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Written Answers — Public Service Remuneration: Public Service Remuneration (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Contemporary data on earnings for public servants is not available to my Department. The closest data currently available within the Department to that sought by the Deputy relates to salary ranges. The estimated breakdown of employee numbers on a whole time equivalent basis (based on a whole time equivalent figure of 300,000) by salary range within the public service (excluding Commercial...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In relation to my Department the only State agency is An Post National Lottery. This is a Commercial Semi State Body and as such is not financed by the Exchequer. The office of the Ombudsman, State Laboratory, Public Appointments Service, the Office of Public Works, the Valuation Office and the Commission for Public Service Agency have their own individual voted expenditure and are not...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: An Post National Lottery Company does not have any role in relation to how the surplus which it generates is spent. The surplus from the National Lottery is paid to the Exchequer in a number of instalments each year. This surplus is treated as an item of non-tax revenue to the Exchequer. It is not possible to indicate the amount or percentage of Lottery funding provided to any individual...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The recent referendum was required because of the special position of the judiciary under the Constitution. The same considerations do not apply to public and civil servants. Accordingly, as the Deputy will be aware, there have been considerable changes to public service pensions over the past number of years without recourse to referenda. In 2009 a Pension-Related Deduction (PRD) was...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: We will see about that.

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: While development of policy relating to management of State property is a function of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the delivery of the Property Asset Management section of the Public Service Reform Plan will be under the overall management of the Office of Public Works, subject to the assignment of specific responsibilities to public service property holders.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In the timeframe allowed, it has not been possible to collate the information requested. However, as soon as the information for my Department and bodies under my aegis has been collated, it will be forwarded to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In the time allowed, it has not been possible to collate the information in respect of each organisation under the auspices of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The details in respect of my Department are outlined in the following table. Number of staffwho retired in 2011 Total cost of lump sums Estimated pension costs in 2012 (gross) 4 €510,277.60 €169,841

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: All background documents to the 2011 Comprehensive Review of Expenditure, including analyses carried out by the Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit (CEEU) of my Department, were published on the Department's website, www.per.gov.ie, on 6 December 2011. The CEEU has not issued any further publications since that date.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The following table details the budget and provisional outturn figures for my Department in 2011: Subhead Budget 2011 €'000 Provisional Outturn 2011 €'000 Salaries, Wages and Allowances 21,573 19,548 Travel and Subsistence 262 119 Incidental Expenses 152 216 Postal and Telecommunications Services 75 71 Office Machinery and Other Office Supplies 555 611 Office Premises Expenses 0...

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Data for the wider Civil and Public Service for retirees re-engaged on a short-term basis is not held centrally. In the time allowed, it has not been possible to collate the information requested. However, as soon as the information for the bodies under my aegis has been collated, it will be forwarded to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: There is no prohibition on civil or public servants who have retired under normal circumstances from applying for a publicly advertised public service post for which they are suitably qualified. However, restrictions on further public service appointments apply to staff who opted for early retirement under the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER) as set out in Department of Finance...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The terms of the proposed single public service pension scheme are set out in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011, which was published last September. The Bill defines public service body as comprising the Civil Service, the Garda Síochána, the Permanent Defence Force, local authorities, the Health Service Executive, the Central Bank of Ireland (subject...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Section 46(1) of the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 provides that the Act does not apply to records relating to the proceedings in a court of law. I do not intend to amend the Act in this regard as to do so would interfere with and impact adversely on the independent role and functions of the Courts.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Regulations in relation to free postal facilities for members of the Houses of the Oireachtas provide for monthly allocations of prepaid envelopes for both Deputies and Senators - currently 1,250 and 750 respectively - with additional allocations for party whips. The allocations were reduced in June 2011 from the previous levels as a means of achieving efficiencies. The administration...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (18 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Apart from instances where statutory rates of pay apply, pay rates in the private sector are generally a matter for negotiation between individual employers and employees. Voluntary bodies are by their nature independent entities, are not public service bodies, do not employ public service staff and are not subject to the specific pay restraint and reduction measures that currently prevail...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Revenue Commisioners have provided me with the information in Tables 1 and 2 in response to the Deputy's question. Officials from my Department, the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Finance are in discussions on how to address critical skills losses that will arise due to these retirements. Table 1 : Staff Serving at 31 December 2011 Age Grade Gender 20-29 30-39 40-49...

Written Answers — Members Allowances: Members Allowances (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 and 119 together. The Party Leader's Allowance is provided for in the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) Act, 1938, as amended by the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 2001. As indicated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 40637 on 15th December last, I intend to bring proposals to Government shortly...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Returning Officers are required to submit accounts to the Department of Finance within six months of holding an election. The accounts for the recent by-election have not yet been submitted and an accurate break down of costs will not be available until that time. However, €231,000 was advanced to the returning officer to cover the estimated cost of holding the by-election.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together. The Civil Service participates in the EU Commission programmes allowing for the secondment, on a temporary basis, to the EU Commission of national experts in order to foster the exchange of professional experience and knowledge of European policies. The decision to participate in these programmes is a matter for individual Departments...