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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to PQ Ref: 10594/17 on 2 March 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legal Advice (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Standards in Public Office Commission (SiPOC) is an independent statutory body and, as such, is not accountable to me, as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, or to the Government in the performance of its functions.  I am informed, however, that the Office of the Ombudsman provides the administrative support to SiPOC in terms of HR, ICT and financial services...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Card (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Services Card and MyGovID, its online counterpart, are underpinned by the SAFE II registration process.  This registration process provides for the best physical and online identity verification methods available to the State where these are required for the delivery of Public Services.  Not only does it provide increased protection against fraud and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Card (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Services Card and MyGovID, its online counterpart, are underpinned by the SAFE II registration process. This registration process provides for the best physical and online identity verification methods available to the State where these are required for the delivery of Public Services. Not only does it provide increased protection against fraud and impersonation, but it will also...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 21593/17 on 9 May 2017.

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the House for the opportunity to set out the Government's priorities in respect of two major areas of expenditure, namely, capital infrastructure and where we stand now on public sector pay. It is particularly appropriate that these are being considered together, as choices in one area will inevitably shape demands in the other, while also impacting on the total amount of resources...

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all Senators for the contributions they have made. I have made notes on the points made by each Member and I will comment on each of the individual contributions. However, I will comment also on a number of broad themes that relate to the points made. First, I want to comment on the concept of progress. It is important as we ground our contributions that we do so with an...

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: -----and what is being delivered by our national infrastructure network. The same point stands in respect of where we are with public services. Of course let us acknowledge the difficulties and needs we have, but let us also acknowledge that a small open economy and society located on the edge of Europe had a standard of living 40 years ago that was considerably below the European average...

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: We have seen, on many occasions, Sinn Féin councillors.

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I attended a launch for O'Devaney Gardens, which is the kind of project that Senator Gavan has claimed in his contribution does not exist.

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The project was acknowledged and welcomed by local Sinn Féin representatives. I can assure Senator Dolan that I am well aware of the tension between section 38 and section 39 organisations. I understand the difference between them. I understand that this is a particularly live issue among organisations that provide services to citizens with disabilities and special needs. I will...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am sorry Deputy Adams is already unnerved.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (31 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Senior officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are leading the public service pay negotiations from the employer side. These officials are supported by dedicated resources from the Irish Government Economic Evaluation Service (IGEES) which have been assigned to the Remuneration, Industrial Relations and Pensions Division within the Department to provide analytical...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Labour Employer Economic Forum (31 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together. There have been three meetings of the Labour Employer Economic Forum since it was established in 2016, and I have attended them all, the most recent being on 11 May 2017. The Forum has proved to be a significant addition to the process of direct communication and consultation between Government, employer and employee representatives...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pensions Data (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy. I will answer the tabled question first, and I will then give him the update he seeks. My Department is responsible for Government policy on civil and public service pensions.  In that context, the Department monitors relevant pension developments outside the Irish public service, including in the areas of private sector pensions, social insurance based...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pensions Data (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: On the Deputy's first question as to whether this work was done in advance of the Public Service Pay Commission and this process beginning, it was done in advance of it, but it would be fair to say that it was not commissioned for it. This was work that we had under way and it has informed what we are doing. Regarding the Deputy's second question about what we have tabled, we have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pensions Data (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In terms of how we will deal with that body and people who are already pensioners, which is what the Deputy is referring to, I have met that body and had a discussion with it regarding issues on behalf of its members. They will not be part of the process currently under way in the WRC because they do not have a representative status. They do not have the same parity as either a union or a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 and 3 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. The issue of addressing the difference in incremental salary scales between those public servants who entered public...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: This matter has been raised by the Deputy and a number of other Deputies for some time, and I and my officials instigated much work to clarify what that figure would be. We estimate, as I said, that it would be more than €209 million. We have come to this figure on the basis of a cost in education of €70 million, using that figure then to work out what the consequences would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: If one were to accept - and I do not - that we have a generalised recruitment issue within our public services, and if one were then to go on to argue that its main cause is insufficient pay, the largest single contribution the State can make to higher levels of pay is the affordable unwinding of FEMPI legislation. If that is done in a way that is affordable to the State, it will result over...