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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there have been no such instances in my Department or the bodies under its aegis since 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Campaigns (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The deadline for Returning Officers to submit all of their costs to my Department is six months after the referendums are held, so final figures for the cost of the referendums held on 8 March will not be available until then. However, it is estimated that the costs over which my Department has oversight will be approximately €21 million, broken down as follows: €17 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Campaigns (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The deadline for Returning Officers to submit all of their costs to my Department is six months after the referendums are held, so a breakdown of the cost of the referendums held on 8 March will not be available until then. However, it is estimated that the costs over which my Department has oversight will be approximately €21 million, broken down as follows: €17 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has funded two non-governmental organisations over the past three years, with the amount of funding set out in the table below. My Department has funded Transparency International Ireland since 2013 to support the Department’s role in the implementation of the Protected Disclosures Act. My Department provides this funding in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Meetings (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department and I have had a number of engagements with the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) since 2019. In each of the years from 2019 to 2023, my officials and I met with the Community and Voluntary Pillar for a pre-budget meeting and the NWCI attended each of these meetings. In addition to this, the NWCI were also part of a Civic Forum...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform has a very modest capital allocation of less than €700,000 for 2024. At the end of February no capital funding had been expended, which is similar to the position at end-February 2023. On a Vote group basis, capital expenditure amounted to just under €34 million at end-February 2024, compared to capital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 302 and 303 together. As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for the management of gross voted expenditure and the annual estimates process, general sanctioning powers in relation to expenditure and policy matters relating to the appraisal, review and evaluation of expenditure. I am not responsible for the management of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for the allocation and management of voted expenditure across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan 2021-30 (NDP), rests with the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not sponsored any PPP projects, however, the OPW under the aegis of my Department manages the Convention Centre Dublin on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media who are the sponsors of the project. In terms of costs for the completed projects, the payments made by the State over the life of the PPP contract (typically 25 years...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Energy Conservation (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 and 313 together. Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs) are a form of Public Private Partnership (PPP), but are significantly different from ‘traditional’ PPPs. Under an EPC, an Energy Service Company (ESCO) takes responsibility for undertaking the energy efficiency upgrade of a building. In return, an agreed proportion of the resulting...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for the management of gross voted expenditure and the annual estimates process, general sanctioning powers in relation to expenditure and policy matters relating to the appraisal, review and evaluation of expenditure. I am not responsible for the management of non-Exchequer expenditure, which mainly comprises of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 312 and 317 together. During the life of the PPP contract (typically 25 years after construction), a portion of the unitary payment is adjusted annually by an inflation factor to reflect changes in a general inflation index specified in the contract (the Consumer Price Index or the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices). This indexable portion represents...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 and 315 together. PPPs have been very useful in facilitating the delivery of important infrastructure, particularly in previous years when the Exchequer was seriously constrained in terms of its ability to fund infrastructure directly. PPPs, and their use of private finance on an off-balance sheet basis, enabled projects to proceed which would not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (20 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I can confirm to the Deputy that all PPP unitary payments are classified as capital expenditure. PPPs are generally considered to mean projects financed and constructed by the private sector and remunerated by deferred annual payments (unitary payments) from the Exchequer for the design, build, operation and maintenance of the project. Upon completion of the construction of the project it...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (21 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I and my Department are responsible for the civil service pension schemes, which cover members of established and unestablished civil service and State industrial schemes. The authorities responsible for the administration of the large number of pension schemes operating in the various sectors of the public service are, in general, the relevant employers and Ministers in those sectors. It...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (21 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together. The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform made a technical submission on the value of public service pensions to the Public Service Pay Commission in 2017. Following analysis of all submissions, the Commission set out findings in relation to the relative value of the various categories of public service pension...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy has noted, the Summer Economic Statement, published in July 2023 provided that an additional €2.25 billion from windfall corporation tax receipts would be made available over the period 2024 to 2026 to boost delivery of critical capital infrastructure projects and make a contribution to the existing Climate Action Fund. This will continue to provide the additional...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for the management of gross voted expenditure and the annual estimates process, general sanctioning powers in relation to expenditure and policy matters relating to the appraisal, review and evaluation of expenditure. I am not responsible for the management of non-Exchequer expenditure. However, the National...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: It is a parliamentary democracy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Starting in 1995, successive iterations of the European Union’s cross-border PEACE programmes had by the end of 2020 committed some €2.3 billion in support of shared peace and prosperity on the island of Ireland. For the current 2021-27 EU programming period, the new PEACEPLUS programme is now investing a further €1.145 billion across Northern Ireland and the border...