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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: General Practitioner Services (17 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Awaiting reply from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Process (17 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: A review of the FOI regime has been undertaken and is at an advanced stage of completion. The review process has been an open and collaborative one, taking in the views of a wide range of stakeholders. It commenced with a scoping process which sought the views of stakeholders across all sectors in setting the direction of the review. Approximately 1,200 responses were received at this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (17 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Regulator of the National Lottery that the chances of winning the Lotto jackpot are available on the National Lottery website and are 1 in 10.7 million. This version of the Lotto game commenced in 2015. There are detailed procedures in place to ensure the integrity of every draw and independent observers from KPMG check that each step is followed for each and every draw....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (23 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: OGP’s tendering process operates in adherence with the requirements of the National Public Procurement Policy Framework. OGP awards contracts based on relevant objective criteria ensuring compliance with the principles of transparency, non-discrimination and equal treatment. Prior to publishing a tender, OGP conducts detailed market engagement to determine the capabilities of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (23 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, I have overall policy responsibility in relation to public service occupational pension schemes payable to retired public servants. I have previously detailed the practical implications on retired members claiming a supplementary pension in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 14 December 2023. Furthermore, with regards to reform of the current system,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Official Travel (23 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: In my capacity as Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I undertook two visits on official state business to Germany for St. Patrick's Day and the United States in November. A full breakdown of costs for myself and the officials who accompanied are outlined below: Flight Costs Le Meridien Hotel Berlin Recouped from...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (23 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: For all public servants who are fully insured (Class A PRSI) and who have been appointed before 1 January 2013 (introduction of Single Scheme) pension payment comprises of three components: 1. Public Service Occupational Pension payable by the public service employer from Voted expenditure, the calculation of which takes account of Social Insurance benefits that may be payable to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

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: Public Sector Pay (24 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The public service pay bill as set out in Budget 2024, inclusive of Local Authorities, is estimated at €26.8 billion. The estimated cost of providing for a 1.5% or €750, whichever is greater, increase in annualised basic salaries for full time public servants is set out in the table below. Increase Estimated Cost 1.5% or €750,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (24 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department is set out in the table below: Year Number of staff directly employed Number of staff who work remotely as part of the working week Percentage of staff who work remotely as part of the working week Number of hours on average per week that staff work from home ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (24 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy, which was provided by the bodies under the aegis of my Department, is outlined in the table below. The State Laboratory will write to the Deputy directly to provide the information sought in respect of that body. Name of Public Body Year Number of staff directly employed Percentage of staff who work at least one...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Sign Language (24 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that 60.5% of the social media posts published by my Department during 2023 included closed captioning or subtitles. None of these posts used Irish Sign Language. The Deputy may wish to note that these functionalities apply to video posts only. In addition, 20% of the Department’s videos also consisted only of text or images with no voice over and so did...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Electricity Supply Board (25 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 209 together. Under rule 42.4 of the Scheme rules, set out in Electricity Supply Board (Superannuation) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 18/2014), the consent of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform is required for pension increases under the Scheme. On 22 November 2023,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (25 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: In line with the terms of the C&A Scheme for the civil service, I brought a Memo to Government on 7th November and a Government Decision was made to appoint a new Arbitration Board with effect from that date. I have been advised that the new Board has commenced its work and that hearings have been scheduled from early February.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am pleased to be here today to present the 2024 Estimates for my Department’s group of Votes. I am joined by the Minister of State with responsibility for public procurement and eGovernment, Deputy Ossian Smyth. There are ten Votes under the public expenditure, national development plan delivery and reform Vote group: Vote 11 – Public Expenditure, National Development Plan...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy Conway-Walsh for her questions. I think she is making two different points within that, which I am sure we will engage on in a moment. The first is in regard to the approval of projects and the second is about the process for projects of a certain level. With regard to the approval of projects, what she said in her summary in the early part of her question is correct. We...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Overall, we are reducing the number of stages in that process from, I believe, five to three. The difference will mainly be one of time and being able to move projects of a certain scale forward faster. Regarding the Deputy’s particular question about Mayo County Council, I am not familiar with the individual projects that she is referring to, but I imagine that they are the kinds of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: There is not a general overall list. I will defer to the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, on this question. He might give the Deputy the accurate answer about what this means for a particular process.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: In March 2022, we launched an overall blended working policy framework for the Civil Service. Since then, particularly over the past 12 months, the policy has been rolled out to individual Departments and other State bodies. The target was that, a year after its implementation – we are approaching that point now – we would revert to the Government and collate and review...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am well familiar the lessons and learnings we have from the national children’s hospital. That is why the evaluation approach for so-called mega projects has changed fundamentally. It has changed in two different areas. The first is the costs that we publish for larger projects include a larger recognition of the cost of the risks and how, if the risks were to materialise, it...