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

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the extension of service beyond retirement age for civil servants, in certain limited circumstances, is provided for under Circular 13/1975. The Circular notes that under Section 8.4 (1) of the Civil Service Regulation Act 1956, 65 years is the retiring age for certain Civil Servants. Provision is also made for circumstances in which an officer may be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Management of the lands referred to, which were acquired by the Commissioners of Public Works in 2006, was passed, by agreement, to the Local Authorities, also referred to in the question. The Commissioners have not been appraised of definitive development plans for the lands.

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

Paschal Donohoe: Public sector organisations are required to adhere to EU and national procurement rules. The Office of Public Works has embarked on a process of putting framework contracts in place across many areas of operations including the electrical and mechanical area. In establishing such frameworks assessment criteria are necessary to form judgements as to the capacity and capability of applicant...

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

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, I can confirm that neither my Department nor any of the bodies under the aegis of my Department have availed of the services of the company referenced in the question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Sector Transfer Network allows employees to transfer service from one member organisation to another. The legislative provision for this is Section 4 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act 1963.  It provides for the transfer of pensionable service in the case of staff transfers between the Civil Service and "approved organisations", and between one "approved organisation" and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Levy (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) reduces the value of those public service pensions which have pre-PSPR values above specified thresholds. It does so in a progressively structured way which has a proportionately greater effect on higher value pensions. A very significant part-unwinding of PSPR in three stages is taking place under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Revenue Commissioners (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Action 18 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan 2014 committed to giving greater authority and flexibility to managers to enhance public services while reducing costs and increasing efficiencies within centrally determined expenditure limits and pay rates. This has involved the setting down of binding multi-annual pay allocations centrally which have replaced the Employment Control Framework...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Board of the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is the only State Board under the aegis of my Department. PAS took on an enhanced role in relation to State Boards following a Government decision in September 2014 and new Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards have been in operation since November 2014. I am informed by the PAS that no former TDs have been appointed to the PAS Board.

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

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388 to 390, inclusive, together. The Revised Spouses and Childrens Superannuation Scheme was introduced in 1984. Membership of this scheme is mandatory for anybody who joined the civil service as a new entrant after 1 September 1984. Civil Servants who were not members of any scheme or were members of the Original Scheme prior to this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Postal Codes (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, I can confirm that there were no costs incurred by my Department in its implementation of the Eircode system.  Eircodes were incorporated into new stationery when existing stocks were depleted at no extra cost.  As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment has...

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

Paschal Donohoe: 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 salary cuts at the beginning of that year which...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Sick Leave Scheme was introduced in March 2014 in the majority of sectors in the Public Service and in September 2014 in the Education Sector. The Public Service Management Sick Leave Regulations 2014provide the basis for the calculation of access to paid sick leave and sick leave records, including counting a Saturday or Sunday. The following sets out the process, based...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Institute of Public Administration has two main sources of funding, namely, earned fee income and a State block grant. The Institute’s earnings over the past five years were made up of training and international services, education-fee income, research income, publications, membership income, release of capital grants, and the grant allocation from my Department. The table...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Following publication of the Report by the Public Service Pay Commission, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and public service employers entered into negotiations with public service unions and staff representative associations in order to secure agreement on an extension of the Lansdowne Road Agreement.  Following detailed and complex negotiations, facilitated by the...

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

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 and 397 together. The proposed Agreement runs from 2018- 2020 and has a total cost over that period of €887 million, with annual costs as follows: 2018: €178 million 2019: €370 million 2020: €339 million The pay measures also have a carry-over cost into 2021 of €227 million. The costs of the proposed pension contribution...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that a mid-term review of the Capital Plan is currently underway, the findings of which will ultimately help Government to put in place a new long term Capital Plan which is consistent with the new National Planning Framework to be published later this year. In that context, Government needs to formulate a strategic view on the extent to which PPPs should be...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) reduces the value of those public service pensions which have pre-PSPR values above specified thresholds. It does so in a progressively structured way which has a proportionately greater effect on higher value pensions. A very significant part-unwinding of PSPR in three stages is taking place under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Register of Lobbyists Administration (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware the Standards in Public Office Commission (the Standards Commission) is as an independent statutory body which is responsible for the Register of Lobbying. As an independent statutory body it is not accountable to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform or to the Government in the performance of its functions. I am advised that the Standards...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Jun 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 the best value for money. It would be a breach of the EU rules for a public body to favour particular candidates on grounds such as organisation size, locality, nationality, etc. and there are legal remedies which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies Code of Conduct (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies applies to the Regulator of the National Lottery. The Regulator has furnished a report confirming that he complied with his  obligations under tax law for 2015. The Regulator has complied with his obligations under tax law for 2016 and this will be formally confirmed following completion of the audit of the Regulator’s...