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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not provided funding from its Vote to any organisations covered by this question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Review of the Capital Plan was published on the 14 of September 2017, and a copy of the report was made available to each Deputy on that day. The review of the Capital Plan draws on an evidence base that included submissions by Departments and Offices, an extensive public consultation, and also an Infrastructure Capacity and Demand Analysis completed by the Irish Government Economic and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: An issue which has been under discussion by the Community Sector High Level Forum relates to community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who have been seeking, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme. At the April meeting of the Forum, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Road Network (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has no responsibility for funding roads. The road Deputy Healy-Rae refers to appears to be a private or non-public road. I would therefore refer to the response to PQ 52581/17 given by Minister Michael Ring on 7 December 2017 concerning funding for private and non-public roads. My Department wrote to Local Authorities last August to establish the level of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: An issue which has been under discussion by the Community Sector High Level Forum relates to community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who have been seeking, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme. At the April meeting of the Forum, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Claims Agency Data (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, I have forwarded to him a report supplied to me by the State Claims Agency. I am advised that the information contained in this report has been extracted from the National Incident Management System. The report can be seen at

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Legislation Title Year Duration No. staff required Costs Process Carried out by Dept or Outsourced Freedom of Information Act 2014 2 years 3 See next column Carried out primarily by the Department but also see below regarding Statute Law Revision ProgrammeIn addition to the legislation listed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In June 2011, the Government introduced a general pay ceiling of €200,000 for future appointments to higher positions across the public service and a general pay ceiling of €250,000 for future appointments to CEO posts within Commercial State Companies while recognising that in a small number of cases exceptions may be necessary. Other than the then proposed appointment of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I take it that the Deputy’s reference to pension ‘top ups’ relates to situations where extraordinary additions over and above the normal public service pension terms might have been conceded. I have not approved any such pension top ups for individual public servants. For the Deputy’s information, I would point out that there are a limited number of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Department / Body Percentage of employees with a disability under the definition in the Disability Act 2005 Department of Public Expenditure and Reform 4.9% Office of Government Procurement 5.1% Office of the Ombudsman 3.17% Institute of Public Administration 0% State Laboratory 5.43% (2016)...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Communications (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has in place an industry leading email security appliance which filters emails based on industry standard security terminology which includes Profanities.  All incoming emails are automatically scanned by the email security appliance for terminology, including profanities, and if positive the email is quarantined and the recipient is notified that their email has been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Initiative Purpose of the Initiative Method of Promotion Expenditure in 2017 Open Data Initiative Public Consultation (on draft Open Data Strategy 2017-2022) which aims to increase availability of public data and promote its usage Online via D/PER website and the national Open Data portal and via twitter...

Appropriation Bill 2017: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I apologise for missing the contributions of Deputies Calleary and Jonathan O'Brien and some of that of Deputy Burton but I have been updated on what was said. Deputies Calleary and Jonathan O'Brien queried whether this is the correct way to handle such legislation. This is how such legislation is always handled and it is done at this time of the year. That is because it is only at this...

Other Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (14 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the first public service reform plan was published in 2011, a comprehensive programme of reform has been implemented and this continues to be a key priority. This is important as the performance of the public service has major implications for the management of our finances and for economic development and employment creation. The public service reform plan for the period 2014 to 2016...

Other Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (14 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes, I do, although it is not something we can ever take for granted. It is the case that many of the reforms initiated in recent years in our State were instigated at a time of deep crisis. What we need to do now is to anchor the reform efforts of the Government and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform more to the desire that all of our civil and public servants have, which is...

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (14 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: We could be on tricker ground there.

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (14 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: From my extensive experience of this issue in recent years, it is one that will increase next year and beyond. Understandably, every Government agency only considers expenditure needs in its own area of responsibility. When all of that is added together, though, it represents a figure the Exchequer is not capable of meeting. If we could meet it, there would be a separate issue regarding...

Other Questions: Civil Service Reform (14 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Excellent.

Other Questions: Civil Service Reform (14 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am delighted that the Deputy has read the document. It was great to launch it earlier this week with the Secretary General of my Department.

Other Questions: Civil Service Reform (14 Dec 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Now that I know the Deputy has such an interest in it, we will make sure to invite him to the sequel and other events that happen in the run up to it.