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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The particular organisation referred to by the Deputy is not registered as a political organisation on the current register of political parties in Ireland. It is therefore considered that no issue arises under the civil service conciliation and arbitration scheme in relation to the matter raised by the Deputy in respect of the civil service trade union concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Industrial Relations (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In terms of access to the State's dispute resolution machinery, the Workplace Relations Commission and related institutions provide advice and assistance on industrial relations matters in the workplace to employers, employees and their representatives. There is no legislative provision for access to third-party adjudication in respect of pension entitlements for recipients of public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Civil Service Regulation Act 1956 is the key legislative basis for established positions in the civil service. It defines an established position as "a position in which established service is rendered".  Established service is defined in the same Act as "service in a capacity in respect of which a superannuation allowance may be granted under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, an interdepartmental working group, chaired by my Department, was established early in 2016 to examine the issues arising from prevailing retirement ages for workers in both the public and private sectors, in the context of the current age of entitlement to the state pension and the scheduled increases to the state pension age in 2021 and 2028. The group, whose report...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Workplace Relations Services Data (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is the position that my Department was not approached by public bodies directly under its aegis in relation to adjudications or findings arising from the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Molaim Ceisteanna Uimh. 443 go 445, cuimsitheach, a fhreagairt le chéile. Tabharfaidh mé freagra ar na ceisteanna seo ón Teachta mar gheall ar an státseirbhís. Tá Airí éagsúla freagrach as na réimsí eile sa tseirbhís phoiblí. Is maith is eol dom na moltaí atá déanta ag an gCoimisinéir Teanga mar...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question no. 10500/17 on 2 March 2017.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I take Deputy Calleary's point that it is open to any Deputy on Report Stage to table amendments. We shared all of our amendments with the Bills Office last Thursday in advance of the deadline for this session. However, I apologise if members feel that they have not had enough time to consider them. If any Deputy wishes to amend the Bill on Report Stage, we will consider anything put...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course. I can kick off with a few lines on each part of the Bill, starting with section 1. Is that how the Chairman would like me to proceed?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I will go through it section by section.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Perhaps I will then pause when we get to a section that has an amendment and I will explain that amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: This section relates to the Short Title of the Bill. It lays out how the Bill is to be referred to and the period within which the Bill will be enacted. It states that it will come into operation within six months from the passing of the Bill or on an earlier day which the Minister may appoint by order. Section 2 is a defining section. It sets out the various definitions in place regarding...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: No, absolutely not.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, line 26, after “1997” to insert the following: “or, as the case may be, section 2(1) of the Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999”. Amendment No. 1, which I have tabled at the request of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, is to ensure that the definition of "donation"...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The reason we have agreed the grouping of these amendments in this way with the committee is because all of them refer to either changing a word or the drafting of the Bill. There is little in them that prompts any substantive change in the Bill.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: They have that at the moment under the local government legislation.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: One return. The Bill provides that if any public official believes he or she has received a donation, for example, or performed an act of some kind that is inconsistent with the implementation of this legislation, he or she must make what is called an ad hoc declaration. He or she has to inform the relevant body within a reasonable period of that happening. At the moment, it is done on a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It will mean that if a Member were to receive a donation or gift that was not consistent with the implementation of this legislation, he or she would have to declare it within a reasonable period of that happening. Members will not be able to declare such occurrences at the end of the year.