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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 182 together. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 186 on 17 May 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180, 181 and 183 together. There is no legislative provision for access to third-party adjudication in respect of pension increases for recipients of public service pensions. Indeed there is no such facility for recipients of the Contributory State Pension. However, the interests and concerns of public service pensioners in relation to public service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Data (17 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will appreciate that Government Departments and Offices in discharging their legal roles and responsibilities operate bank accounts with commercial banks to facilitate payments and receipts generated in the normal course of their activities. Such accounts are "public bank accounts" under Section 18 of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act, 1866 on the basis that they will contain...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (17 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 181 together. In response to the Deputy’s question, a table outlines the number of people employed through agencies by my Department and the bodies under its aegis. Organisation Number of People Institute of Public Administration 5 Special EU Programmes Body 5 The reply in relation to the Office of Public Works will follow within the next...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (17 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy’s question, the table outlines the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of my Department to external agencies or consultancy for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff. Organisation Monetary Value Public Appointments Service (PAS)...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (17 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 188 together. There is no legislative provision for access to third-party adjudication in respect of pension increases for recipients of public service pensions. Indeed there is no such facility for recipients of the Contributory State Pension. However, the interests and concerns of public service pensioners in relation to public service pension...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability and Growth Pact (16 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy should note that the flexibility referred to in his question has in fact been in place since detailed guidance was issued by the Commission in January 2015 to encourage effective implementation of structural reforms that have an upfront budgetary cost in a manner consistent with the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP).  For example, the relevant clause, is discussed in detail in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Assets (16 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. The transfer of ownership of publicly funded assets to non-public bodies should be conducted in accordance with State Property Circulars 11/2015 Protocols for the Transfer and Sharing of State Property Assets and 17/2016 Policy for Property Acquisition and for Disposal of Surplus Property. The general approach to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (16 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset, the Deputy may wish to note a review of the Capital Plan is currently ongoing.  In this regard it is a matter for each Department, in the first instance, to examine the case for the provision of additional Exchequer resources to any proposed capital project - consistent with the value-for-money requirements set out in the Public Spending Code - and to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (16 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Based on data available to my Department, the following table sets out the estimated distribution at end-2015 of public service pensions in the bands specified in the Deputy's question. It should be noted that the pension values are those payable before the application, where arising, of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR). This end-2015 public service pension...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (16 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The data sought by the Deputy is not available to my Department. The closest data currently available within the Department to that sought by the Deputy is the estimated breakdown of employee numbers on a whole time equivalent basis by salary range within the public service from 2012 to 2016 and is set out in the Table. - 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 € WTE* WTE* WTE* WTE*...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (16 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The review referred to by the Deputy is currently under way and is expected to be completed by the end of the current quarter.  Future policy in this area will be considered by Government following the outcome of the review.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (11 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPOC) administer the Electoral Acts, which provide, inter alia, for the regulation of donations and expenses during Dáil, Seanad, European and Presidential elections. The Electoral Acts provide that election expenditure relates only to expenses incurred and payments made in providing property, goods or services which are used for electoral...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (10 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In accordance with the National Lottery Act 2013 and under the terms of the National Lottery Licence, 65 per cent of the gross gaming revenue, that is total sales less the prizes awarded, is provided to fund "Good Causes". The remainder is returned to the lottery operator, out of which all costs of operating the national lottery must be met.  The sectoral...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Official Engagements (10 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment will be leading the Irish delegation to the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference that is taking place in Bonn from 8-18 May 2017.  While my Department will not form part of the Irish delegation, officials from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment will feed back relevant material to officials in my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (10 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Submissions in relation to the ongoing review of the Capital Plan and the additional funding available for allocation were sought from Departments in January and are currently being reviewed by my Department.  The Deputy will appreciate that it is a matter for each Department, in the first instance, to identify its sectoral priorities in its submission...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (9 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform allocates capital funding between departments/sectors, on a multi-annual basis, based on the Government's capital plan. Responsibility for selecting the individual projects to be funded within the various departmental/sectoral allocations is then a matter for the relevant individual Minister to decide, based on their priorities for the sector...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (9 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department is currently making efforts to establish the entitlements of the person whose details have been supplied.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cosaint Fostaíochta (9 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Tá rochtain ag Státseirbhísigh ar achomhairc tríú páirtí leis an gCoimisiún um Chaidreamh san Áit Oibre le haghaidh éilimh bunaithe ar chearta (M.sh saoire mháithreachais, saoire thuismitheoireachta srl.). Tá rochtain ag Státseirbhísigh ar sásraí tríú páirtí éagsúla le haghaidh...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tuarastail Rannach (9 May 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Tugadh an íocaíocht, a thagraíonn an Teachta di, isteach faoi na forálacha do chomhaontuithe cómhargála don Clár um Iomaíochas agus Obair 1994 – 1996.  Íocadh 1% Clár um Iomaíochas agus Obair bunaithe ar na hathruithe ar an gclár bainteach le coigiltis agus feabhsúcháin sna Ranna/Oifigí ábhartha....