FEMPI Act 2013. PSPR was applied in a progressive manner, operating by way of percentage reduction to pensions above specified exemption thresholds, with larger reductions imposed on relatively higher...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Cathaoirleach, and I welcome the opportunity to be here this evening. The Minister, Deputy McGrath, has already acknowledged the importance of the SPU in our annual budgetary cycle. From an expenditure perspective, it allows us to take stock of the significant and continued investment in our day-to-day public services and infrastructure, and outlines, on a no policy change...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The aftermath of the pandemic, the impact of the war in Ukraine, supply chain challenges and rising price pressures have all had such an impact on our public services, our households, our people and our businesses. We very much recognise these challenges and the Government has responded. Non-core spending allowed the Government to put in place measures towards mitigating these challenges....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: That is correct.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: That was done because, in conjunction with the Minister for Finance, we made the decision to move off the 5% expenditure rule for 2023 in recognition of the exceptional pressures we were facing and because the financing of the social welfare package, in particular, comes out of core expenditure rather than non-core expenditure. That led to the change in the level of planned expenditure for...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I will get that information for the Deputy in one moment and I will be able to give him the breakdown of the €700 million. Of course, the 7.4% to which he referred earlier is our planned expenditure growth for 2023 versus the outturn for-----