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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021 2025 seeks to deliver annual registrations of 10,000 apprentices by 2025 through an apprenticeship system that is flexible and responsive, providing a strong value proposition and delivering high standards and sought after qualifications. Under this plan, the public sector (excluding commercial semi-state organisations) will deliver an increased level...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: While we operate in an uncertain international environment with wars in Ukraine, Middle East and Africa, and deal with certain legacy impacts of the pandemic, it is appropriate to maintain a contingency reserve within the overall expenditure amounts across the years 2025 to 2030 in line with what was previously set out in the Stability Programme Update (SPU). In Budget 2024 a sum of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The 2024 Summer Economic Statement (SES) was published on July 9th. The SES sets out the Government’s medium-term budgetary strategy and outlines the fiscal parameters within which discussions will take place ahead of Budget 2025 in planning the fiscal and budgetary response for 2025. An overall package of €8.3 billion is being made available, which will result in voted...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: In relation to the civil service, for which my Department holds detailed data, the suggested Wage at, €14.80, €15, €15.20, €15.40 per hour based on the civil service 35 hour standard net working week equates to an annual salary of approximately €27,029, €27,395, €27,760, €28,125 respectively. Detailed data on civil service staff...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The gross REV allocation for the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in 2024 was €18.156m. The estimated cost of a 10% increase in funding for the Office is €1.816m. C&AG REV Allocation 2024 18,156 Cost of a 10% Increase 1,816

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 514 and 516 together. The Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) is a cross-Departmental network of Civil Service economists and policy analysts working directly for their respective Departments. IGEES consists of persons recruited through the IGEES recruitment stream and other Civil Servants in policy analysis roles. The IGEES budget is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) drives the Government’s digital agenda, making Ireland an exemplar in the delivery of high quality digital Public Services. OGCIO works in collaboration with Government Departments and agencies across the Civil and Public Service and has growing involvement in supporting sectoral digital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The table below lists the estimated annual savings from reducing salaries by 25%, 50% and 75% of the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Ministers, Ministers of State and certain Ministers for State, whilst leaving the current rate of the salary for Deputies in place. Office Salary as of 01 June 2024 25% Reduction 50% Reduction 75% Reduction Taoiseach €128,927.00...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The estimated cost of a 1% pay increase in the public service is approximately €0.3bn inclusive of pension costs.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The gross REV allocation for the Office of the Director of Prosecutions in 2024 was €62.149m. The estimated cost of increasing funding to the Office by 10%, 25% and 50% is set out below. Figures in €000s. DPP REV Allocation 2024 €62,149 Cost of a 10% Increase €6,215 Cost of a 25% Increase €15,537 Cost of a 50% Increase €31,075

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: While we operate in an uncertain international environment with wars in Ukraine, Middle East and Africa, and deal with certain legacy impacts of the pandemic, it is appropriate to maintain a contingency reserve within the overall expenditure amounts across the years 2025 to 2030 in line with what was previously set out in the Stability Programme Update (SPU). In Budget 2024 a sum of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The 2024 Summer Economic Statement (SES) was published on July 9th. The SES sets out the Government’s medium-term budgetary strategy and outlines the fiscal parameters within which discussions will take place ahead of Budget 2025 in planning the fiscal and budgetary response for 2025. An overall package of €8.3 billion is being made available, which will result in voted...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authorities (18 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of the Ombudsman has provided me with a breakdown of complaints by Local Authority for the period 2019 to 2024. Council 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 (to-date) Carlow County Council 7 5 10 15 24 12 Cavan County Council 10 9...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Artificial Intelligence (18 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 214 together. The Government published interim guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Public Service in February 2024 and instructed that all AI tools used by the Irish Public Service comply with the seven requirements for ethical AI that have been developed by the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on AI. These...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (18 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Public Appointments Service that the process for the position of Chairperson of Rásíocht Con Éireann took place earlier this year. Eight applications were received with Five candidates deemed suitable to meet with the Assessment Panel.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Issues (18 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Equality budgeting has been a core component of performance budgeting policy since 2018. It focuses on ten themes - Gender; Marital Status; Family Status; Age; Disability; Sexual Orientation; Race; Religion; Membership of the Traveller and Roma Communities; and Socio-economic Status. The two key annual outputs of the equality budgeting calendar are the Revised Estimates Volume for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I can confirm that I have received the correspondence from the Deputy and that the issues raised are currently under consideration by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (18 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) As a consequence of the UK’s decision to leave the EU, the EU put in place funding support for Member States to mitigate the resulting impacts, in the form of a Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR). Ireland’s BAR allocation is €802 million, the largest allocation for any Member State. Ireland has received its share in the form of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 Sep 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 and is a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (24 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The table below sets out the total number of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department in the years specified, along with a detailed breakdown of the number granted, part-granted, refused, transferred, withdrawn and ongoing. Year Total Received Granted Part-Granted Refused Transferred Withdrawn Withdrawn and...