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

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 to 267, inclusive, together. The salaries referred to by the Deputy were subject to four 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...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Lansdowne Road Agreement, underpinned by the FEMPI 2015 Act, brought in a reduction of Pension Related Deduction (PRD) for all public servants. The reduction in PRD in 2017 will benefit TDs in the amount of €1,000. Pay restoration for TDs under the Haddington Road Agreement, also underpinned by the FEMPI 2015 Act,will be paid in two equal phases with the first phase...

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

Paschal Donohoe: It is the position that there is no difference in the current pay rate of Temporary Clerical Officers "TCOs" and Clerical Officers "COs. The details of the pay rates  are contained in the relevant circulars issued by my Department including the two most recent circulars 2/2014 and 17/2015  which can be found on www.circulars.gov.ie

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Responsibility for the implementation of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 rests with the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPOC). SIPOC has established a register for recording lobbying activity which may be viewed at www.lobbying.ie. SIPOC is an independent statutory body and as such is not accountable to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform or to the Government in...

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

Paschal Donohoe: It is the position that there is no difference in the current pay rate of Temporary Clerical Officers (TCOs) and Clerical Officers (COs). The pay of TCOs and COs is subject to Government pay policy and is controlled by the relevant circulars issued by my Department including the two most recent circulars 2/2014 and 17/2015 which can be found on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue of pension entitlements for Community Employment Scheme Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors was the subject of a Labour Court recommendation in 2008. The position is that although the employing bodies concerned are mainly funded by public expenditure programmes, the State does not have any role as an employer in this sector and the employees of such bodies are not public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (9 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the last open and interdepartmental standard Assistant Principal Officer competitions were held in June 2015 and is currently being used to fill existing vacancies at Assistant Principal Officer level in the Civil Service. Such panels usually last for a period of between eighteen months to two years. A competition for Human...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (9 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The appointment of the Chief Executive is a matter for the Board of Horse Racing Ireland under the relevant legislation.  The Board of Horse Racing Ireland formally reappointed the Chief Executive Officer on the 21st of July on terms and conditions approved by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and I, as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation (9 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, which implements the terms of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, partially unwind the pay reductions imposed on public servants, and are prudent and sustainable in the fiscal space currently available to Government. The estimated overall gross cost of these pay measures (inclusive of the previously committed costs...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Establishment (9 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has established the Public Service Pay Commission which held its first meeting yesterday and is now up and running.  The Commission will be advisory in nature and provide an initial report in the second quarter of 2017.  For its initial report, the Commission has been asked to provide input on how the unwinding of the Financial Emergency Measures in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Records (9 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: While contingent assets are provided for in international accounting standards, they only apply to entities that use the accruals basis of accounting.  The Vote for my Department and the other Votes within the Public Expenditure and Reform Vote group are accounted for in the annual Appropriation Accounts on a cash basis in accordance with the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (10 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 8 November 2016 which sets out the position on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (10 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 5 July 2016.

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2016: Motion (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:That, notwithstanding Standing Order 182(1) or (2) of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business or the Resolution of the Dáil of 7th July, 2016, the following Further Revised Estimates for the Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2016, be presented to the Dáil and circulated to members on 15th November, 2016, being a date later...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Intestate Estates (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The following amounts have transferred to the State in respect of persons who have died intestate without next of kin in each of the past three years: - 2013 - €763,830 - 2014 - €1,403,733 - 2015 - €326,233 Where next of kin come forward, the State is no longer entitled to the estate and the entitlement to the benefit of the estate it is passed to the next of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Superannuation Schemes (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: While the award of injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts is ultimately decided by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the cost is a charge on the Superannuation Vote, the process is always initiated in the officer's parent Department; accordingly the records with respect to rejected claims are maintained by each individual Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Statute Law Revision Programme (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Statute Law Revision Programme was initiated in 2003. It formerly operated within the auspices of the Office of the Attorney General and is now contained within the Government Reform Unit of my Department. Its purpose is to modernise and simplify the Statute book by removing spent and obsolete pieces of legislation, thereby reducing its size and thus making it more understandable and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question Ref: 33868/16 on the 8th of November 2016 which sets out the position on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Expenditure (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: There was no Referendum in 2000. The approximate costings for all referendums since 2001 are set out in the table below with the exception of those held in 2004 and 2011*. The referendums in those years were not taken on their own but were combined and accounted for with European and Local Elections in 2004 and with a Presidential and by-election in 2011. It is not, therefore, possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 422 and 423 together. The approximate costings for all by-elections since 2010 are set out in the table below. Four of the by-elections were held on the same day as another Election or Referendum and therefore the by-election costs reflect savings from a sharing of people and facilities (these are marked with an asterisk in the table) i.e. the Dublin West...