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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are 3 staff in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Press Office, which comprise a Press and Information Officer, an Executive Officer and a Clerical Officer. Please see the table for reporting relationships in operation in the Press Office. The Press Office reports to the Secretary General and works closely with the Minister's Press...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Training (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the establishment of my Department in July 2011, Learning and Development (L&D), including Continuing Professional Development (CPD), has been an important element of our organisational learning culture.  It supports, in particular, staff membership of professional bodies, attendance at seminars and conferences and the development of skills in conjunction with professional...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Relations Contracts Data (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The following table outlines the public relations companies or agencies the services of which my Department has used for information campaigns since 1 January 2017 to date in 2017: Public Relations Company/Agency used for Information Campaigns in 2017 Name of Company/Agency Purpose Amount Society of Actuaries in Ireland Issuing of recruitment notice to all members...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, all Government Departments and public bodies in receipt of public funding must comply, as appropriate, with the relevant requirements of the Public Spending Code. The Public Spending Code sets out the value for money rules and guidance for spending in all public bodies at all stages in the expenditure lifecycle – before, during and after spending....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Work on preparing for Brexit is underway across Government through a range of cross-Departmental coordination structures. These represent a frequent and active channel through which all relevant Departments are providing their research, analysis and overall policy input to the Government’s wider response to Brexit. My Department is contributing to this cross-Departmental planning...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Agencies Staff Transfer (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the current mechanism for transfers of Clerical Officer and (former) Staff Officer grades is arranged in accordance with formal procedures, which were agreed with the Staff Side at General Council under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for the Civil Service. Agreements were reached for Clerical Officers in 1978 and Staff Officers in 2001. Also...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Statutory Retirement Age (7 Nov 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 Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As you are aware, the new Sick Leave Scheme was introduced following the enactment of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Act 2013 [] by the Oireachtas to reduce the very high and unsustainable cost of sick leave in the public service. Under the scheme, sick leave is paid at full pay for three months (i.e. 92 days) and at half pay for three...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: While I cannot comment on individual cases or circumstances, the following sets out the position in relation to the Public Service Sick Leave Scheme and provisions for serious illness. The Critical Illness Protocol (CIP) is the basis for access to extended sick leave which provides substantial additional protection to employees experiencing critical illnesses or serious injury....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The following table outlines the contracts my Department or bodies under the aegis of my Department have with the company (details supplied) or its subsidiaries: Department/Office Purpose of Contract Date of Contract Expiry of Contract Value Institute of Public Administration Capita IB Solutions provide software support for the IPA finance system 2011 2019 €12,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Advisers Data (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform I wish to inform the Deputy that there are currently two Special Advisers employed in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Ms Deborah Sweeney was appointed as Special Adviser to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with effect from 15 June 2017 on 6 September 2017, in accordance with SI Ref No. 399 of 2017. Mr Stephen Lynam was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: On Monday the 18th of September the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions endorsed the terms of the recently negotiated extension to the Lansdowne Road Agreement on pay and reform in the public service. This Public Service Stability Agreement will run from 2018 to 2020 by which point pay will be fully restored to all public servants earning up to €70,000,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I would like to refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 156, 43759/17, answered on 17 October 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is responsible for setting the overall allocations (capital and current) across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at a Departmental level.  The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform does not currently monitor capital expenditure by county or NUTS 3 region.  Arising from the review of the Capital Plan...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: This section is a purely technical section which, for ease of reference, contains a definition of the principal Act for the purposes of Part 1 of the Bill dealing with universal social charge, income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax. Where the term is used in Part 1 it means the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: This section amends section 531AN of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to give effect to the USC changes I announced on budget day. These changes are a continuation of a process of progressively reducing the marginal tax rate on low and middle income earners in a manner that maintains the highly progressive nature of the Irish tax system. My aim is to make it more attractive for people to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is somebody who is on a salary of between €30,000 and €70,000.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am conscious that even though a person has a level of income that is seen as being high for many people, the outgoings a person will have off that level of income could also be high. I am conscious that many people who might be seen by others to have a relatively high level of income might, for example, have a very expensive mortgage and a lot of outgoings because of children and so on....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I agree with the statistical point the Deputy is making. I am simply making the point alongside that that for a single-earner family of two parents and three children with a mortgage, an income of €65,000 to €70,000 is of course far higher than somebody who only has an income of €25,000. Statistically that is completely correct but if a one-income family has children in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I have information on the progressivity of our tax code which is worth sharing. There are 2.6 million taxpayer units. The total yield from income tax and USC, universal social charge, is approximately €22 billion. The top 0.1% of income earners in receipt of 4.9% of gross income pay 11.4% of total income tax and USC. The top 25% of income earners in receipt of 60% gross income pay...