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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Statutory Instruments (7 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I have overarching responsibility for public service pension policy, including in relation to pension increases in the public service. As the Deputy is aware, the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1964 provided for ministerial discretion on the application of pension increase policy for public servants, without a prescribed methodology for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (6 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, I have overall policy responsibility in relation to public service occupational pension schemes payable to retired public servants. For all new entrants to the public service (including members of HSE) on or after 6 April 1995 (the date of introduction of full social insurance for public servants who now pay Class A PRSI) and before 1 January 2013 (the date of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The table below sets out the information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department and the bodies under its aegis. In the period since 2018, the total amount paid by my Department in this regard was €50,705 and by the Office of Public Works was €36,621. These amounts have been aggregated in order not to identify the amounts paid to any individual person. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there have been no such instances in my Department or the bodies under its aegis since 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The table below sets out the information requested by the Deputy. Year Role Basis 2016 Ministerial staff (4 staff members) Severance arrangements are in place for Ministerial personal staff 2019 Assistant Principal Officer Section 7(b) of the Superannuation and Pension Act 1963 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Bus Services (5 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Freedom of Information Act 2014 provides a very broad definition of public bodies at Section 6(1) and further provides that all new public bodies comprehended by this definition will automatically come under freedom of information (FOI) legislation, unless specifically exempted by order. This reversed the system under previous legislation whereby new bodies would have to be brought into...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (5 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department had expenditure of €54,910 (including VAT) on advertising in 2023. There has been no such expenditure to-date in 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (5 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The general policy and practice for the duration of terms for Chief Executives of State Bodies under the aegis of Government Departments is as follows: Non-Commercial State Bodies: CEOs are generally appointed for a term of five years. Where re-appointment is agreed, it is for one further and final term of 5 years (with total duration of 10 years). Commercial State Bodies: CEOs are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (5 Mar 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there were no ground rents payable by my Department in the period specified. This is also the position with regard to all but one of the bodies under the aegis of my Department. The position with regard to the Office of Public Works will be conveyed directly to the Deputy by that Office shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (29 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department's role regarding EU funding in the 2021-2027 period is as set out below. The Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) is the designated body for the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. DPENDR also includes the implementing body for Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Programme (NRRP) and the Certifying Authority for Ireland’s European...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (28 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by PAS that there are currently no plans to advertise Administrative Officer or Assistant Principal with Fluency in Irish competitions in Q2 2024. However, PAS have included an option for candidates to opt in for an Irish Language Stream in the Administrative Officer general and specialist stream competitions. Candidates who expressed an interest in Irish-speaking positions...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Much has been done to tackle operational carbon in a building’s lifecycle, however, the carbon emitted in the production and transportation of materials (embodied carbon) used in construction along with excavation and demolition material is more challenging to address. The current Building Regulations apply Nearly Zero-Energy Building standards (NZEB) to new buildings, whereas...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I agree with Deputy Bruton’s point. Some time ago, a campaign was run by the Revenue Commissioners to make people aware of the entitlements they could avail of within the tax code. The Deputy’s idea was a good one and I will follow up with the Ministers for Finance and Social Protection. The allowances to which he referred can make a considerable difference to taxpayers and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I acknowledge that the Deputy has been raising this consistently over recent months. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, and I are very much aware of his keen interest in this and his determination to try to find a way to resolve it. Given that this is a complex matter and that there may well be negotiations that will happen in the future, I do not want to undermine our ability to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and I are aware of the issue being raised by Deputy Smith. As for what has happened here, I believe that five separate attempts have been made to find a replacement for the GP who retired. Five separate recruitment campaigns have been run. As the Deputy is aware, more so than I am, these services have been provided on a locum basis since 2020. The HSE...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: With the permission of the House, the question from Deputy Healy-Rae will be answered by the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, the question asked by Deputy Costello will be answered by the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman and Deputy Wynne's question will be dealt with by the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. Regarding the questions put to me, I assure the Deputy that whatever the Minister, Deputy...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter. The Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, and the Department, will continue to engage with schools and families in relation to all of this. It should be emphasised that when schools are notified of their special education teacher allowance for this September, there will be an increase of 1,000 teachers to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Again, I offer my condolences to Ms Delaney's family. Deputy Bacik raised the same matter with me some moments ago. This is the reason the Government is committed to building 9,300 social homes this year through our local authorities and approved housing bodies. This will give us the ability to respond back and support those who are on our housing lists and those using our homeless...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy does a disservice to road safety by claiming that the reason Kildare receives funding for roads is because it is close to Dublin-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Criteria are laid out that lead to the allocation of funding to local authorities-----