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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The following table details the number of chairs of State Boards under the aegis of my Department that have been appointed since the Government took office. State Board Number appointed Remuneration Y/N If Yes – Amount Was appointee required to go before Oireachtas Committees Public Appointments Service 1 Yes €11,970 pa No – former Chairperson was reappointed Civil...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Offshore Exploration (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The remittance and royalties do not relate to the same financial year. Under Article X of a 1959 Oil Exploration Agreement the company is entitled to a remittance of the amount by which the total of tax, rent and royalty paid in any accounting period exceeds 40% of the "net income" as defined in that Article. The remittance amount of €2.603m, paid to the company in 2012 is based on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: 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. Under the legislation, the amounts paid to the parliamentary leader of a qualifying party are calculated on the following basis: TDs Non - Government Parties € Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Primary Care Centres (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: My Department has issued guidelines to assist State authorities in carrying out their responsibilities and functions regarding the assessment, approval, audit and procurement of PPP projects. It is a matter for each Minister as the sanctioning authority for projects to take all the relevant policy decisions about projects in accordance with these guidelines. The State Authorities (Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Agencies (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: No quasi-governmental organisations and/or agencies have been created by my Department since 9 March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: There are many EU countries including Ireland that sub divide larger contracts into smaller lots to make it easier for small and medium businesses compete for procurement opportunities. Current guidelines (Circular 10/10) issued by 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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In line with the favourable outcome of the referendum on the Twenty Ninth Amendment of the Constitution, which concerned judicial remuneration, legislation was enacted in 2011 to provide for the application of the two Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts of 2009 to both serving and new members of the Judiciary and military judges on the same basis as other public servants....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Contemporary data on earnings for public servants is not available to my Department. The estimated number of employees with an annual salary over €100,000 (based on a whole time equivalent figure of 292,000) within the public service (excluding Commercial State Companies) in 2012 represents approx. 2% of the staff employed. Details of the numbers of staff by salary range over...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy’s question the following appointments were made to State boards under the aegis of my Department since the Government took office. An Post National Lottery Name of Appointee Date Appointed Remuneration Y/N If Yes state Amount Was appointment made in accordance with new procedures Mr. Donal Connell - Chairman Mr. Peter Quinn – Director...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The following table details the number of chairs of State Boards under the aegis of my Department that have been appointed since the Government took office. State Board Number appointed Remuneration Y/N If Yes – Amount Was appointee required to go before Oireachtas Committees Public Appointments Service 1 Yes €11,970 pa No – former Chairperson was reappointed Civil...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Offshore Exploration (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The remittance and royalties do not relate to the same financial year. Under Article X of a 1959 Oil Exploration Agreement the company is entitled to a remittance of the amount by which the total of tax, rent and royalty paid in any accounting period exceeds 40% of the "net income" as defined in that Article. The remittance amount of €2.603m, paid to the company in 2012 is based on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: 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. Under the legislation, the amounts paid to the parliamentary leader of a qualifying party are calculated on the following basis: TDs Non - Government Parties € Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Primary Care Centres (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: My Department has issued guidelines to assist State authorities in carrying out their responsibilities and functions regarding the assessment, approval, audit and procurement of PPP projects. It is a matter for each Minister as the sanctioning authority for projects to take all the relevant policy decisions about projects in accordance with these guidelines. The State Authorities (Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Agencies (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: No quasi-governmental organisations and/or agencies have been created by my Department since 9 March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The estimated annual savings to the Exchequer arising from a cap of €80,000 on civil service and public service salaries is estimated at €500m. The estimate takes account of the reductions in pay arising from the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act, 2009, but does not take account of any offsetting reductions in taxes and levies. As the combined...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Grades (24 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Under the Public Service Reform Plan my Department is reviewing the grading structure of the Civil Service. The review will examine the number and distribution of management grades across the Civil Service, the percentage of the pay bill accounted for by such grades and taking account of organisational needs and best practice, assess the scope to reduce the number of management grades....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (24 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: My Department was established in July 2011 and the unit dealing with the North South programme policy transferred from the Department of Finance at that time. There are currently 3 staff members (1 Principal, 1 Assistant Principal and 1 Higher Executive Officer) in my Department working on North/South related matters as established under the Good Friday Agreement. In addition, these staff...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Redeployment (24 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Civil Service departments and other public service organisations vary in relation to the approaches they adopt to the transfer of their own staff between locations and no centrally agreed approach is applied. There are no formal arrangements in place within the civil service to facilitate requests for transfers to other locations/employments, except in the case of grades represented by the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Further information regarding the €810 million in sustainable savings was outlined in Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 10 October 2012. To reiterate, over the first two years of the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014, €810 million in sustainable savings have been achieved. This comprises €289 million in respect of the first year of the Agreement and €521m in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The payment of a Gaeltacht allowance in the Civil Service arises from the Local Offices (Irish Language) Regulations, 1966, which permits the payment of “additional remuneration” not exceeding “seven and one half per cent of the rate per annum of the annual basic salary of the said holder” where certain conditions of service are met. Since the establishment of my...