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Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: -----asking me not to maintain the kind of order we have in terms of public wages to allow services to improve.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In the past, the ocupational pensions received by public service pensioners were generally adjusted in line with changes in the wages or salary of the pensioner's grade at retirement.  Sometimes referred to as "pay parity", this non-statutory linkage lapsed in 2010 when pensions were left unchanged notwithstanding salary cuts at the beginning of that year affecting all public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 21 together. The 10% reductions in starting pay for certain new entrants were introduced in January 2011 as part of the National Recovery Plan in order to reduce the Public Service Pay Bill by the then Government and as a response to the serious fiscal position presenting at that time. The issue of addressing the difference...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Work on the Spending Review announced in my speech accompanying the publication of the Estimates last October is now underway. This review will systematically examine existing spending programmes to assess their effectiveness in meeting policy objectives and also to identify scope for re-allocating funding to meet expenditure priorities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Procurement guidelines require that a competitive process should be the norm when purchasing and awarding public contracts except in duly justifiable circumstances. Even in the case of procurement which might not be subject to the full scope of EU Directives, the EU Commission and European Court of Justice have ruled that EU Treaty principles must be observed.  The essential...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I should begin by pointing out that my Department is not the lead Department in relation to EFSI or EIB matters, nor has my Department responsibility for coordinating applications for funding from EFSI or EIB, or for reporting on lending by EFSI or EIB to Ireland.  However, I understand information on projects approved by EFSI, by country, is available...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The data referred to by the Deputy is reported on by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) in a number of annual reports relating to the period in question.  Any such reports compiled by the C&AG are available in either published form or through their website. Under Circular 40/02 - Public Procurement Guidelines, all procurement contracts which a Department proposes...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Procurement is governed by EU and National rules and guidelines. The aim of these rules is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers best value for money.   The main EU Directives governing public procurement are Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement in relation to goods, services and works and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Procurement is governed by EU and National rules. The aim of these rules is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers best value for money. It is a matter for individual contracting authorities to ensure that their public procurement function is discharged in line with the standard accounting...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is responsible for policy on allocating public funds across each area of Government spending and ensuring that expenditure is managed in line with these allocations by the Government Departments and State Bodies.  Within the overall allocations set by my Department, individual Ministers and their Departments allocate funds across various...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 to 152, inclusive, and 159 together. Managing the delivery of public services within budgetary allocations is a key responsibility of each Minister and their Department and important measures are in place to help ensure that these budgetary targets continue to be met.  My Department is in regular communication with all Departments and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Lansdowne Road Agreement (LRA), provides a negotiated pathway for public service pay increases through a phased partial unwinding of the FEMPI measures over three years at a full year cost of  €844m in 2018 and represents a considerable investment in public service remuneration. Those unions/associations who hold representation rights for public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 155 together. The Capital Plan 'Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021' set out a €42 billion framework to address our priority infrastructure needs up to 2021. The Programme for a Partnership Government (PfPG) makes clear that the existing Capital Plan is the starting point for increased investment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Cleary Brexit will pose significant challenges right across the economy.  The Government is committed to addressing these challenges, to mitigating the impacts and to maximising the available opportunities. In the short term, the Minister for Finance and I were able to deliver a Budget for 2017 setting out our approach to Brexit and to building a national economic...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Policy (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to increasing public expenditure in a sustainable way and the Programme for a Partnership Government committed to the introduction of budgets that will involve at least a 2:1 split between investment in public spending and tax reductions. In actuality, Budget 2017 introduced a package of €1.3 billion which favours expenditure increases over revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Procurement reform is a key element of the Government's overall reform programme and is aimed at delivering increased value for money, more accurate and timely data and improvements in the capacity and capability of the procurement function across the public service.  The fragmented procurement arrangements across the public service which existed prior to this facilitated amongst...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have overarching policy responsibility for workforce planning in the Civil Service, including recruitment. The initiation of a recruitment campaign for any particular civil service grade is determined by such factors as identified workforce planning requirements and the need to establish priorities for targeted...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Archives (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, my Department is working with other Departments and the National Archives to develop a plan to improve record management within the Public Service aiming to assist in the establishment of a coherent and consistent approach to records management.  Over the next three years, we will bring together a number of Departments and agencies to develop a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Dealing with the potential impact of Brexit is a key Government priority and, as the Deputy will be aware, the Government has adopted a whole-of-Government approach to the challenges posed by Brexit, led by the Cabinet Committee on Brexit which the Taoiseach chairs and of which I am a member. These challenges require action both in the short-term and long-term which may have implications for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (2 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Brexit issues in my Department are coordinated centrally by the Department's EU/North South/Brexit Unit. The Unit oversees Brexit work across the Department and acts as the contact point with the Department of the Taoiseach and other Government Departments.  It is represented on the Inter-Departmental Group on Brexit and related groups, and supports me in my work as a member of the...