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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: OECD Reports (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The OECD Economic Survey Ireland has just been published. I have asked my officials to examine the recommendations relevant to my areas of responsibility to determine their merit and feasibility for implementation. As regards a declaration of liabilities and assets by public officials in the context of ethical requirements, this is one of the recommendations in the Final Report of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (24 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 of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 278 and 279 together. Under EU law, public contracts above a certain values must be advertised EU-wide and awarded to the most competitive tender in an open and objective process. The aim is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers value for money. It would be a breach of the rules for a public body to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280, 281, and 285 to 288, inclusive, together. Prior to the establishment of my Department in 2011 overall responsibility for Structural Funds in Ireland lay with the Department Of Finance. However, the Department of Finance did not then, and my Department does not now, have a substantive role in relation to the issues referred to in these questions....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Official Engagements (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Minister Brendan Howlin recently travelled to Dalian, China to attend the World Economic Forum 'Annual Meeting of the New Champions'. The meeting was attended by political and business leaders from across the globe. While in China, Minister Howlin engaged in a series of high level meetings and several interviews with International, Chinese and Irish media. Minister Howlin participated in a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Inquiries (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy will be aware, in order to respect the authority of the Houses of the Oireachtas to regulate their own affairs, section 1(3) of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries Privileges and Procedures) Act provides that the commencement order cannot be made unless a draft of the proposed order has been laid before each House and a resolution has been passed in each House approving the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies Abolition (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: My Department is currently monitoring the implementation of the agency rationalisation programme of the Public Service Reform Plan on a quarterly basis. The latest tables which detail this progress to end Quarter 2 2013 can be found at: In summary, the tables show that significant progress has been made by Departments on the implementation of agreed rationalisation measures. To date,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Leader's Allowance Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Party Leaders 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. In the context of the Expenditure Estimates for 2013, I announced that a 10% reduction will be applied to the Party Leaders Allowance rates payable to qualifying leaders of political...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Management Remuneration (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Based on the salary data currently available to my Department, the estimated full year gross saving in the Exchequer and Local Government pay bill excluding hospital consultants arising from a cap of €100,000 is some €75m. The estimate takes account of the reductions in pay arising from the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, 2009 and the Financial Emergency...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act (Commencement) Order 2013: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Members for facilitating the debate and welcome the opportunity to discuss the new statutory powers in the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013. The Act provides a statutory framework to assist the Houses in conducting inquiries into matters of public importance. On 19 September the Seanad passed a resolution approving the commencement order of...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act (Commencement) Order 2013: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I thank all Senators for making a contribution. It is no secret that this legislation was not the first option. In the lead-up to the last general election, I wanted a constitutional change to enable a different type of inquiry system to be available to the Oireachtas, analogous to systems elsewhere where findings, including findings of culpability in confined circumstances, can be made....

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Reject the ballot.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Reject the ballot.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Six months.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: She wants the economy to fail for her own political ends.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy has responded.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I would say the Deputy is relying on Fianna Fáil figures.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I am surprised Deputy Donnelly does.

Order of Business (25 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: He has said no such thing.

Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Ukraine) Order 2013: Motion (25 Sep 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Ukraine) Order 2013,a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 12th September, 2013.