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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The process of unwinding the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) legislation commenced under the Lansdowne Road Agreement 2016-2018. This was underpinned by the FEMPI 2015 Act. The provisions of the 2015 Act also allowed for the amelioration of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR). The remainder of the process continued under the Public Service Stability...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Procurement is governed by EU and national rules. The aim of these rules is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which governs the award of a public contract in a manner that is transparent and delivers value for money. Under EU law, public contracts above a certain value must be advertised EU-wide and awarded to the most competitive tender...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: State contracts govern the relationship between the entities who provide supplies or services or undertake works to public bodies following a competitive tender process. They are usually somewhat different to contracts that regulate the behaviours between solely private entities in that they must have regard to a variety of public policy imperatives, not least of which are the rules...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government’s approach to public expenditure policy is set out in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy (MTES). The objectives of the MTES are twofold, to ensure that the level of core expenditure growth is sustainable long-term and that investment in expenditure protects and delivers improvements to public services. This framework must be responsive to the economic landscape and is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Review (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department works to serve the country, its people and the Government by delivering well managed and well-targeted public spending, delivered through modernised, effective and accountable public services. My Department develops major initiatives in collaboration with Government Departments and public service sectors and works to enable the delivery of sectoral reform priorities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy may be aware that there are three relevant Votes within my Department. The late payment interest for each of these Votes under the headings requested is set out in the tables at the link (all figures rounded to the nearest Euro).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (29 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: There are currently no EU directives which have not yet been ratified within the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (29 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Is ag an Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán agus ag Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta atá an phríomhfhreagracht maidir leis an nGaeilge agus pobal na Gaeilge. Is é sin an bealach is fearr agus is oiriúnaí chun an seasamh iomlán maidir le polasaí agus cleachtadh Gaeilge ar fud an Rialtais a phléigh....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: White Papers (30 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there were no White Papers published by my Department during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Consultations (30 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that a deferred reply will be issued to her in respect of this Parliamentary Question, in line with Standing Order 51(1)(b).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324, 325 and 326 together. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Name of Platform Year Cost of Advertising Facebook / Instagram 2021 €1,076 2022 Nil 2023 to-date Nil Google 2021...

Estimates for Public Services 2023 (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I move the following Supplementary Estimate: Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary Estimate) That a supplementary sum not exceeding €795,154,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2023, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education, for certain services administered by that...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I articulate my support for the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and for this motion as a Government colleague and as a TD for Dublin Central. Before I outline the reasons for my support for the Minister, I want to address what was a disgraceful and at times disturbing speech by the Leader of the Opposition. In her speech, she alleged that it was up to two weeks before Gaelscoil Choláiste...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: You are in the wrong party then.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: No.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach and the committee for the invitation to attend the meeting today to discuss the Supplementary Estimates for 2023. The Revised Estimates for 2023, published last December, set out planned expenditure of €91.1 billion. This funding was put in place to support the delivery of better public services, living standards and infrastructure for the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy very much. The decision regarding the level of ELS is always a really important part of our budget negotiations. I believe that, by and large, the work we do in this regard is accurate. Where we do, of course, have ongoing challenges is to recognise it in how we fund the Department of Health overall and challenges that are there, which I know is a feature of the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: At a number of different times in the process relating to the health budget, the Minister for Health and his departmental officials made the case for more funding, but that is a regular feature of the budgetary process. Every Minister that I engage with makes the case for more funding for the services for which he or she is responsible. If we look at the level of funding the Department of...