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

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is all too happy to interrupt when a point is made back to him.

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

Paschal Donohoe: It is not a defensive point at all to remind the Deputy he is not the Chair. I am more than happy to do it. The Deputy made the point regarding facts and the need for facts. I am happy to lay out a few facts for the Deputy. It appears what he is trying to do is engender a sense of drama from documents that have already been shared with me, prepared for me and are already in the public...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The great thing is that people will indeed make up their own minds and the facts are the facts as I have described the Estimates process.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Development Plan 2021 – 2030 (NDP) published in October 2021 provides a detailed and positive vision for Ireland over the next 10 years, and delivers total public investment of €165 billion over the period 2021-2030. This remains the overarching policy document for the priorities to be delivered in the 2021 to 2030 period. From that total investment, between...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Managing expenditure within the voted allocations included in the annual Revised Estimates is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister. Monitoring of spending against profile and of progress on programmes and projects by each accounting officer is well established within each Department. The Fiscal Monitor is published each month by the Department of Finance setting out...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, I have overall policy responsibility in relation to public service occupational pension schemes payable to retired public servants. For all new entrants to the public service (including members of An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service) on or after 6 April 1995 (the date of introduction of full social insurance for public servants who now pay...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Communications (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Press Office in my department is responsible for the management of departmental social media accounts on the following platforms: XLinkedInYouTubeInstagram (not currently active)My department does not pay a subscription fee for any of these platforms. There is a departmental social media policy in place that is currently being reviewed. The current policy does not address...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that no money was spent on advertising on the website in question by my Department from 2019 to date. The Department keeps the suitability of any platform it uses for advertising under ongoing review.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Subject to the provisions of relevant policies, prior experience working in the public service of other European Union Member states is treated in the same manner as prior experience working in the Irish public service for the purposes of determining starting pay in the Irish civil service. Following the UK's decision to leave the EU, previous service in the UK public service continues to be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand from the clarification kindly provided by the Deputy this query relates to members of Interview/Selection Boards in the Public Appointments Service. The following rates are payable to members of Interview/Selection Boards in the Public Appointments Service. These rates have been in place since the 1st July 2013. Retired Public Servants (on pension): Grade ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: During 2023, the staff of my Department have worked collaboratively on a wide range of policies and initiatives to deliver on the strategic goals set out in the Department's new Statement of Strategy 2023-2025 to drive the delivery of better public services, living standards and infrastructure for the people of Ireland under three key strategic goals: Enhancing Governance; Building Capacity;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (7 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Since this Government took office in June 2020, we have introduced significant changes to enhance the delivery of the State's national investment priorities. Following a comprehensive review of the National Development Plan (NDP) over the course of 2020 and 2021, the Government committed €165 billion funding for capital investment, as set out in the NDP 2021-30 published in...

Appropriation Bill 2023: Second Stage (12 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce this Bill to the House. It is a critical piece of annual financial legislation that needs to be enacted before the end of the year. The Bill has two primary functions. The first is to provide the legal authorisation for all of the expenditure that has occurred in 2023 on the basis of the Estimates voted on by...

Estimates for Public Services 2024: Motion (13 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That Revised Estimates for the Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2024, be presented to the Dáil and circulated to members, pursuant to Standing Orders 95(1)(a) and 215.

Appropriation Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: When I got the Deputy's amendment, it goes without saying that I took it seriously. First, I treat seriously any amendment to legislation from a Member of the Oireachtas. Second, when this issue about how the Bill had been described came in, it not only caused raised eyebrows, it also raised a question with me to go and verify the correct terminology. My officials went away and checked...

Appropriation Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: We certainly are not.

Appropriation Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course.

Appropriation Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Absolutely.

Appropriation Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. This is an issue that has come up on a number of occasions when I have brought the Appropriation Bill before the House. I should say to Deputy Ó Snodaigh that when I brought my own Estimates before the relevant Oireachtas select committee, it did contain within it the Estimate we are now discussing. It was potentially available for...