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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Banking (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has concluded its examination of the files held in the National Archives and it has been found that there are no further records of sanction for the opening of public bank accounts for An Garda Síochána for the years 1990-1992 in the relevant files. I can confirm, therefore, that the only public bank accounts sanctioned for opening by An...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: On Budget day last October, the Government set out its priorities in relation to expenditure measures for 2017 in Expenditure Report 2017, with the Budget Estimates published in that report reflecting these measures. The Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2017 (REV) provided additional details in relation to these Estimates and also reflected additional allocations...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Labour Court Recommendation on Garda pay issued on 3rd of November 2016 had serious implications for the continued viability of the Lansdowne Road Agreement. After engagement with the Public Service Committee of ICTU and in acknowledgement of the anomaly that has arisen in the context of the Labour Court Recommendation concerned, the Government in its capacity as the public service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, the following table provides the details of each body or organisation scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from the group of votes under my remit in 2017. Body/Organisation Details of services being provided Amount Institute of Public Administration Public sector development, through education, training, research and publishing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, there is one qualified actuary and one actuarial analyst, training to become a qualified actuary, working in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Transport Authority (NTA) figures released in ‘Statistical Bulletin Number: 01/ 2017 April 2017’ show that 6% of the national taxi fleet is now wheelchair accessible, up from 4.2% in 2013. Based on consultations with the market prior to establishing a framework contract for the provision of taxi services in the Greater Dublin Area in April 2015, the market...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Overall expenditure on my Department's Vote was under profile by €5 million at the end of June 2017.  This variance against profiled expenditure arises primarily due to timing issues in relation to payments on a number of areas such as ICT projects and technical assistance for EU programmes, as well as some savings in relation to salary and other costs. In terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Water Charges Refunds (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Managing the delivery of public services within Budgetary allocations set out in the Estimates agreed by the Dáil is a key responsibility of each Minister and their Department. The drawdown of funds from the Exchequer is monitored against the published expenditure profiles and this information is published monthly, as part of the Department of Finance's...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I would like to advise the Deputy that there are no staff in the core Department of Public Expenditure and Reform suspended from work on full pay. My Department also includes the National Shared Services Office and the Office of Government Procurement.  There are no staff suspended on full pay from the National Shared Services Office. There is currently one Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Overall expenditure on my Department's Vote was under profile by €5 million at the end of June 2017.  This variance against profiled expenditure arises primarily due to timing issues in relation to payments on a number of areas such as ICT projects and technical assistance for EU programmes, as well as some savings in relation to salary and other costs. In terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Data (26 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has received no protected disclosures from staff in 2016 or to date in 2017.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to be here today to discuss the summer economic statement. It outlines the broad parameters that will underpin discussions of economic and fiscal policy over the medium term and the main pillars of this approach. In the short term, it sets the framework for discussions on budget 2018 over the coming months. Turning first to the economic situation,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The summer economic statement made clear the issue of water charging and its funding would be dealt with later on in the year. The Taoiseach has now outlined, in the context of this, that the Goverment wants to deliver a full refund, which we will do. The cost of the refunding of charges is €171 million. The full cost of this includes an administrative charge of €5 million....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It was €171 million.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is €280 million to €300 million.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: We are looking at that figure.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The €322 million figure.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I referred to the total underspend and gave the figure of between €280 million and €300 million. It is approximately that amount. That is where I expect that figure to be as we move through the year. I cannot tell the Deputy what the division of that will be until later in the year.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is possible that capital underspends could deliver it, but I cannot confirm that now. What could drive capital underspends being used for it is projects we are committed to not happening in the timeframe expected because of changes to procurement, the granting of planning permission and so forth.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I did not say that.