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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Procurement is governed by EU legislation and National rules and guidelines. The aim of these rules is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers best value for money. The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) has responsibility for developing and setting out the overarching policy framework for public procurement in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tribunals of Inquiry (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In March 2017 the Department of Justice and Equality wrote to my Department seeking sanction for two retired members of An Garda Síochána and one civilian to support the work of the Disclosures Tribunal. It was the view of the Department of Justice and Equality that these resources were required to support the timely completion of the work of the Tribunal and also to minimise...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authority Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Budgetary allocations in support of both the Lansdowne Road Agreement and the Public Service Stability Agreement have been made to each Department through the estimates process. In the Revised Estimates 2018, some €59.6m was made available to Local Authorities through the Local Government Fund to cover the costs arising from the relevant agreements.       ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As you may be aware, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is currently finalising the National Development Plan which will act as the cornerstone for the implementation of the new National Planning Framework detailed in the Ireland 2040 plan which sets out a new approach to spatial planning in Ireland. I am confident in saying that these plans will demonstrate that this Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Each year, in accordance with the Disability Act 2005, the Department submits a report highlighting the percentage of staff within the department who have self-declared a disability. This information for all Departments and Offices is collated centrally by the Civil Service HR Policy Division within my Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of my Estimates speech on Budget day in 2016, I announced that a spending review would take place on a three-year rolling basis. The first cycle of the Spending Review in 2017, which culminated in the publication of over 20 analytical papers on spending review topics, was successfully completed in October last year following the publication...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Gender Balance (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Each Minister is ultimately responsible for appointments to boards under their aegis and must have regard to the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards. Relevant issues relating to the effective operation of each board, including those such as diversity, gender balance and mix of expertise and skill sets are for each Minister to consider. As set out in the Guidelines, compliance...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Employment Rights (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: 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.  The aim of European and national rules is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Staff Remuneration (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: This information  sought in respect of the organisations concerned are matters in the first instance for my colleague, the Minister for Health, to reply to.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Teachers' Remuneration (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017 was published on 9 November 2017 and it gives effect to the provisions of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020, which was approved by Government in June and was ratified by the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) in September. The Act was passed by the Dáil on 7 December 2017 and signed into...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will agree, EU funding has made an enormous contribution to the development of the border region and to cross-border cooperation over the last quarter of a century.  The current PEACE and INTERREG programmes, for which I have Ministerial responsibility, have a combined value of more than half a billion Euro over the period 2014-2020. It is for that reason that I have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Legislation (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, an extensive review of the operation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) framework fed into the development of the FOI Act 2014 which introduced a modernised, consolidated, restructured and more accessible FOI system. The Act, alongside an FOI Code of Practice, seeks to bring about greater efficiency, consistency and promote best practice in the operation of FOI...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Sound and sustainable public finances are essential to support growth in the economy. In recent years, Government spending has been managed in a sustainable and prudent manner with public expenditure growing at a lower rate than growth in the economy overall. Steady, incremental progress in public expenditure, and the intensification of reform and innovation across the public service,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to PQ Ref: 53243/17 on the 14th December 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: 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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: To support value for money and the building of its own internal capacity, my Department limits the use of external consultancy to instances where the relevant expertise is not available within the Department.  The nature of the work which the Department leads in relation to the Public Service Reform programme means that it undertakes some very significant transformation projects,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: On 19th December last, I published the report of the actuarial review of the State's accrued liability in respect of Public Service Occupational Pensions that was carried out by my Department.  The review was undertaken on behalf of the Central Statistics Office who are required to show the accrued liabilities of all funded and unfunded Irish pension schemes as part of the National...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: NAMA is working to maximise the number of housing units delivered from sites owned by its debtors and receivers. In this respect, NAMA gave an undertaking to my predecessor in late 2013 that it would aim to fund the delivery of 4,500 residential units by end-2016. This target was exceeded with 4,700 homes delivered by end-2016. NAMA remains committed to maximising residential delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Money Laundering (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Articles 30 and 31 of the EU’s 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD) require each Member State to establish central registers of beneficial ownership information for corporates and other legal entities (companies) and for trusts which generate tax consequences. Under the terms of 4AMLD the information in the central register for companies must be accessible by competent...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (18 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I would not agree with the Deputy that a disproportionate amount of State revenue is generated in Dublin city and county. Taxes are not levied geographically so revenue is generated according to where taxpayers, individual or corporate, are based and obviously a significant number of these are in the greater Dublin area. The Revenue Commissioners produce an annual report on the distribution...