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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I have responsibility for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. Management and delivery of individual investment projects within the allocations agreed under the NDP is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister. In 2023, over €12 billion will be made available from the Exchequer for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform has responsibility for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. Management and delivery of individual investment projects within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP) is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister. Expenditure is therefore allocated on a Departmental basis...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 143 and 144 together. As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. Management and delivery of individual investment projects within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP) are key responsibilities of every Department...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 141 together. My Department's mission is to serve the public interest through sound governance of public expenditure and by leading and enabling reform across the Civil and Public Service. Since its establishment my Department has led on and introduced a range of reforms including:expenditure reforms and innovations in policy-making to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The process of unwinding the Financial Emergency (FEMPI) legislation commenced under the Lansdowne Road Agreement 2016-2018, with the remainder of the process continuing under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA) and ‘Building Momentum: A New Public Service Agreement, 2021-2022’. Each year, under the terms of the FEMPI Act 2013, I am obliged to carry out an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery & Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall multi-annual capital expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial Vote Group as set out in the National Development Plan and Project Ireland 2040, of which road and rail projects will play a vital role. My department liaises on a ongoing basis with the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Summer Economic Statement 2021 set out a fiscal framework which allows us to meet the key objectives set out in the Programme for Government: investing in our economy and society to deliver improvements in infrastructure and public services, while reducing the deficit in order to underpin the sustainability of the public finances as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. For core...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Staff numbers in the public service have grown considerably over the last number of years. Between 2015 and 2021, the estimated numbers in full-time equivalent terms increased from about 302,000 to 366,000, an increase of 64,000 or over one-fifth. In terms of public service staff numbers across the wider public service, forecast numbers in 2023 are almost 393,000 in full time equivalent...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In 2021 Simon Harris T.D., as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, published the Action Plan for Apprenticeships 2021-2025. The Office of Government Procurement, an office in my Department, published an information note on Apprenticeships and Public Procurement on 18 April 2023 in line with Action 6.4 of the Action Plan to deliver guidance on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tax Yield (10 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The way in which Exchequer funding is allocated to Horse and Greyhound racing, is following a recommendation of a financial amount by the Dáil Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, that financial amount is referenced in the annual Estimates allocation to Department of Agriculture Food and Marine and subsequently operationally activated by a dedicated Statutory Instrument....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, my Department is responsible for the Public Spending Code (PSC), which sets the value for money requirements and guidance for evaluating, planning and managing Exchequer-funded capital projects. In March this year, I informed Government of a package of significant actions aimed at enhancing project...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (10 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the deputy is aware, the Irish Language Services Advisory Committee was established by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in June 2022 pursuant to section 18 of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021. Since then, representatives from my Department and the Public Appointments Service have been actively participating in this Committee through attendance...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Action Plan (10 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 and 65 together. The Public Spending Code is the tool that the Government uses to consider the costs and benefits of the capital investment decisions it faces. As part of my Department’s enhanced mandate around the delivery of the National Development Plan (NDP), I recently announced that the Public Spending Code will be replaced by a set of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Action Plan (10 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Development Plan (NDP) Review 2021 committed my Department to reviewing certain elements of the Public Spending Code to ensure climate considerations are adequately incorporated within the code. This commitment was reiterated in the Climate Action Plan 2023. As part of this programme of works, my Department is currently in the process of revising the shadow price of carbon in...