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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Information on the number of agency staff employed in the public sector is not reported to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. However, I should point out that the employment of agency staff would be subject to the terms of the public service moratorium on recruitment. Details of numbers of agency staff should be sought from individual Departments. In relation to my own...

Written Answers — Public Investment Projects: Public Investment Projects (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264, 272 and 275 together. The Review of Capital Expenditure is currently underway and is running in parallel with the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure. It is intended that the review will be completed in the autumn. Programmes and projects that support economic recovery, or address urgent social needs will be at the core of the capital review. This review...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Details of capital allocations, outturns and capital carryover are outlined in the attached table as requested. It should be noted that, as 2008 and 2009 expenditure figures are from the appropriation accounts for the years in question, they incorporate expenditure on capital carryover from previous year. 2010 Expenditure figures are provisional outturn figures to which expenditure on...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce new legislation to protect small building subcontractors that have been denied payments from bigger companies. In addition, you may be aware that the Construction Contracts Bill 2010 was introduced by Senator Feargal Quinn and passed Committee and remaining stages in the Seanad on 8 March 2011. It is now before the Dáil. In...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Guidelines from my Department require that public bodies conduct the public procurement function in a way that facilitates and does not place barriers to participation of small and medium enterprises. As one measure to achieve this, the guidance advises that the sub-dividing of procurement requirements into "lots" should be considered by contracting authorities where it would be appropriate...

Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy's question refers to the commitment in the Programme for Government to sell non-strategic assets up to a value of €2 billion to fund investment in key networks of the economy. This will occur when market conditions are right and when adequate regulatory structures have been established to protect consumer interests. Following publication of the Report of the Review Group on State...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy is aware, the Minister for Finance recently announced this Government's Jobs Initiative. The Initiative provided for a further €30 million for school works and associated works in 2011 over the existing allocation. Some €20 million of this is being reallocated by the Minister for Education and Skills from within his own Department's allocation. A further €10 million of...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Funding from the National Lottery which was allocated to this Department was used for the Charitable Lotteries Scheme. Under this Scheme, funding is made available to supplement the income of certain private charitable lotteries whose products are competing directly with National Lottery products. The amount of funding provided from the National Lottery to this Department for this Scheme in...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The position is that public servants are in general liable to pay the pension-related deduction introduced in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009. The criteria for being subject to the pension-related deduction are, essentially, that one is a public servant (defined in section 1 of the Act) and a) is a member of a public service pension scheme (defined in...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: My Department was established under the provisions of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 on 6 July 2011. No public funds have been awarded, by my Department, to the Irish Business and Employers Confederation since that date.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The Government is currently undertaking a Comprehensive Review of Expenditure under which all areas of public expenditure are being subject to scrutiny. The Government expect that this will go beyond simply abolishing agencies and also consider issues such as how existing agencies might be reformed, how functions might be reallocated among them, and how different bodies within and beyond...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I intend to ensure that all boards under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will have an appropriate gender balance.

Written Answers — Expenditure Reviews: Expenditure Reviews (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: As I am sure the Deputy is aware, work on the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure (CRE) is ongoing at the moment and involves all Ministers and Departments. The CRE will be a critical building block in formulating Government's budgetary policy for 2012 and beyond and the results of the Comprehensive Review process will be brought before Government for consideration and decision in the Budget...

Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (21 Jul 2011)

Brendan Howlin: No servers are owned, or leased by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It has not been possible for all State agencies to reply with the timeframe. However, the following response has been received. Valuation Office Number of Servers owned by Valuation Office: 19 – see list below. Capacity: 12.8 TB (Terabytes). Number of Servers Leased: NONE Server Hard Disk Capacity Dell...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 236 together. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce new legislation to protect small building subcontractors that have been denied payments from bigger companies. In addition, you may be aware that the Construction Contracts Bill 2010 was introduced by Senator Feargal Quinn and passed Committee and remaining stages in the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The Programme for Government contains a number of provisions relating to the matter referred to in the details supplied. The Government is reviewing how the Programme in regard to the benefits of Oireachtas Members will be implemented.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: A scheme of restoration of Glasnevin Cemetery commenced in 2007. Funding for the works is being provided through the Office of Public Works. The Glasnevin Cemeteries Group is managing the works, with the Office of Public Works acting in an advisory capacity. The project is working towards completion in time for the centenary of the 1916 rising in 2016. To date €10.033million has been...

Written Answers — Universal Social Charge: Universal Social Charge (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Receipts in respect of the Health Levy in 2010, the last year prior to the introduction of the universal social charge, amounted to €2,017.656m.

Written Answers — Review of Expenditure: Review of Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Members of the public were invited to submit suggestions to the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure through my Department's website www.per.gov.ie. The period for suggestions to be put forward for consideration has now elapsed. All suggestions received as part of the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure have been forwarded to the relevant parent Department for appraisal and, where...

Written Answers — Pay Levels: Pay Levels (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I refer to my reply to Questions Reference Nos. 22181 and 22182 of 21 July 2011.