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Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Again Sinn Féin Members want to put the questions and use the rhetoric, but when their arguments are challenged they do not have the tolerance or patience to allow other people to speak. It is important that such a link be maintained because politicians should not set other politicians' pay.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: This link between Deputies and principal officers has been maintained over the years, meaning that people in this House do not determine what they are paid. That is the right principle to ensure that other interests do not compete in allowing Deputies and Senators to determine their salaries. In response to a claim Deputy Cullinane made in his opening statement, if Deputy Adams feels so...

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I ask Deputy Adams and his party colleagues to do the same.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I am addressing the Chair, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I ask Deputy Adams and his Sinn Féin colleagues to do the same.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I am very happy to allow Deputy Adams in, but I know he would not extend such a courtesy to me.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I am glad I let the Deputy in to share that pearl of wisdom with the House.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: That is not the question I asked.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: What I said was that if Sinn Féin felt so strongly about this principle, its Members should return to the Exchequer all of the salary that they are not accruing to themselves. The reality is that the cost to the Exchequer for every Sinn Féin Deputy in this House is the same as for any other Deputy.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: That is the reality. If Sinn Féin Members feel so strongly in their views in this matter, they should do the right thing. If Deputy Adams has conceded the principle that it is right that Ministers should forfeit that element of salary restoration, then that element of salary restoration he is due as a Deputy should be returned to the Exchequer. Given that he has now conceded that...

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: -----must respond.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand fully the nature of those needs. The way the Government and the Dáil can respond better to them is by having an agreement that respects those in our public services and those who depend on such services. We can also respond by maintaining that agreement. It is ill served by the rhetoric and inconsistency that we have heard from the Sinn Féin Party this evening.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Croke Park Agreement Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Croke Park Agreement 2010 to 2014 was in effect in February 2012. It was a collective agreement between the then Government, and the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and other associations representing public service staff.  It secured a commitment by public servants to deliver savings, cooperate with reforms and maintain...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Grades (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Officials of my Department have been in contact with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine in relation to this matter. Careful consideration is being given to the application by the Veterinary Officers Association (VOA) in the context of overall Government policy in respect of professional, technical and specialist added years. A decision will be communicated to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The results of the Civil Service Employee Engagement Survey 2015 were published on 28 January 2016 and the report is available on my Department s website on  http://www.per.gov.ie/en/civil-service-employee-engage ment-survey/.  This report summarises the results of the survey for the Civil Service and includes comparative analysis across Departments on employee engagement;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The pension restoration amounts of €500 and €780 on 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2018 respectively are the maximum gains on those dates attainable by persons whose public service pensions have been affected by the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) under the financial emergency legislation. These pension restoration adjustments are provided for in law...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategy Statements (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The development of a three-year Statement of Strategy is a requirement of every Government Department under the Public Service Management Act, 1997. Under this legislation, a new Statement of Strategy must be submitted to a Minister within six months of their appointment. The process to develop a new Statement of Strategy 2016-2019 for my Department is very substantially...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pay Commission has been tasked with providing an initial report to Government on public service remuneration in the context of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009-2015. The findings of the Commission will contribute to and inform Government's considerations in relation to Public Service remuneration and will inform Public Service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Lansdowne Road Agreement provides the single agreed framework within which public service management and unions at the various sectoral levels process industrial relations issues and related matters of mutual concern.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The 10% reductions in starting pay for certain new entrants were introduced by the then Government in January 2011 as part of the National Recovery Plan in order to reduce the Public Service Pay Bill. Terms and conditions of employment for public servants are also set by reference to legislation including the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 to 263, inclusive, together. The salaries referred to by the Deputy were subject to three FEMPI Acts, - the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 which introduced a new deduction from the remuneration of pensionable public servants, which is known as the Pension-Related Deduction (PRD) - the Financial Emergency Measures in the...