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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Appointments Service have informed me that the interviews for the position the Deputy refers to are being held in Galway, and that the client was informed of this on 9 April.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236, 237, 239, 240 and 243 together. The Government’s approach to public expenditure policy is set out in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy (MTES). This framework must be responsive to the economic landscape and is reviewed annually as part of the whole of year budget process including the Summer Economic Statement and the Estimates process. It...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Public service staffing is largely managed through a policy of delegated sanction, which has been in place since 2015. Under this delegated sanction framework, Departments are permitted to fill vacancies through recruitment and/or promotion where they hold a recruitment license, in grades up to and including Principal Officer Standard or equivalent, subject to remaining within the overall pay...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Overall our economy is in good shape and economic growth is expected to continue this year and through the medium term, as the Stability Programme Update has recently illustrated. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook, published this month shows that Irish GDP is projected to grow by 1½% in 2024. Irish GDP is forecast to continue to grow over the medium term. This is supported by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: At the core of our strategy to meet targets is the Medium-Term Expenditure Strategy (MTES), which serves two fundamental objectives: to ensure the long-term sustainability of core expenditure growth and to safeguard investments in public services. This framework undergoes annual review as part of the comprehensive budgetary process, including the Estimates process and the Summer Economic...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has committed to €165 billion in capital investment through the National Development Plan (NDP) published in 2021. As set out in the Summer Economic Statement (SES) 2023, an additional €2.25 billion of capital funding was made available to be allocated in the 2024 to 2026 period. This funding will facilitate the progression of important projects and enable more...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government’s approach to public expenditure policy is set out in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy (MTES). This framework must be responsive to the economic landscape and is reviewed annually as part of the whole of year budget process including the Summer Economic Statement and the Estimates process. As part of the Government’s fiscal strategy REV 2024 allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department previously provided grant funding to Benefacts between the period 2015-2022. As DPENDR does not have a policy role in relation to the non-profit sector, the original basis for the provision of grant funding was to identify/stimulate the demand for data on the non-profit sector within Government Departments/public organisations, In 2020, on foot of a review, which found...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (24 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Legislation to protect workers who raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace has been in place in Ireland for some time and this year will mark ten years since the Protected Disclosures Act was enacted in 2014. This legislation was further enhanced by the Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 2022 (the 2022 Act) which commenced in full on 1 January 2023. The 2022 Act broadens the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (24 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department for 2022 and 2023 is set out in the table below. Year Total Spend on Advertising Spend on Local Media Advertising (Print) Spend on Local Media Advertising (Broadcast) Agency used to place advertising 2022 €12,306 €3,152 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (24 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not had any engagement with, or provided any funding to, the organisation in question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Information on the pension entitlements of any individual is of a personal nature and details of an individual’s pension entitlements are not provided. Pension entitlements for Officeholders (including the position of Taoiseach) and TDs are set out in various pieces of legislation. These entitlements depend on a range of factors including which scheme an individual is a member of....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Oh my God. That is desperate.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Data and Telephony, which is voice over IP (VOIP), communication lines for the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Delivery Plan and Reform are fibre optic communication lines. There are a number of copper communication lines within my Department for facility related services, these facility services are provided by the Department of Finance as a shared arrangement and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Legislation to protect workers who raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace has been in place in Ireland for some time and this year will mark ten years since the Protected Disclosures Act was enacted in 2014. This legislation was further enhanced by the Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 2022 (the 2022 Act) which commenced in full on 1 January 2023. The 2022 Act broadens the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Elections (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I would like to highlight the provisions of the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour ('the Code') (part 2, sections 5.1 to 5.4 – ‘Civil Servants and Politics’) which states that: Civil servants above clerical level cannot stand for local election. Civil servants in clerical grades and certain non-industrial civil servants are free to engage in politics and may...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: European Union (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department from 20 February 2020 to date is set out in the table below. 2020 S.I. No. 367/2020 - Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (Disclosure to Prescribed Persons) Order 2020 2021 S.I. No. 376/2021 - European Union (Open Data and Re-use of Public Sector Information) Regulations 2021 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy should be made aware that my office received this correspondence on 18 April. A reply to this person has been issued. More generally, as the Deputy is aware, legislation to protect workers who raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace has been in place in Ireland for some time and this year will mark ten years since the Protected Disclosures Act was enacted in 2014....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Special Leave with Pay has been used in lieu of sick leave in the public service for self-isolation or a diagnosis of COVID-19 for all public service employees. It has been clear over this period, through the “Guidance and FAQs for Public Service Employers during COVID-19” document, that Special Leave with Pay is a temporary measure that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Single Public Service Pension Scheme is a statutory Public Service Career-Average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, established on 1 January 2013 under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. The Single Scheme was established to place publicly-funded retirement benefits on a more sustainable footing in the context of longer life expectancies. All new...