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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that the number of staff in my Department by County is as follows : Dublin - 263.8 Tullamore, Co. Offaly - 31.5 With regard to State agencies under the aegis of my department, see below:  Body # # Number of Staff employed by county Cand AG's 156, Dublin Central Bank 1,597 (FTE) as at end April 2017, Dublin Credit Reviewer 1, Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Banking (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 348 and 349 together. It will be necessary for Government Departments and Offices to open bank accounts with the commercial banks from time to time to facilitate payments made or receipts received arising from the performance of their statutory roles and responsibilities. These accounts are deemed to be public bank accounts within the meaning of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Teachers' Remuneration (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: 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 service employment since 2011 and those who entered...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, the tables below outline the number of staff employed by my Department by county. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform County Number of staff Dublin 398 Offaly 5 Total 403 Office of Government Procurement  County Number of staff Dublin 149 Cork 12 Limerick 7 Meath 17 Sligo 10 Total 195 National Shared...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the cost of the pension schemes for established and non-established civil servants, including State industrial posts. The gross provisional outturn figures for expenditure on civil service pension schemes (excluding the Single Public Service Pension Scheme) for established and non-established personnel made from Vote 12 Superannuation and Retired...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353, 355, 363, 364, 380 and 385 together. On foot of one of the recommendations of the Report of the Interdepartmental Group on Fuller Working Lives, my Department, with Public Service employers, was tasked to review the current statutory and operational considerations giving rise to barriers to extended participation in the public service workforce up to and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Question Heading for question(s) 354 (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) and the Irish Coastguard Service (IRCG) are responsible for the financing of Coast Guard Station Projects. The Office of Public Works (OPW) provides advice on the design of such projects and manages their delivery in line with the requirements of the two bodies concerned. The current position is that the Department, the IRCG and the OPW...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356 to 358, inclusive, together. The €2.6 billion of additional capital resources to be allocated over the period 2018 to 2021 arising from the ongoing review of the Capital Plan are included in the most recent forecasts of net fiscal space published by the Department of Finance at Budget-time last October.  My Department understands...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, the following table outlines the payments made by my Department to the company referenced in the question since March 2011. Year Purpose of Contract Amount 2011 Development of the Public Service Reform Plan 2011 €80,465 2012 Capacity and Capability Review of the Central Procurement Function €30,750 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is delivering a multi-annual programme of capital investment in flood defence measures, with €430 million provided for in the Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021. Since 2009, a number of major flood defence schemes have been completed in the Shannon catchment area including Ennis Upper and Derrymullen, Ballinasloe. Further schemes are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Negotiations (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: On 2 May 2017 the Government published a position paper setting out its comprehensive approach to the Brexit negotiations.  The paper includes an analysis of the economic and sectoral implications of Brexit for Ireland, and sets out the Government's strategy for responding to this challenge.  Detailed and intensive work on this is continuing across Government. Now that the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, the following tables outline the total pension contributions and pension levy made by Public Sector workers, excluding Civil Servants, in each body under the aegis of my Department:  Pension Contributions Year Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Office of Government Procurement) € Office of Public Works €...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised that Cork County Council is investigating the problem at this location in the first instance as the flooding may be due to a collapsed drainage culvert in the vicinity of this location rather than any connection to the flood relief scheme. The problem will be addressed appropriately by the relevant body when the exact cause of the problem is identified.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is an independent, statutory body which provides professional recruitment and selection services to the civil service.  I understand from PAS that they use verbal and numerical reasoning tests, alongside other assessment tools, for Civil Service roles such as Clerical Officer, Executive Officer, Third Secretary and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Disability Act Employment Targets (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department is an equal opportunities employer and all recruitment campaigns are conducted in strict compliance with the Codes of Practice set out by the Commission for Public Service Appointments.  Codes include the Code of Practice governing the External and Internal Appointments of Persons with Disabilities to Positions in the Irish Civil Service and Certain Public Bodies,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Training Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 368 to 370, inclusive, and 374 together. As the Deputy will be aware, I announced at Budget time last October my intention, together with the Minister for Education and Skills, to carry out a consultation process on the design and operation of an Exchequer-Employment mechanism to help fund higher and further education and training into the future and to drive...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: When inviting the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions last month to the public service pay talks, which have now concluded, I indicated that a separate process of consultation would take place with an association representing public service pensioners. That process is ongoing, and my officials met recently with representatives of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 373 and 378 together. In the past, the occupational pensions of 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 the values of pensions in payment were left unchanged notwithstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tribunals of Inquiry (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department provided sanction for additional resources to support the work of the Disclosures Tribunal in early May of this year. This was in response to a recommendation from the Department of Justice and Equality which outlined the need for extra resources to support the timely completion of the work of the Tribunal and also to minimise any potential negative...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships Data (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department's primary role in relation to PPPs is to facilitate the PPP process centrally by developing the general policy framework (including, where necessary, the legal framework) and the capital investment policy framework within which PPPs operate and by providing central guidance to Departments and other State Authorities in that context. Financial responsibility for...