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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (20 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021 set out a comprehensive strategic framework for addressing LGBTI+ equality centred around four main areas: visibility, equality, health and safety. The Strategy presented a coordinated approach to addressing the needs of LGBTI+ people and involved all Government Departments and many public agencies. The establishment of the FinPER Pride...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (20 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The European Union’s Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR), provides support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial and, environmental consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. The Government has made significant allocations across a range of sectors to counter the effects of Brexit, both before and during the 4-year BAR period. In order to be...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (SI 284 of 2016) govern the award of public contracts that are in excess of specified monetary thresholds which are revised every two years. Currently the thresholds, as they apply to local authorities, are: Works: €5,382,000; Supplies: €215,000; Services: €215,000 – all amounts are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reports (20 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table attached. In respect of the final part of the Question, there are no reports that have been finalised and submitted to me that have not yet been published. Name of study / research / report commissioned Name of organisation commissioned Cost Date finalised / published Research Comhairle na...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (21 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there have been no such instances with regard to any of the bodies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works submitted a business case regarding the proposed purchase of lands adjacent to Castletown House in 2021. Queries were raised and the OPW subsequently revised the business case accordingly. Sanction for the purchase of the lands was provided on the basis of the revised business case.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Proofing (21 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: While the development of sector-specific policy proposals and assessment of the likely equality impacts of these are a matter for the Department with responsibility for a given area, the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform is leading the development of a range of initiatives to enhance the level of transparency and accountability about the use of public funds through the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (21 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Regulator of the National Lottery that the value of prizes won by players in the past five years is as per the table below: 2018 €453.6m 2019 €497.5m 2020 €528.9m 2021 €585.9m 2022 €484.9m As the number and...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (26 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 29th March, 2023, or in the Order of the Dáil of 20th September, 2023, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Finance shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: ...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes. I thank the Deputy. This is a key area of engagement between me and the Ministers responsible for those sectors. Currently, we are engaging with their three Departments, which are among the largest spending Departments and, consequently, have a significant impact on our overall spending and budgetary plans. We are examining the funding we need to maintain the current level of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish everybody a good afternoon. I thank the Cathaoirleach and members of the committee for the opportunity to be here today as part of the pre-budget scrutiny process. When I appeared before the committee in July, the Government had just published the summer economic statement and the committee discussed the agreed budget parameters. Today I can address developments that impact on our...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I will in the time ahead prioritise three steps that will be really important to making faster progress on the NDP. The first is the legislation the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, will bring before the Oireachtas. That will be huge legislation that, if passed by the Oireachtas, will bring more stability to how planning decisions are made within our country and greater clarity as to how...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The answer to the Deputy's first question is "Yes". That has to come out of the €2 billion. We are engaging with public sector unions, and will continue to engage with them over the coming weeks, on when we will engage on the future of public pay. We are open to engagements before the budget. I will make a decision closer to the point regarding how we present or indicate what...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I have not decided yet because engagement is under way with the unions on this matter. The core point the Deputy has put to me, that it will come from the €2 billion, is correct.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I cannot give the Deputy that indication this afternoon because that is a very important process which is under way with the Department of Health. I do not want to prejudge what the outcome of that will be, given the importance of this matter to our health services and budgetary plans. We are looking to identify better what share of the overspend will recur and therefore what impact that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not want to be disrespectful to the Deputy or the work of the committee but it is a big question he is asking me to give a clear answer to given that work is under way in relation to it. It would be fair to say that at other points in dealing with them, health overspends have already been many hundreds of millions of euro. Even at this point, I prefer not to give an indication of what...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I will deal with the point on what is or is not unacceptable with regard to me answering a question from the Deputy. My preference and duty is to give the Deputy an exact figure, rather than a range. I stand by what I said earlier and reiterate that point. When that work is complete, I will be back in the Oireachtas and will give the Deputy a figure and explain it. On the...