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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Contracts (13 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The public procurement process for all public sector bodies is facilitated through the national eProcurement platform eTenders which is managed by the Office of Government Procurement. The eTenders platform processes both national and the European level contract award notices required to be published in the Official Journal of the EU. The accuracy of the data is dependent on that entered on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (13 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 262 on 16 January 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not aware of the provenance of the figure referred to in the Deputy's question.  As the Deputy is aware, my Department is currently finalising a 10-year capital plan for the period 2018 to 2027.  The fundamental objective of the capital plan is to support the implementation of the objectives detailed in the forthcoming National Planning Framework...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (13 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has not been consulted by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to pensions issues facing CIE and no request for funding from the Exchequer has been made.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (13 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The information sought in this request would require detailed data on the position of staff on each salary scale across the public service and details of the standard working hours per week for each individual grade. This data is not available to the Department.  Pay band data available to the Department indicates that some 94% of all public service staff are on salary points in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The rationale for the EU public procurement regime is to open up the public procurement market and to ensure the free movement of goods, services and works within the EU. This is reflected in primary EU Law where the EU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union promotes the fundamental principles of non-discrimination, free movement of goods and services and freedom of establishment....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Following the announcement of the Estimates for 2018 last October, my Department published "Exchequer Capital Envelopes 2018 - 2021, Outcomes of the Mid-Term Review of the Capital Plan - New Projects and Programmes".  This document which is available at the www.budgetgov.ie website sets out the amount of additional capital allocated to each Ministerial Vote Group for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Reform (13 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Report of the Independent Panel on Strengthening Civil Service Accountability and Performance was published in June 2014 and its recommendations were considered by the then Minister and Government in the context of determining actions for a programme of civil service renewal. The Panel made 10 key recommendations all of which have been included in the Civil Service Renewal...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the qualifying provisions for disabled passengers are contained in Statutory Instrument No. 353 of 1994 (Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994.  Under Regulation 10, which provides for reliefs for disabled passengers, eligibility is restricted to the qualifying disabled passenger or a family member of such a disabled...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The State Claims Agency manages personal injury claims, including fatality claims, on behalf of 146 State Authorities as delegated to it by the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000 and subsequent delegation orders. In fatal injuries cases, damages may be awarded under 3 headings: (1) loss of pecuniary benefits which could have been reasonably expected but for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates Provision (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I have no function in relation to the issuing of primary medical certificates. A Senior Medical Officer for the relevant local Health Service Executive administrative area makes a professional clinical determination as to whether an applicant satisfies the medical criteria necessary to qualify for a primary medical certificate. I would advise any person who considers they may qualify...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I have been advised by the Central Bank that it does not collect information on mortgage arrears by each bank using the debt for equity solution. The Central Bank of Ireland publishes mortgage arrears statistics on a quarterly basis, see: , which provides a breakdown of restructures by a number of different categories. These categories represent the level of granularity that the CBI...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: There are no specific legislative or regulatory requirements relating to penny bank saving clubs (also commonly referred to as savings clubs). Any such group savings scheme with a credit union would be required to comply with the same regulatory requirements that apply to an individual member’s savings account with a credit union. I am informed by the Central Bank that it does...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised, that due to the nature of the technology underpinning bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, it remains challenging to measure the number, and value of transactions that take place in any one country or jurisdiction. Cryptocurrencies possess capabilities that allow for individuals to transact anonymously if they so wish. This makes it difficult for regulators and authorities to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that 386 of the disclosures received under the Foreign Income and Assets Disclosure initiative concerned offshore matters relating to the United States of America and had a declared value, in terms of tax, interest and penalties, of some €10.5 million. 32 of those disclosures concerned bank accounts, with a declared liability of €740,079. Because of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Asset values across all asset classes have risen in recent years, both globally and in Ireland, on the back of the strength of the economic recovery following the global financial crisis and accommodative monetary policy throughout advanced economies. A range of analysis has taken place within the Department of Finance, the NTMA and the Central Bank, and through inter-institutional...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In general, as an energy importer Ireland has benefitted from the steep fall in oil prices since 2014. While oil prices have picked up over the past couple of years and particularly in recent months, they remain well below their recent peak. Further, futures markets suggest that oil prices will remain subdued. However, if there was a rapid rebound in oil prices then it could pose a risk to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Freedom of Information Data (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I have set out below in the following table the number of requests received in each year, those closed within the time limits and those closed outside the original time limits: Year Total incoming Closed within time limit Closed outside original  limit 2013 220 126 94 2014 166 106 60 2015 413 239 174 2016 405 294 111 2017 406 286 100 20 Freedom of Information requests from...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand that the Office of Government Procurement has not had any involvement in the procurement process for the development referred to by the deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (8 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) is an integrated, cross-Government service that aims to support better policy formulation and implementation in the civil service through economic analysis and evaluation. It was established in 2012. As set out in its Medium Term Strategy out to 2019, the aim of the IGEES is to contribute to the better design and targeting of...