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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (6 Dec 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Procurement is governed by EU and National rules. The aim of these rules is to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers best value for money. It would be a breach of the EU rules for a public body to discriminate against or favour particular candidates on grounds such as locality, nationality, organisation size, etc. and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Promotions (6 Dec 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Government Departments have been working under delegated sanction arrangements for their recruitment and staffing issues since 2015. Under these arrangements, which are in place for most central Government department and offices, there are multi-annual pay ceilings agreed and set and thereafter decisions about recruitment and promotion and overall grade composition up to an including...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Defence Forces Personnel (6 Dec 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has recently received correspondence from the Department of Defence on this matter and will respond to that Department in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits (1 Dec 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Under Section 28 (2) of the State Property Act 1954, the Minister for Finance assumes responsibility for all personal property and land vested in or held in trust for a body corporate (other than personal property or land held by such body in trust for another person) immediately prior to its dissolution. Upon the dissolution of the body corporate, such property becomes State property. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (1 Dec 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The following table sets out compensation of employees across the general government sector and general government revenue figures as reported on the Eurostat database in line with the European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010). (€bn) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compensation of employees, payable 16.6 18.2 19.9 21.2 20.7 19.3 19.4 19.0 18.6 18.3...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (1 Dec 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the termination by Government of the scheme of performance related pay in 2009 such payment arrangements have not been sanctioned for civil servants or similar grades in other parts of the public service. With regard to the Non-Commercial State Agencies, it is a matter of Government policy that Performance Related Award Schemes continue to be suspended on an indefinite...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (1 Dec 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The pension levy on private pension funds was introduced by the Finance (No. 2) Act 2011 by my colleague, the Minister for Finance, who holds statutory responsibility for the application of the levy. That Act amended the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 to provide for the levy of 0.6% to cover the period 2011 to 2014. The Finance (No. 2) Act 2013 introduced an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (30 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: While there is a facility for the purchase of additional pension benefits under pre-existing public service pension schemes, there is no specific provision in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 which established the Single Pension Scheme, to provide for the purchase or transfer of additional pension benefits by Single Scheme members. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (30 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The draft SRFT is now at an advanced stage of preparation and is undergoing final review in order to ensure the optimum outcome will be delivered. It is expected that the SRFT will be issued within the next two weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (30 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Institutes of Technology Act 2006 contains a provision for Institutes of Technology to borrow within a framework agreed with the Higher Education Authority, following consultation with the Minister for Education and Skills and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. A key consideration in relation to the scope for independent borrowing by institutions in the higher...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Paternity Leave Scheme (30 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The introduction of the Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 requires all employers, including public service employers, to grant paternity leave to employees.  As part of my responsibilities as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have overarching responsibility for the terms and conditions of employment of public servants.  However, specific policies relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (29 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Statute Law Revision Programme was initiated in 2003. It formerly operated within the auspices of the Office of the Attorney General and is now contained within the Government Reform Unit of my Department. Its purpose is to modernise and simplify the Statute book by removing spent and obsolete pieces of legislation, thereby reducing its size and thus making it more...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (29 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Please see below in tabular form the number of Department of Public Expenditure and Reform staff seconded to other departments or agencies in the civil service per annum 2010 to 2016. The table comprises staff in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the National Shared Services Office and the Office of Government Procurement. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (29 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was established in 2011. No staff from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have appealed against secondment from 2011 to 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (29 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was established in 2011. There have not been any staff seconded from the Department to a private sector firm between 2011 and 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (29 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was established in 2011. There have been no staff seconded from a private sector firm between 2011 and 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (29 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to PQ No. 32140/16 on 25 October 2016. PQ No. 32140/16 [25 October 2016, Séamus Healy] To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, if, in view of the fact that the FEMPI Act 2013 pay reductions for serving higher earners, over €65,000 per annum will be restored in two stages, the first half of the reduction will be restored on 1 April...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Reform (29 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Discussions on the merging of the Staff Officer grade with that of Executive Officer are the subject of current discussions with the relevant civil service union interests. The outcome to this process has yet to be concluded between the management and union sides.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 399 to 404, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Government's Capital Plan was announced on 29 September, 2015 and outlined exchequer capital spending of €27 billion over the next six years. In the 2016 Summer Economic Statement, the Government committed to additional capital investment of €5.14 billion over the period of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (29 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The public service Pension-Related Deduction (PRD) is provided for under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009. PRD applies to the pay, including any non-pensionable pay elements, of pensionable public servants. Specifically, section 2(1)(b) of the Act provides that any public servant who is a member of a public service pension scheme or who...