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

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, the particular measure affecting public service pensions under the financial emergency legislation is the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR), which was introduced on 1 January 2011 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010. PSPR reduces the value of those public service pensions which have pre-PSPR values above...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As part of the Mid Term Review of the Capital Plan, which is currently ongoing, my Department wrote to all Government Departments in January inviting submissions. These submissions were to include, inter alia, proposals for reprioritisation within existing allocations to reflect developments or changes in priorities since the Plan was published in 2015 and any...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, there are a number of general policies governing the recording of activity within public bodies.  Specifically related to the creation and maintenance of official records the National Archives Act 1986 requires that the scheduled bodies listed in the Act retain and preserve records made or received, and held in the course of its business.  Such...

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

Paschal Donohoe: All Government Departments and public bodies in receipt of public funding must comply, as appropriate, with the relevant requirements of the Public Spending Code. The Public Spending Code sets out the value for money rules and guidance for spending in all public bodies at all stages in the expenditure life cycle – before, during and after spending. The Public Spending Code applies to...

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

Paschal Donohoe: Submissions from Departments on the utilisation of the additional capital funding available under the Capital Review have been received and are being scrutinised by my Department. Departments were asked to factor into their submissions relevant developments since the publication of the Capital Plan in 2015, including the new Programme for a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legal Costs (1 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Chief State Solicitor’s Office (CSSO) acts on behalf of central Government in the conduct of the defence of litigation, excluding the defence of those claims handled by the State Claims Agency (CSA). The CSSO is a constituent part of the Office of the Attorney General and comes under the remit of the Department of the Taoiseach. The CSSO has its own Vote and is subject...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is committed to using alternative models of service delivery, including outsourcing, as part of our ongoing drive to provide the most efficient and effective services to the public. External Service Delivery formed a key component of previous Public Service Reform Plans published in 2011 and 2014 respectively.  To meet the obligations set out in these plans,...

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 7 April last, to give consideration to the issues to which the Deputy refers. ...

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...