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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In June 2015, Government approved proposals for a significant adjustment of the public service pension reductions (PSPR) which had been applied to all public service pensions above specified thresholds under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) legislation. The approved proposals, which subsequently were enacted through the FEMPI...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Company Registration (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The primary purpose of section 28 of the State Property Act, 1954 is to ensure that there is no gap in legal ownership of the assets of a dissolved company. Once a company is struck off, then its assets vest in the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The vesting is automatic and does not require any intervention from the Minister. As a result, the Minister is not aware of assets...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the terms of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, all public servants on annualised salaries of less than €65,000 per annum will receive an additional €1,000 on their gross salary from 1st September 2017. The estimated cost of this measure in 2017 for 4 months is €101m. 

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As set out on page 31 of the Expenditure Report 2017, €317 million is included in 2018 in respect of Lansdowne Road Agreement related costs.  The Estimates 2017 documentation does not include additional amounts for future years for increases in public service pay rates in respect of the cost of any successor agreement to Lansdowne...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Data (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Table A.7 in the Department of Finance's Budget 2017 publication includes a calculation of net fiscal space for the period to 2021.  It should be noted that the key variables underpinning this calculation are subject to revision and the figures published in the Budget documentation, therefore, represent an estimate of projected fiscal space for that period.  The amount...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2017 (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As set out in my answer to the previous parliamentary question to which the Deputy refers, the Estimates for 2017 include an estimated carryover impact into 2018 of approximately €½ billion arising from increases in Departmental allocations.  The final cost of the carryover impact will be assessed and updated on an ongoing basis in line with updated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: While the award of injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts is ultimately decided by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the cost is a charge on the Superannuation Vote, the process is always initiated in the officer's parent Department; accordingly the records with respect to rejected claims are maintained by each individual Department. Department records indicate...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) is a joint initiative of the EIB Group and the European Commission, aimed at mobilising private financing for strategic investments, mainly through loan funding.  In Ireland's case, the main potential beneficiaries of EFSI are commercial investment projects (including PPPs), as there is little scope to use EFSI for increased...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Guide to the Statistical Treatment of PPPs published jointly by Eurostat and the European PPP Expertise Centre (EPEC) in September has brought considerable clarity and certainty in relation to how PPP contracts will be assessed by Eurostat for classification purposes and is very helpful in planning future PPPs. The Guide also clarifies the position in relation to the key concerns that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) can access the information sought by the Deputy for EU threshold contracts awarded to companies in Northern Ireland which was entered on the National eTenders system in respect of 2015. However, this information is not readily available so the OGP will reply directly to the Deputy on the matter. In relation to implications post-Brexit for those...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The EU/North South Unit of my Department has overall responsibility for coordinating issues relating to Brexit within the Department. It represents the Department on the Inter-Departmental Committee on EU/UK Relations, which is chaired by the Department of the Taoiseach, and also supports me in my role as a member of the Cabinet Committee on Brexit. Brexit features on the agenda of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The cost of public service pensions inclusive of lump sums in 2015 was €2.909 billion, as reported in 2015 Appropriation Account. The number of recipients was 154,681. For 2016, the estimated cost of public service pensions is €2.929 billion, with the estimated number of recipients at 161,876. My Department has published a figure of €98 billion as the estimated accrued...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: It is not proposed to provide further legislation for the Coast Guard. As the Deputy will know better than I will, given the enormously important role the Coast Guard fulfils in his county and constituency, the organisation has a very strong voluntary basis and ethos. We would have to take great care in legislating in the future for the organisation for fear of undermining that approach.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: This matter and policy area is being led by the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, and I will ask him to refer back to the Deputy. However, I would have hoped that in her question to me she might have acknowledged the fact that this country has resettled 500 refugees under the Irish refugee programme.This is also the same country and Government that since 2012 has invested more than...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: That report will be published early in the new year. This is a project in a very important area that is being led by the Minister of State, Deputy Murphy. He will publish the report then. It will be available to the entire House, and any action Government can take arising from the report which we are confident will make a difference to the rise in premia, to which the Deputy has referred,...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I call on the Minister for Social Protection to respond.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand the heads of the Bill will come to Cabinet soon. This will fulfil the budget announcement we made. The question of whether it needs preliminary legislative scrutiny, as adverted to by Deputy O'Reilly, is a matter for the Oireachtas and the Minister for Health to decide.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I believe it will be arriving in the next few weeks or in the next few months.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course, this is the type of service improvement that has been facilitated by the economic changes that Sinn Féin said would never happen.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: We will have to come back to Deputy Ellis on that, but we have already enacted the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill. That may have dealt with some of the matters to which Deputy Ellis is referring.