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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the previous capital plan Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021, published in September 2015, provided gross voted capital expenditure allocations to Departments of €27 billion, covering the period 2016 – 2021. The new National Development Plan covers the period 2018 - 2027, providing gross voted capital expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 211 together. My Department's capital allocation for the years 2018 to 2022 is outlined in the following table. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total €5.2m €4.9m €4.9m €5.0m €5.0m €25.0m In this period, capital expenditure by the Department will be principally invested by the Office of the Government Chief...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Meetings (27 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Meetings in respect of collective bargaining issues involving the Association concerned are a matter in the first instance for my colleague the Minister for Justice and his Department. In this context my Department at official level only would attend such meetings as may be appropriate from time to time throughout the annual period.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Services Card (PSC), and its online counterpart MyGovID, is the Government’s standard personal identity verification scheme, and it is core to delivering valuable public services to the people who need them in a secure and efficient manner.  The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is the lead implementation body for the production of the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (27 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, Phase 1A of the new Civil Service Mobility scheme for the general service grades of CO and EO to make mobility requests within and between 46 locations (excluding within Dublin) launched on 13 November 2017. Other phases of the scheme, including Mobility within Dublin, will launch on future dates. The scheme offers an opportunity for staff members to apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (27 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 53517/2017 on 14 December 2017. The legislation is on the list of priority legislation for publication in the Spring/Summer Session 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (27 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of costs incurred to date for attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos were charged to the Department of Finance. I have provided this information in response to Dáil Question No.179 (9804/18).

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, and I are pleased to have the opportunity to appear before the select committee in connection with the 2018 Estimates for my Department's group of Votes. The group comprises a significant number of Votes as follows: the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform andseveral offices under its aegis, namely, the State Laboratory, the Public...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I will begin with the easier question. I never expected to utter those words. On the question related to Brexit and cross-Border funding, I assure the Deputy that it is a major focus for me and my Department. I will comment on the current position and what we would like to achieve in the future. In the immediate aftermath of the referendum in the United Kingdom on leaving the European...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: On the work on successor programmes to PEACE and INTERREG and the maintenance of funding under these programmes, there are two signature points coming up. The first will be in May, when we expect a communication from the European Council on its proposals for the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework, MFF. This is important because most of the funding used to underpin the programmes comes...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Before I answer the Deputy's question directly, I will say a brief word about the earlier point that she put to me, as it is important to me. She raised the question with me previously, but I was not in a position to answer it fully then. She asked about where we were in terms of diversity in our appointees, particularly through the Public Appointments Service, PAS. In 2017, the proportion...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Recruitment from Asian and African communities is already in train. The answer I gave to the Deputy referred to new groups we are now targeting. That is new work under way in recent times on top of the work we have regarding Asian and African communities. There is a 3% target in place across all Departments for the employment of citizens with disabilities. My Department has exceeded...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The amounts provided for in the subhead relate to fees incurred by the Office of the Information Commissioner and the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information for professional legal advice and representation. Expenditure and legal fees vary from year to year. With regard to the reason for the change to which the Deputy referred, there were five court appeals concluded in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: It is done on a self-identify basis.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: That is correct.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: This kind of matter would be dealt with if SIPO believed there were activity under way that was not being reported. In 2017, it launched three investigations in this regard. It is currently up to the commission to conduct its own inquiry and assess complaints. I have given the Deputy the information on what has been caused in this regard. There are seven investigations under way, and a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: If I had made allocations for particular urban development projects under the national development plan, I would have been asked about the process that led to the making of those decisions. Regarding what we are going to do to take its place, I will be agreeing with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government the access criteria for the fund. It is a very significant fund. The...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I do.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: That is a fair point. I accept what the Deputy is saying and I appreciate his acknowledging what would have happened if I had done the opposite as well. If I had said in the plan that a particular city or project was going to get X, I would be asked here why another city did not get Y. I have a great deal of experience now with the roll-out of the local infrastructure housing activation...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (22 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: We have named five particular projects that initially we believe will deliver against the national planning framework. We have identified a project in Waterford as potentially meeting those criteria. The same is true for Cork, Limerick and Galway. We have already met the chief executives of all the local authorities. That happened at the end of last week and my Department will extend an...