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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The matter of the pay scales for former NBA staff is being considered by my department in consultation with their staff association and under the auspices of the WRC. The matter will be finalised as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Records (23 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department does not use any cloud provider or third party server based storage services to satisfy its data or file storage needs.  The data and file storage requirements are provided for via the use of Government hosted storage services.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulatory Impact Assessment Data (23 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, my Department has published thirty one bills since it was established in 2011.  During that time, seven regulatory impact assessments have been conducted.  Four of these were published on my Department's website at the addresses below. Name of Bill/Act Website Address Protected Disclosures Act 2014 Freedom of Information Act...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Defence Forces Personnel (23 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: This is a  matter more appropriate for reply by my colleague the Minister for Defence whose officials conduct negotiations with PDFORRA under the provisions of the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for Members of the permanent Defence Forces.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (22 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The salary scales sought by the Deputy in respect of the Civil Service grades in question are available at . The grades of Principal, Principal (higher scale ) and Assistant Secretary do not fall to receive the €1,000 annualised payment for the period 1 April 2017 to 31 August 2017. Accordingly the issue of pensionability of this payment for the grades concerned does...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (22 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, a Special Adviser to Minister of State Eoghan Murphy was appointed on 23 September, 2016 and a Special Adviser to Minister of State Sean Canney was appointed on 15 November, 2016.   Details in relation to the remuneration of Special Advisers can be found on my Department's website at the following address...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Pensions (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to Statement 1.4 to the Finance Accounts, which is available on the website of the Department of Finance. This discloses a breakdown of pensions paid to former Ministers and Taoisigh in each calendar year from 2009 onwards. The 2016 accounts have not yet been published.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions Reform (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As per the Expenditure Report 2017, the current expenditure ceilings are published in Table 5 for 2017 to 2019. These ceilings take into account expenditure pressures in Health, Education and Social Protection arising from demographics. The amounts included in respect of this additional expenditure are consistent with the Pre-Budget position detailed in Table 1.7 of the Mid-Year Expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: A below cost tender, or an abnormally low tender as it is termed in the EU procurement directives, is not defined in legislation.  Under the directives a contracting authority is obliged to require a tenderer to explain the price in their tender where it appears to be abnormally low in relation to the works required. Directive 2014/24/EU, transposed into Irish law in April...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 362 on 24 January 2017. The FEMPI measure in respect of public service pensioners is the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR).  The PSPR reduces the pay-out value of pensions with pre-PSPR values above specified thresholds in a progressively structured way which has a proportionately greater effect...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: An annual contribution of €16,500 towards the operating expenses of the Civil Service General Council Staff Panel (the Staff Side) was made by my Department in 2015 and 2016. This payment arises under Paragraph 8 of the Civil Service Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme which states that "The official and staff sides, i.e. panels or unions or associations, as may be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Grades (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: An Arbitration Board Hearing involving management and staff side interests on the issue of the integration of the Staff Officer and Executive Officer grades was recently held under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for the Civil Service. The Board's report is awaited on this matter. 

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the remit set out in its terms of reference, the Public Service Pay Commission is tasked with reporting to Government on the pay of public servants, in the context of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Acts. The Commission's remit does not extend to considering the position of retired public servants. The Public Service Pension...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Capital Plan "Building on Recovery", sets out a €42 billion framework to address our priority infrastructure needs up to 2021. This plan is being reviewed to ensure that capital spending is strictly aligned with national economic and social priorities, consistent with Programme for Partnership Government objectives. This includes examining how available capital funds can best be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The particular issues in question includes community and employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who have been seeking, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme dating back to 2008. The Community Sector High Level Forum (or Working Group) (previously the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Based on the information currently available to my Department, the estimated full year gross saving in the Exchequer and Local Government pay bill arising from a €100,000 salary cap is approximately €267m. This does not take account of any offsetting reductions in taxes and levies. As the combined effect of the estimated marginal tax rate and the pension related...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Based on the information currently available to my Department, it is estimated that a saving of the order of €5 million would arise if a cap of a €100,000 was placed on all public service pensions. I should point out that such pensions in excess of or equal to the cap are subject to continuing reductions under the terms of the Financial Emergency Measures in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not incurred any costs in the upgrading of Information Technology Systems or Databases to incorporate the use of Eircode. Since the introduction of Eircode in 2015, my Department has incorporated the use of Eircodes into all departmental/office addresses on new stationery, in email signatures and on our website.  In addition, Eircodes are included in all...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform I have overall responsibility for EU Cohesion Policy and the European Structural & Investment (ESI) Funds.  Within the overall heading of the ESI Funds, I am responsible for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) while the Minister for Education and Skills is responsible for the European Social...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (16 Feb 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/sectorial allocations is then a matter for the relevant individual Minister to decide, based on their priorities for the...