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

Brendan Howlin: Records for expenditure on taxis for my Department are from April 2011 only. Since that time a total of €2,991 euros has been spent on taxi fares. Taxis should be used for official business purposes only. While it is not Departmental policy to pay taxi fares for outsiders, occasionally a journey, which begins from this Department, will include outsiders along with a Departmental...

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

Brendan Howlin: Records for expenditure on taxis for my Department are from April 2011 only. Since that time a total of 2,991 euros has been spent on taxi fares.

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

Brendan Howlin: Records on expenditure on credit cards for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are only available from April 2011. Since then a total of €823.40 has been spend on the cards and a total of €408.65 of this relates to expenditure on entertainment. The credit card limit is €5,000 euros. The total number of credit cards held within the Department is three.

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Since his appointment as Minister of State for Public Service Reform and the Office of Public Works at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and Department of Finance, Mr Brian Hayes,TD has appointed the following staff member to his office: GRADE SALARY SCALE (per annum) Staff Officer €33,070 - €43,906

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Since my appointment as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on 9 March 2011 the relevant details are as follows: Name Title Salary (per annum) Duties Anne Byrne Special Adviser €83,337 Any duties which may be assigned to her from time to time as appropriate to the position of Special Adviser as set out in Section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. Ronan O'Brien Special...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Since my appointment as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on 9 March 2011, the following staff have been appointed to my private office: GRADE SALARY SCALE (per annum) 1 Private Secretary €42,838 - €60,224 1 Executive Officer €29,024 - €47,379 3 Clerical Officers (CO) €23,177 - €37,341 The following staff are assigned to work on constituency matters. GRADE ...

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

Brendan Howlin: The information technology purchasing policy of my Department and agencies under its remit is to ensure that all procurements comply with procurement law, provide value for money, are fit for purpose, and comply with all applicable standards. All ICT expenditure is tendered in accordance with Circulars 2/09, 10/10 and 2/11 to ensure best VFM. Additionally my Department and all agencies...

Written Answers — Expenditure Reviews: Expenditure Reviews (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Departmental submissions to the CRE are a central part of the overall pre-budget deliberations of the Government. As such, release of these documents could not be considered in advance of Government decisions on the forthcoming Budget. I would envisage that the reports submitted as part of the CRE process can be made available publicly following the completion of the budgetary and Estimates...

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act, 2009 made provision for a reduction in the salaries of public servants with effect from 1 January 2010. As with all legislation, the Act enjoys the presumption of Constitutionality and legality unless found otherwise by the Courts.

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

Brendan Howlin: The following is a breakdown of Whole-Time Equivalents (WTEs) employed in my Department as at end August 2011: Grade Total Secretary General PER 1.00 Second Secretary 1.00 Assistant Secretary 7.00 Principal 34.70 Assistant Principal 79.80 Administrative Officer 18.00 Higher Executive Officer 53.30 Executive Officer 29.00 Staff Officer 10.83 Clerical Officer 34.00 Chief Medical...

Written Answers — Civil Service Staff: Civil Service Staff (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I understand that it is likely that one Secretary-General will retire before the end of this year. The provision in the Book of Estimates for Vote 7 (Superannuation and Retired Allowances) was based on a projected 1,400 retirements and 600 deaths of pensioners or their surviving dependants. The 2011 gross provision for Vote 7 is €450.025 million and it is estimated that the average pension...

Written Answers — Professional Fees: Professional Fees (14 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: In the recently published 2011 Revised Estimates for my Department approximately €127,000 has been set aside for expenditure on consultancy and other services in my Department. If a 25% reduction applied to this allocation this would give potential savings of €31,750. In relation to expenditure in 2010 on professional fees by agencies under the aegis of my Department the following...

Leaders' Question (15 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: It depends on the question.

Leaders' Question (15 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Deputy seen the interest rates?

Leaders' Question (15 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: It could not be done according to them.

Leaders' Question (15 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: That is how we will commemorate 1916.

Leaders' Question (15 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Anarchy.

Leaders' Question (15 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: There is one more.

An Bille um an Tríochadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Fiosruithe Thithe an Oireachtais) 2011 — Ordú don Dara Céim / Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Houses of the Oireachtas Inquiries) Bill 2011 — Order for Second Stage (15 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Dara Céim anois." I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

An Bille um an Tríochadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Fiosruithe Thithe an Oireachtais) 2011 — An Dara Céim / Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Houses of the Oireachtas Inquiries) Bill 2011 — Second Stage (15 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill is the first important step towards ensuring that the Houses of the Oireachtas can undertake full parliamentary inquiries. It will enable the constitutional amendment to permit the Houses to undertake full inquiries into matters of general public importance in an effective and...