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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Data (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, my Department and the bodies under its aegis operate under State Indemnity, a self-insurance model whereby the State bears the financial risk associated with the cost of claims.  This approach is set out in the Public Financial Procedures at C8 Section 11, whereby the general rule is that no insurance should be effected against the risk of any loss...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department provided the necessary advice on this matter to the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government on Monday, 29 May 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: There is no levy on public service pensions. It is assumed that the Deputy's question is concerned with the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR). PSPR was introduced on 1 January 2011 under terms set out in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010.  It applies as a progressively structured decrease in the value of affected public service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Community Sector High Level Forum (or Working Group) (previously the Informal Forum) was convened in 2015 and 2016 to examine certain issues pertaining to the Community Employment sector having regard to the implications for costs and precedent.   The Forum continues to meet, most recently on 7th April last, to give consideration to the issues to which the Deputy refers. A...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Public servants, are widely and correctly recognised as having made a particularly valuable contribution to the State’s economic recovery through reductions in remuneration which facilitated the necessary fiscal consolidation measures required to address the economic crises while providing stability, certainty and industrial peace. Thankfully, we are at a point where we can consider...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 143 together. Assessment of sectoral infrastructure, and management of resource envelopes to address urgent priorities, is a matter for the relevant line Departments in the first instance. The purpose of public spending guidelines, such as the Public Spending Code, is to support the process of directing available resources to the most...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 to 139, inclusive, together. The effective management of expenditure was crucial in ensuring Ireland met or exceeded its key fiscal targets over the past number of years. This resulted in Ireland successfully leaving the EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support in December 2013 and exiting the Excessive Deficit Procedure at the end of 2015....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Brexit issues in my Department are coordinated centrally by the Department's Brexit/EU/North South Unit.  The Unit oversees Brexit work across the Department and acts as the contact point with the Department of the Taoiseach and other Government Departments.  It is represented on the Inter-Departmental Group on Brexit and related groups, and supports me in my work as a member of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Procurement reform is a key element of the Government's overall reform programme and is aimed at delivering increased value for money, more accurate and timely data and improvement in the capacity and capability of procurement across the public service.  The fragmented procurement arrangements across the public service facilitated amongst other things suppliers charging...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, in my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have overarching responsibility for workforce planning and recruitment to the Civil Service. In Budget 2015, it was announced that there will be a targeted programme of recruitment into the Civil Service to address service needs and a shortfall in key skills commencing in late 2014...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am sorry Deputy Adams is already unnerved.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (31 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Senior officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are leading the public service pay negotiations from the employer side. These officials are supported by dedicated resources from the Irish Government Economic Evaluation Service (IGEES) which have been assigned to the Remuneration, Industrial Relations and Pensions Division within the Department to provide analytical...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Labour Employer Economic Forum (31 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together. There have been three meetings of the Labour Employer Economic Forum since it was established in 2016, and I have attended them all, the most recent being on 11 May 2017. The Forum has proved to be a significant addition to the process of direct communication and consultation between Government, employer and employee representatives...

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the House for the opportunity to set out the Government's priorities in respect of two major areas of expenditure, namely, capital infrastructure and where we stand now on public sector pay. It is particularly appropriate that these are being considered together, as choices in one area will inevitably shape demands in the other, while also impacting on the total amount of resources...

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all Senators for the contributions they have made. I have made notes on the points made by each Member and I will comment on each of the individual contributions. However, I will comment also on a number of broad themes that relate to the points made. First, I want to comment on the concept of progress. It is important as we ground our contributions that we do so with an...

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: -----and what is being delivered by our national infrastructure network. The same point stands in respect of where we are with public services. Of course let us acknowledge the difficulties and needs we have, but let us also acknowledge that a small open economy and society located on the edge of Europe had a standard of living 40 years ago that was considerably below the European average...

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: We have seen, on many occasions, Sinn Féin councillors.

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I attended a launch for O'Devaney Gardens, which is the kind of project that Senator Gavan has claimed in his contribution does not exist.

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The project was acknowledged and welcomed by local Sinn Féin representatives. I can assure Senator Dolan that I am well aware of the tension between section 38 and section 39 organisations. I understand the difference between them. I understand that this is a particularly live issue among organisations that provide services to citizens with disabilities and special needs. I will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (30 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the Lansdowne Road Agreement, the Government as public service employer agreed to an increase in annualised basic salaries of €1,000 for the period 1 April to 31 August 2017 inclusive payable to: - public servants on annualised basic salaries up to €65,000; - who are parties to the Lansdowne Road Agreement; and - who do not stand to benefit from the Labour Court...