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Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 201: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 201: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Once the budgetary documentation has been presented on budget day the reconciliation must be done.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 201: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: It will be done on budget day.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 201: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 201: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Although this is discrete, short legislation covering the area of multi-annual budgeting, it is important to put it to bed before we embark on the early budget. For this reason, it must be enacted this side of the parliamentary break. I thank the Deputies opposite for facilitating this requirement and giving robust and good consideration to the measures in the Bill. I look forward to an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector Investigations (3 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy will be aware, I strongly support the objective of undertaking an effective and legally robust parliamentary banking inquiry. I wish to advise the Deputy that the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013 is expected to be enacted before the summer recess. The Bill establishes a comprehensive statutory underpinning for the Oireachtas to conduct...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Banking Sector Staff Issues (3 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The provisions of the Code of Standards and Behaviour for Civil Servants apply to all established and unestablished civil servants. As the officials referred to in the Deputy's question were not appointed Civil Servants the provisions of the Code of Standards and Behaviour do not apply to them.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Licence Sale (3 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy is aware, section 29(1) of the National Lottery Act 2013 provides as follows: the licence holder shall (a) be formed as a company, or (b) if the holder is (at the time of the application for the licence) a company or a company formed in another jurisdiction, form a company, for the sole purpose of operating the National Lottery in accordance with the terms and conditions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (3 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Public procurement is the acquisition, whether under formal contract or not, of works, supplies and services by public bodies. National rules governing public procurement must comply with the relevant EU, WTO and national legal requirements and obligations. Under EU law, public contracts above a certain value must be advertised EU-wide and awarded to the most competitive tender in an open...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (4 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question I can confirm that there were no projects approved by my Department conditional on a bond being produced from any builder. I understand that the Office of Public Works will be contacting the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (4 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Legislation underpinning the modernisation of the senior management structure of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service is in the course of preparation. Following consultations with the Ceann Comhairle of the Dail and the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, it is envisaged that the necessary legislation will be submitted to the Oireachtas for enactment after the Houses resume in the Autumn. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (4 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: My Department has the same role in relation to PPP projects as it does in relation to capital investment projects generally. It sets the overall capital investment framework and the basic principles to be observed for the appraisal, assessment, procurement and evaluation of projects. It does not have a direct role in delivering individual projects (either PPP or traditional Exchequer capital...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Bodies Membership (4 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy’s question the following is a list of each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that my Department or agencies under my remit is responsible or co-responsible for: Department / Office Name Department of Public Expenditure and Reform European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) based...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: In Ireland the pensions of Ministers and Ministers of State are made up of two elements, (i) an Oireachtas pension for service as a TD and/or Senator and (ii) an office-holders pension for service as Minister and/or Minister of State. Details of the schemes will be forwarded directly to the Deputy. I have no information on the pension terms or entitlements of Ministers in other EU states.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of Assets (9 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Securitisation involves the packaging of groups of small and illiquid financial assets into financial instruments that can then be sold to investors. Therefore, securitisation still involves the sale of actual assets, but involves a more complicated sale structure. The securitisation market declined significantly in 2008 following the sub-prime crisis in the US and demand for new issues...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (9 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: In the course of ensuring that Ireland’s General Government deficit is reduced to the 2015 target of below 3 per cent of GDP, difficult decisions have had to be taken to reduce public service pay and pensions as an appropriate contribution to achieving this target. The then Minister for Finance announced in Budget 2011 that a 10% reduction would apply to the pay rates of new entrant...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Haddington Road Agreement Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Haddington Road Agreement (HRA) does not contain any pension reduction measure. In drawing up the HRA, the Labour Relations Commission expressly recognised that Government plans for certain public service pension reductions did not form part of the proposals which comprise the HRA. The relevant paragraph in the HRA, headed “Public Service Pensions”, reads as follows:...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Revised Estimates Publication (9 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The information the Deputy requires is contained in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV), which provides details in relation to all voted Government expenditure on both a Programme and Subhead level. Furthermore, the REV sets out key performance information regarding the outputs and impacts of Programme Expenditure. The Deputy might also be interested to know that my Department hosts a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest (9 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 provides a significant suite of employment and other protections to whistleblowers that are penalised by their employer or suffer a detriment from a third party as a consequence of having raised concerns regarding possible wrongdoing in their workplace. It provides for the first time comprehensive whistleblower protection across all sectors of the economy...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (9 Jul 2013)

Brendan Howlin: All policy, guidance and implementation measures relating to capital projects are published on the Construction Procurement Reform website www.constructionprocurement.gov.ie where the Capital Works Management Framework provides a suite of best practice guidance, standard contracts and generic template documents, which are available to download for all contracting authorities to provide a...