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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the estimated cost of decreasing VRT for category B motor caravans and motor homes from 13.3% to 6.65% and to 0% is €1.5m and €3m respectively in a full year.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My responsibility as Minister is for the Civil Service Pension Schemes, though I am also responsible for the development of general policy on occupational pension schemes in the wider public service. The HSE, in common with most public service employers, operates a spouses' and children's contributory pension scheme, which provides benefits to the spouses and children...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: An Interdepartmental Working Group, chaired by my Department was established 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 was agreed by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Act 2013 provides that I, as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, can make regulations for a Public Service Sick Leave Scheme. These Regulations are contained in SI 124 of 2014 and SI 384 of 2015. The Regulations set out the terms for the granting of paid sick leave, including that Medical Certificates be...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As of the end of the second quarter of 2017, based on the information provided to my Department overall public service employment was 311,215 in Full-Time Equivalence terms. As the Deputy may be aware, in Budget 2015, the Moratorium on Recruitment and Promotion was formally ended and the Employment Control Framework was replaced by a new Delegated Sanction Arrangement in most Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Community Sector High Level Forum was reconvened in 2015 and met most recently on 7th April 2017, to give consideration to the issues to which the Deputy refers. It continues to be the position that state organisations are not the employer of the particular employees concerned and that it is not possible for the State to provide funding for such a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government set out its position in relation to the Debt Target in the 2017 Summer Economic Statement (SES) which was published in July. In this context, the planned debt to GDP target has not been abandoned rather it has been revised on an interim basis to 55 per cent which, in fact, falls below Ireland's obligations under the Stability and Growth Pact to reach 60 per...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cross-Border Co-operation (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government provides funding for the Six North/South Implementation Bodies established under the Good Friday Agreement (Waterways Ireland, SafeFood, InterTradeIreland, SEUPB, the Languages Bodies, and the Loughs Agency) along with Tourism Ireland Limited.  Ireland’s expenditure outturn, rounded to the nearest euro, for the NSIBs for 2010-16, along with their allocations...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The latest published figures available for GNI* are for 2016. The figures outlined in the table below demonstrate the substantial level of investment which was made in these public services in 2016. As Ireland’s economic growth is maintained on the basis of the Government's prudent and responsible approach to fiscal policy and in keeping with the commitment in the Programme for a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that the information provided in the following document is in respect of political staff who featured on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reforms payroll. Since the 31st Dail, Personal and Secretarial Assistants working in Constituency Offices are employed by the Oireachtas and not on individual department payrolls. In the years 2015 to May 2016 there...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Capital Investment Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Programme for a Partnership Government committed to additional capital investment over the period of the Capital Plan to 2021, to be allocated on the basis of the outcome of the review of the plan.  Following the Summer Economic Statement 2017, Government plans to invest an additional €4.1 billion in key infrastructure supporting economic and social progress. As...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The percentages by gender of civil service staff for the years 2010 to end-June 2017 are set out as follows. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Female 58.4% 58.9% 59.8% 60.1% 60.3% 60.4% 56.6% 56.5% Male 41.6% 41.1% 40.2% 39.9% 39.7% 39.6% 43.4% 43.5%

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

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262 and 263 together. In response to the Deputy’s questions, the following table outlines the annual percentage of staff that were women in my Department and the bodies under its aegis, since the Department was established in 2011.  It should be noted that a number of the bodies were only established in the period since...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department collects quarterly information on Public Service staff numbers and pay which is set out in the databank available on the Department's website. Other than in relation to the civil service, the aggregate-level data provided to my Department does not currently extend to a detailed breakdown of public service workforce characteristics, including on the basis of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In recognition of the need to improve gender diversity at senior levels, a target of equal representation was set for participation on the Senior Public Service (SPS) and Principal Officer Executive Leadership programmes.  Ten female and ten male participants were selected for the SPS level programme. The Principal Officer level initiative has 21 female and 19 male...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: One of the actions set out in the Civil Service Renewal Plan is to improve gender balance at each level by reviewing supports and policies to ensure these are impactful and measurable. This action is particularly important at senior management levels in the Civil Service where women are under-represented. I announced a series of initiatives earlier this year for achieving gender balance in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 267 and 268 together. Please find below in table 1, information on the number of women and men employed in my Department, the National Shared Services Office and the Office of Government Procurement. These figures are based on the number of staff in each organisation as of 31stAugust 2017. Table 2 provides information on the numbers of men and women employed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, the following table outlines the cost of bank charges (including for credit cards) in each of the past five years:  Institution 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Bank of Ireland, VISA €186 €186 €186 €294 €342 Danske Bank €167 €354 €460 €446 €427 Fexco €11 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I can assure the Deputy that I fully appreciate the uncertainty that Brexit has caused, not just for the PEACE programme but also for INTERREG. Over the last quarter of a century the two programmes have made an enormous contribution to cross-Border cooperation, and they remain important drivers of regional development in a cross-Border context. Last December I travelled to Derry where,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (11 Sep 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 273 and 298 to 300, inclusive, together. On 7th July 2015, the Government approved the drafting of the Data-Sharing and Governance Bill.  The Government’s objective in bringing forward the General Scheme was to promote data sharing between public bodies for legitimate and clearly specified purposes and to improve transparency for individual...