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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The authorities responsible for the administration of the large number of pension schemes operating in the various sectors of the Irish public service are, in general, the relevant employers and Ministers in those sectors. It would be a matter for those sectoral authorities, including relevant Ministers, to supply such information as may be available in respect of the pension entitlements of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 275 together. As the Deputies are aware, on 5 December 2017, the Government agreed that the compulsory retirement age of most public servants recruited before 1 April 2004 should be increased to age 70. Primary legislation is required for this change to be implemented. The Government has approved the General Scheme of a Bill to give effect to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy may wish to note that the latest Annual Report on the implementation of the Programme for Partnership Government will be published by the Department of the Taoiseach shortly. This will provide comprehensive detail on the latest position on the implementation of the programme across the whole of Government. In terms of my own Department, some areas of particular focus include the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 to 272, inclusive, together. I am advised that in July 2017 the Commissioners of Public Works approved funding of €36,000 to Clare County Council (CCC) under the Office of Public Works (OPW) Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection scheme for the engagement of engineering consultants to progress the detailed design of a project at...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The authorities responsible for the administration of the large number of pension schemes operating in the various sectors of the Irish public service are, in general, the relevant employers and Ministers in those sectors. It would be a matter for those sectorial authorities, including relevant Ministers, to supply such information as may be available in respect of projected retiree numbers...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The authorities responsible for the administration of the large number of pension schemes operating in the various sectors of the Irish public service are, in general, the relevant employers and Ministers in those sectors. It would be a matter for those sectorial authorities, including relevant Ministers, to supply such information as may be available in respect of the number of retirees in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Data (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I can confirm for the Deputy that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has not paid EU fines in any of the years 2015 to 2017. I understand that this question has also been forwarded to other Government Departments. They will reply to the Deputy separately in respect of their own remit.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: There are no sections or Parts of any legislation brought forward by my Department in the past four years that have yet to be commenced.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As set out in the answer to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 216 to 219, inclusive, of 29 May 2018 the estimated €195m-€200m cost is annualised based on an assumed increment date of 1 January to give the full year cost of the measure. However, individual increment dates vary considerably across the year, with some grades and/or sectors recruiting in cohorts (garda, defence and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am taking it that the Deputy is referring to the consequences for the calculation of public service occupational pension benefits of the programmed expiry of the current 'grace period' at the end of March 2019 (in fact, the last day of the grace period is 1 April 2019). The introduction of the ‘grace periods’ under FEMPI was to allow the pay rates that were in force prior...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The purpose of capital investment undertaken by my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), is to deliver greater effectiveness and efficiency across the Civil and Public Service. The nature of many of the reform initiatives set out in ambitious reform plans, such as Our Public Service 2020 and the Public Service ICT Strategy, is that up-front investment is sometimes...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The following table shows the trend in total gross voted expenditure, gross voted current expenditure and gross voted capital expenditure from 2010 to 2018. Figures presented for 2010 – 2016 are based on the Appropriation Accounts, while figures for 2017 are the Provisional Outturn amounts notified by Departments. The 2017 Provisional Outturn does not include any amount in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to speak here today on the Government approach to the future EU budget and the next multi-annual financial framework for 2021-27; the country-specific recommendations for Ireland as related to my Department; developments on banking union and the recently published EU legislative proposals for whistleblower legislation. Turning to the first item, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I apologise to the Deputy. It will be provided. I have had to liaise with a number of Departments on this matter. I will ensure the material that I committed to provide is supplied this week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I believe I have got the balance right. The Deputy made a point about the level of loyalty payments that exist within our national income. I do not accept that this is a feature of aggressive tax planning. Instead, it demonstrates that we have a highly open economy which is deeply integrated into global supply chains. As the Deputy is aware, this country has had an ongoing focus on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I reject entirely the Deputy's language of guilt. I am responsible for tax policy and broad economic policy. I have explained to the Deputy why that level of loyalty payment is high. I also I accept that it is high when compared with the European average. However, our is also an economy that has a higher level of foreign direct investment and intellectual property located in it than many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I said that I was responsible for the conduct of tax and economic policy. I am very much aware of the struggles and challenges that many people face. I am doing all I can to address those. The Deputy outlined difficulties but, on the other side of the coin, living standards are being rebuilt and we now have levels of investment in public services and capital spending that would have looked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: That is unlikely. I believe-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy asked me a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not believe that will happen. The fiscal rules of the European Commission, of which, I note, the Deputy has become fond of late, make reference to exceptional circumstances. If we were going to spend that money in circumstances that were anything less than exceptional, my Department would not support such a proposal and the challenge to us doing so would be immediate.