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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (16 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 135, reference number 33951/16, on 9.11.2016.

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2016: Motion (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:That, notwithstanding Standing Order 182(1) or (2) of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business or the Resolution of the Dáil of 7th July, 2016, the following Further Revised Estimates for the Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2016, be presented to the Dáil and circulated to members on 15th November, 2016, being a date later...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Intestate Estates (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The following amounts have transferred to the State in respect of persons who have died intestate without next of kin in each of the past three years: - 2013 - €763,830 - 2014 - €1,403,733 - 2015 - €326,233 Where next of kin come forward, the State is no longer entitled to the estate and the entitlement to the benefit of the estate it is passed to the next of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Superannuation Schemes (15 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.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Statute Law Revision Programme (15 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 understandable and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question Ref: 33868/16 on the 8th of November 2016 which sets out the position on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Expenditure (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: There was no Referendum in 2000. The approximate costings for all referendums since 2001 are set out in the table below with the exception of those held in 2004 and 2011*. The referendums in those years were not taken on their own but were combined and accounted for with European and Local Elections in 2004 and with a Presidential and by-election in 2011. It is not, therefore, possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 422 and 423 together. The approximate costings for all by-elections since 2010 are set out in the table below. Four of the by-elections were held on the same day as another Election or Referendum and therefore the by-election costs reflect savings from a sharing of people and facilities (these are marked with an asterisk in the table) i.e. the Dublin West...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The approximate cost of the General Election 2016 is €26.8m. This figure relates mainly to Returning Officer costs for the conduct of the poll and count, reimbursement of candidate expenses and also postal expenditure for the delivery of candidate election material and polling cards.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Measures (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 and 427 together. As the Deputy has indicated, additional expenditure of €310 million was included for 2016 in the Expenditure Report 2017published on Budget day. This amount reflects an additional €200 million of capital funding for necessary repair work to transport infrastructure arising from flood damage at the start of the year and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (15 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that agreement has now been reached between my officials and their Northern Ireland counterparts on the terms of Letters of Offer to programme beneficiaries for the PEACE IV and INTERREG VA programmes. My objective has always been to Brexit-proof Letters of Offer to the greatest extent possible and to give programme beneficiaries assurance as to the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (10 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 8 November 2016 which sets out the position on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (10 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 5 July 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (9 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the last open and interdepartmental standard Assistant Principal Officer competitions were held in June 2015 and is currently being used to fill existing vacancies at Assistant Principal Officer level in the Civil Service. Such panels usually last for a period of between eighteen months to two years. A competition for Human...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (9 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The appointment of the Chief Executive is a matter for the Board of Horse Racing Ireland under the relevant legislation.  The Board of Horse Racing Ireland formally reappointed the Chief Executive Officer on the 21st of July on terms and conditions approved by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and I, as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation (9 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, which implements the terms of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, partially unwind the pay reductions imposed on public servants, and are prudent and sustainable in the fiscal space currently available to Government. The estimated overall gross cost of these pay measures (inclusive of the previously committed costs...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Establishment (9 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has established the Public Service Pay Commission which held its first meeting yesterday and is now up and running.  The Commission will be advisory in nature and provide an initial report in the second quarter of 2017.  For its initial report, the Commission has been asked to provide input on how the unwinding of the Financial Emergency Measures in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Records (9 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: While contingent assets are provided for in international accounting standards, they only apply to entities that use the accruals basis of accounting.  The Vote for my Department and the other Votes within the Public Expenditure and Reform Vote group are accounted for in the annual Appropriation Accounts on a cash basis in accordance with the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act,...

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: -----must respond.

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand fully the nature of those needs. The way the Government and the Dáil can respond better to them is by having an agreement that respects those in our public services and those who depend on such services. We can also respond by maintaining that agreement. It is ill served by the rhetoric and inconsistency that we have heard from the Sinn Féin Party this evening.