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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Industry (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are no staff of the nature specified in this question employed by my Department. With the exception of the Office of Public Works (OPW), this is also the case for the bodies under the aegis of my Department. The information with regard to the OPW is set out in the table below. Professional Detail Number of Staff ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy thatmy Department publishes on a regular basis a schedule which details its consultancy fees, professional fees, legal fees and advisory fees by year. The information for 2022 can be accessed at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/8b97d6-consultancy-co sts/ With the exception of the Office of Public Work (OPW), the information requested by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In commencing the procurement reform programme in 2013, the Government decided that the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) be established initially as a Division within my Department, with an intention to establish it thereafter on a statutory basis. In progressing legislation to establish a body on a statutory basis, there are a number of factors that I must assess including...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Government Procurement published a new Information Note on Apprenticeships and Public Procurement on 18 April 2023 which can be accessed via the below link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/8b008-apprenticeships-and-public-p rocurement/ This information note, developed in collaboration with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, provides...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) represents the tools that a public body must use to procure and manage the external resources necessary to deliver a public works project that is to be delivered under the Exchequer-funded element of the National Development Plan. It consists of a suite of best practice guidance, standard contracts, generic template documents and procedures that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (19 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Across the EU, the European Commission classifies regions as either being a “Less Developed Region”, a "Region in Transition” or a “More Developed Region”, based on their GDP per head of population relative to the EU27 Average. The Northern and Western Region is classified as a “Region in Transition”, and the other two regions in Ireland, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (19 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: NUTs is a classification system created by Eurostat to define territorial units of regional statistics across the European Union. For the 2014-2020 round, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) allocations were based on two "NUTS 2" regions in Ireland, the Border Midlands and Western region, and the Southern and Eastern region, both of which had a corresponding Regional Assembly. These...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 429 and 430 together. Details of the environmental impact assessments carried out by the OPW can be found on the floodinfo.ie website. The scheme has been submitted to my Department seeking consent for these works under the provisions of the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 to 1995 as amended. An initial round of public consultation was held beginning on the 1st...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that one member of staff of my Department is assigned to the post of Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Attaché in the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels. The role of the Attaché is to represent and promote Ireland’s interests in the policy areas under the remit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) that recruitment to the civil service and a range of other public bodies operates under the provisions of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Acts, 2004 to 2013. PAS operates under licence from the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) and is independent in its operations. In carrying out its...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Following the outcome of Judicial Review proceedings regarding the consenting of the River Bride Flood Relief Scheme, my Department sought supplementary information from the Office of Public Works in February 2022. The OPW submitted supplementary information to my Department in October 2022. A copy of this information can be found on the scheme website at floodinfo.ie. It is my intention...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that, following discussions between my officials and those of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum, which was established by the previous Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation and created to support the government in driving the digitalisation of enterprise across Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the report of Cruinniú GovTech 2019 represents the views of those who attended that Cruinniú.Since then my colleague, the previous Minister for Public Expenditure National Development Plan Delivery and Reform established the Data Governance Board, under the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019.  The Board leads on setting and overseeing best...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that, following discussions between my officials and those of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum will act in an advisory capacity in relation GovTech development in addition to its existing work.  The Forum, which was established by the previous Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: While the main priorities for GovTech were set out in the 2019 Cruinniú GovTech Report, it is the intention that the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum, established on foot of the national AI strategy by the previous Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, will act in an advisory capacity in relation to GovTech in addition to its existing work.  This...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Regulator of the National Lottery who is informed by the operator of the National Lottery, Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), that PLI manages credit risks in line with industry norms to help ensure that all monies collected through the sale of Lottery products by its Retail Agents are secured. For this reason, PLI require a deposit or a bank guarantee, based on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS), which is a body under the aegis of my Department in accordance with the Public Service Management Act, that responsibility for implementation of PAS Board policy, strategy, management and operation of the Public Appointments Service resides with the Corporate Executive, affected through the Chief Executive.  The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Surrogacy leave is not a statutory leave entitlement in Ireland. There are a number of statutory leave policies in place for parents in the civil service which implement the provisions of the relevant legislation. Maternity leave in the Civil Service is granted under Circular 31 of 2006 which implements the provisions of maternity protection legislation which is under the remit of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reviews (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 447 and 452 together. I wish to inform the Deputy that I expect to publish a new strategy for public service transformation in the very near future (within the coming weeks). The strategy document will be published on Gov.ie. This new strategy will act as a successor to the Our Public Service 2020framework.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, my Department is responsible for the allocation of public funds across each area of Government spending and seeks to ensure that expenditure is managed by Departments in line with these allocations.  The responsibility for the management and delivery of investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan 2021 – 2030 (NDP),...