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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Sep 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 EU Treaty principles, rules, and national guidelines. These rules have been developed to ensure equal treatment; non-discrimination; mutual recognition; proportionality; and transparency. Tenderers who...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Government approval was secured earlier this year for the drafting of the Lobbying Regulation Bill by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The General Scheme of the Bill has also been submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform (FPER) who are due to report back to my Department shortly. Drafting of the Bill has...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Section 41(1) of the National Lottery Act 2013 includes the new heading “natural environment” as one of the purposes for which the proceeds of the National Lottery may be applied. It is intended that the Act will be commenced shortly and an appropriate mechanism for allowing for disbursement of funds under that heading is currently under consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The detailed data sought by the Deputy for the public service is not available to my Department. However, as the pay reductions under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 applied to only public servants on annualised remuneration of greater than €65,000, the core pay of 87% of public servants including those availing of work sharing arrangements was not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Savings (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The expenditure measures announced on 5 December 2012 in the Expenditure Report 2013 were designed to yield a further €0.1 billion from 2014 onwards over and above the continuation of their 2013 impact. The impact in 2014 and subsequent years of these measures was built into the future gross expenditure ceilings set for Departments and also reflected in the estimates at the time the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Savings (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Based on the information currently available to my Department, the estimated full year gross saving in the Exchequer and Local Government pay bill arising from a reduction in public service salaries (excluding hospital consultants) for amounts over €100,000 of 15% and amounts over €150,000 of 30% is some €12m. The estimate takes account of the reductions in pay arising...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Savings (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the full year saving to the Exchequer if all non-commercial State sponsored bodies CEO salaries under the aegis of my Department were reduced by 10% would amount to €22,407 and 23 cent.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Savings (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's questions I can confirm that there are no commercial state companies under the remit of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Savings (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's questions the full year saving to the Exchequer if all State agency board members fees, non-commercial State sponsored bodies and commercial semi State companies under the aegis of my Department were reduced by 25% would amount to €19,493 and 75 cent.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Exchequer Savings (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: If all Special Advisors were paid €75,647 (the current minimum of the PO Standard Scale), there would be an indicative annual saving figure of €673,000.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The method of filling the post of Clerk of the Dáil and Secretary General of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission is under consideration at present.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Top Level Appointments Commission Report (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question I can confirm that the analysis report completed by the Top Level Appointments Commission (TLAC) on public sector appointments entitled 'Top Level Appointments Committee (TLAC) - First Report to the Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform - Development & Trends: July 2011 to December 2012' is available on my Department's website at: .

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Jobs Initiative (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The details of Jobsbridge intern placements in my Department are set out in the table below. In accordance with the scheme the host organisation may not have vacancies in the area of activity in which the internship is offered and no intern has been offered employment following their internship; however the scheme provides job seekers with the opportunity to gain quality work experience...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: A further cut in higher-value public service pensions was decided on by Government earlier this year, and was subsequently legislated for as part of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013, which implemented the direct pay and pension reductions noted as part of the Haddington Road Agreement. This further pension cut took effect on 1 July 2013 by way of changes to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Statutory Instrument No. 530 of 2011 provides for an annual allowance to be paid to the chairpersons of 15 specified committees. The amount of this allowance was reduced on 1 July 2013, in line with the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013. The new rate for 14 of these committees is €8,740 if the chairperson is a TD and €5,989 if the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (19 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The public service Pension-related Deduction (PRD), as levied on the wages and salaries of pensionable public servants under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009, has been and remains a critical component of the public service pay and pension measures adopted as part of our national fiscal consolidation. Across all sectors of the public service, it is estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Decentralisation Programme Staff Transfers (19 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Government agreed in November 2011 that the Decentralisation Programme, announced in the December 2003 Budget Statement by the then Minister for Finance, should be cancelled in the light of the budgetary and staffing outlook. It was also agreed that a review of 22 projects should be carried out. Following completion of that review in January 2012, a total of 43 projects had been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure (19 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 82 together. As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform I have an overarching responsibility for the public service. However each individual sector is responsible for sick leave policies which apply in the sector. I have been supplied with the following information in relation to certified and uncertified sick leave in each of the sectors of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Industrial Relations Issues (19 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 to 87, inclusive, together. The matters raised by the Deputy are issues that arise in the context of proposals put forward by the Labour Relations Commission on the basis that the parties concerned agreed to recommend them for acceptance. In such circumstances and until this process is concluded it would be inappropriate at this time to make any public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: My Department provides information and communications technologies (ICT) on a shared services basis to my Department and to the Department of Finance. We continue to update the use of technology in accordance with an agreed plan for both Departments and development of new ICT strategies for my Department and for the Department of Finance have been initiated. Suitable risk assessments will...