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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Is Senator Craughwell referring to the ruling of the UK Supreme Court?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: We have not really done so. Legal advice may have been sought and perhaps it may have been shared with the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. I am not aware of that, but I can check. Senator Craughwell is raising an issue relating to a British political decision being implemented by the British Government that will be overseen by the UK courts. The issue of legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The common theme of what Deputy Brendan Smith, Senator Mark Daly and Mr. Pat Doherty, MP, have said is that we need to be careful not to overestimate the knowledge that other European parliaments might have about Ireland. I could not agree more. Furthermore, I cannot see why we should think that they have a very high stock of knowledge in that regard. The Dutch parliament is preoccupied...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy O'Dowd and Senators Feighan and Black for their questions and comments. With regard to Deputy O'Dowd's comments about the potential nature or level of any tariffs, the discussion and negotiation has not commenced yet. If we look at how long it took to reach agreement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, negotiations, or the nature of the agreement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: That comment can be applied to all countries. People must know the difference between friends, interests and allies. Allies change but we are clear on where we stand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Superannuation Schemes (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Membership of the Revised Civil Service Spouses and Childrens' Superannuation Scheme has been compulsory for all new entrant Civil Servants since 1984. The benefits of the Revised scheme compared to the Original scheme are that post-retirement spouses are now encompassed by the scheme and post-retirement children, including those born outside of marraige who weren't...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Relations Contracts Data (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, the tables below outline the level of expenditure on photography, advertising, website development and interview training and development by my Department since it was established in 2011.  There has been no expenditure on communications advice and public relations during that period.  There is also information in relation to the Institute of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2017 (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The estimated carryover impact of certain Budget 2017 measures was published on Page 36 of Expenditure Report 2017 (Table 9) and amounted to approximately €½ billion at that time. This estimate will be updated as the relevant Budget measures are implemented. These carryover costs will need to be accommodated within the net fiscal space available for Budget 2018 to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (9 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to PQ 3273/17 on the 26th of January 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Data (8 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The referendums on 34thAmendment to the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015 and 35thAmendment to the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015 were held together on the 22 May, 2015. The final cost of the above referendums is €14.9m.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The memo to which the article refers contains more than a reference to me; it is from me. The memo lays out the spending review that the Government will be implementing across this year. This is the kind of spending review that is a normal part of how a government should do business, but it did not take place in the period leading up to the crisis or in the period during which the crisis...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Recycling Policy (7 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas have been actively involved in the OPW’sOptimising Power @ Workenergy conservation initiative for many years. Regular events are held to elevate energy awareness for Members and Staff in the Oireachtas. The Houses of the Oireachtas previously won the “Best Energy Team” at the OPW’s national awards. The Oireachtas is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (7 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 Staff Sick Leave (7 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: While I am responsible for the overall Public Service Sick Leave I cannot comment on individual cases or circumstances. The question of whether an illness is directly related to pregnancy and as such is "pregnancy-related" is one that must be answered by a medical doctor on a case-by-case basis. In case of doubt, it is recommended that a referral is made to an organisations...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (7 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is an independent, statutory body which provides professional recruitment and selection services to the civil and public service. The PAS advertised a recruitment competition for Clerical Positions in the Civil and Public Service in 2014 which attracted over 28,000 applications. Panels of qualified individuals were formed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (7 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963 does not prescribe a methodology for bodies to leave the public service transfer network (PSTN). It is a very rare occurrence that a body seeks to leave the PSTN and any cases have been dealt with on their individual merits. Officials in my Department are currently undertaking a comprehensive review of the PSTN and a revised list of members will be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (2 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 to 220, inclusive, together. As stated in my reply to question 729 on 17 January, all Independent Deputies bar one are in receipt of the Parliamentary Activities Allowance - this includes Ministers and Ministers of State elected to Dáil Éireann as Independent Members. I also stated in that reply that the annual rate of the allowance...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Feb 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question PQ Ref: 34061/16 on 09.11.2016.