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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 47:In page 54, line 2, to delete “an investigation officer or”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 48:In page 54, lines 5 and 6, to delete “an investigation officer or”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 49:In page 54, line 6, to delete “Chapter 3or 4, or” and substitute “Chapter 4,”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 50:

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 42 makes reference to the status of privilege. Subsection (1) provides for the absolute privilege of documents and reports of the commissioner, deputy commissioner, an authorised official or an investigation officer, wherever published. Statements made at meetings or sittings for inquiries or investigations by the commissioner, deputy commissioner and an authorised official or an...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: That would mean that the privilege extended to a Member of the Oireachtas which, as I understand it, means that they cannot or should not say anything that would trigger legal action against them, would also be extended to the work of the commissioner or deputy commissioner. That might apply for example in respect of dealing with a matter that does not concern a Member of the Oireachtas, it...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: We will do that in the next day or two.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I understood that what was requested was that if the Bill were to be enacted, the kinds of briefings that the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, has performed in the past would continue to be available. I am sure they would be.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes. We will do that. The matter for me to reflect on is whether the preliminary inquiry section of the Bill can be used to deliver our objective and address some of the points made there. I also gather that members want a reference to medical services that includes psychological or psychiatric ones. That is a particularly important point that I shall consider.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: We will look at it but I believe that is not the case. We will certainly consider the matter and furnish information. We will furnish information on another matter. We will provide a consolidated table that compares where we are now with where we will be after the Bill is implemented. We will do so using each of the officials required in the legislation. It is difficult to explain the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I shall provide the comparison table for our next meeting. At the start of the meeting I can explain how the scheme works, which will make a big difference to helping everyone to understand the Bill.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes. I hope we can enact the legislation by the summer but, in our efforts to do so, we will not reduce the time available between now and Report Stage. Chairman:Is that okay?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The particular organisation referred to by the Deputy is not registered as a political organisation on the current register of political parties in Ireland. It is therefore considered that no issue arises under the civil service conciliation and arbitration scheme in relation to the matter raised by the Deputy in respect of the civil service trade union concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Industrial Relations (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In terms of access to the State's dispute resolution machinery, the Workplace Relations Commission and related institutions provide advice and assistance on industrial relations matters in the workplace to employers, employees and their representatives. There is no legislative provision for access to third-party adjudication in respect of pension entitlements for recipients of public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Civil Service Regulation Act 1956 is the key legislative basis for established positions in the civil service. It defines an established position as "a position in which established service is rendered".  Established service is defined in the same Act as "service in a capacity in respect of which a superannuation allowance may be granted under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, an interdepartmental working group, chaired by my Department, was established early in 2016 to examine the issues arising from prevailing retirement ages for workers in both the public and private sectors, in the context of the current age of entitlement to the state pension and the scheduled increases to the state pension age in 2021 and 2028. The group, whose report...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Workplace Relations Services Data (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is the position that my Department was not approached by public bodies directly under its aegis in relation to adjudications or findings arising from the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Molaim Ceisteanna Uimh. 443 go 445, cuimsitheach, a fhreagairt le chéile. Tabharfaidh mé freagra ar na ceisteanna seo ón Teachta mar gheall ar an státseirbhís. Tá Airí éagsúla freagrach as na réimsí eile sa tseirbhís phoiblí. Is maith is eol dom na moltaí atá déanta ag an gCoimisinéir Teanga mar...