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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships Data (29 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I should first explain that financial responsibility for individual PPP projects rests with the relevant Sponsoring Agency. My Department's role in relation to PPPs is to facilitate the PPP process centrally by developing the general policy framework (including, where necessary, the legal framework) within which PPPs operate and by providing central guidance to Departments and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (29 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, my Department has not hired any private investigation firms over the past five years.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (28 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In general, a person being appointed to a post in the public service by way of open competition will start at the minimum of the scale in accordance with the rules of the recruitment competition. While this policy had applied for many years, increased levels of recruitment to the Civil Service following the lifting of the moratorium gave rise to queries in respect of the appropriate pay...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to the pension arrangements, in particular the occupational pension scheme membership, of persons working in the public service. As provided for in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, the Single Public Service Pension Scheme applies to all first-time new entrants to the public service. It also applies to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Data (28 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department's procedures for making a protected disclosure have been developed in line with the Protected Disclosures Act, 2014.  The Department's Protected Disclosures policy has been agreed by the Department's Management Board and has been circulated to all staff.  My Department also held two briefing sessions on the policy for staff recently.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation (28 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Officials from my Department and the Department of Defence met with representatives of  RACO on the 17th of January 2017 to consult with them on the measures that the Government had agreed to that morning in relation to the application of Clause 6.1 of the Lansdowne Road Agreement concerning anomalies arising under that Agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Costs (28 Mar 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 which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (28 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 295 and 296 together. After full implementation of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, the full year year cost of unwinding the remaining FEMPI measures is €1.4 billion plus PRSI. The breakdown requested for those public servants earning less than, and greater than, €65,000 is included in the following table. These costs exclude PRSI.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of State Assets (23 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 to 129, inclusive, together. To date, the Exchequer has received nearly €1.5 billion in cash arising from the State Assets Disposal Programme and the sale of the National Lottery licence, of which €350m was from Ervia in respect of the sale of Bord Gais Energy.  Under Eurostat rules, the amount of any dividends...

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

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, the tables outline the details of payments made to broadcasters by my Department and the bodies under its aegis since 2014. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Year Supplier Amount Description 2015 Pi Communications €780 Provision of sound engineering and manned camera support on Budget Day 2015 Special EU Programmes Body Year...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of State Assets (21 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: To date, the Exchequer has received nearly €1.5 billion in cash arising from the State Assets Disposal Programme and the sale of the National Lottery licence, comprising: - €400m from ESB, generated from the sale of its 50% shareholdings in two overseas assets in the UK and Spain and from a realisation for the Government of the value of ESB's two midlands peat plants;...

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

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 8203/17 on 21 February 2017.

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment has not raised with me any proposals to provide financial assistance to An Post.

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

Paschal Donohoe: The issue raised by the Deputy was the subject of deliberations between my Department and the Department of Health. Arising from this the Department of Health was informed that my Department was not in a position to provide  extra monies in 2017 to fund the expenditure involved in the restoration of the living out allowance. Accordingly, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: A commitment was made in the Capital Plan to conduct a review in 2017 in order to take stock of progress and provide the Government with an opportunity to reaffirm priorities. Since the Capital Plan's publication, the Programme for a Partnership Government (PfPG) committed to seeking Oireachtas approval for additional capital investment of €4 billion over the period of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, I recently announced the commencement of the review of the capital plan. As part of that review Departments have been asked to make submissions to my Department outlining their investment plans and priorities. Once these have been received from all Departments and in keeping with the transparency objective of the capital review process...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The information sought by the Deputy is not held by my Department and may be more appropriate for reply by my colleagues the Minister for Social Protection in respect of Community Employment Supervisors and the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government in respect of Community Development Programme (CDP) workers.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As specified in the Capital Plan itself each Government Department must ensure that individual projects and investment proposals are subject to all of the relevant appraisal processes and value for money tests in accordance with the Public Spending Code (PSC) before Exchequer resources are committed under the Capital Plan. The Capital Plan itself sets out the framework and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Levy (21 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR), which was introduced on 1 January 2011, is a progressively structured imposition on public service pensions under terms set out in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2010, as amended.  The PSPR burden on pensioners, which was increased for higher income pensioners from July 2013 under...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (21 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pay Commission has been tasked with providing an initial report to Government on public service remuneration in the context of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 2015. The findings of the Commission will contribute to and inform Government's considerations in relation to Public Service remuneration and will inform Public Service...