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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The assessment of a tenderer's financial and economic standing is a key part of any procurement process. Establishing the appropriate suitability criteria that are relevant and appropriate to a particular contract is, of course, a matter for the contracting authority concerned. This is because the contracting authority is in the best position to gauge the appropriate levels of financial...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 to 2018 underpinned by the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act (FEMPI) 2015 made provision for the following measures: Pension Related Deduction (PRD):Exemption threshold changes as follows: - 2015 increase from €15,000 p.a. to €17,500 p.a. - 1 January 2016 increase from €17,500 p.a.to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Functions (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I am interpreting this question as referring to a Delegation of Ministerial Functions Order which is provided for under section 2 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977. This provides for the delegation to a Minister of State assigned to the Department of State of which the Minister of the Government has charge statutory powers and duties of such Minister of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Single Public Service Pension Scheme ("Single Scheme") commenced with effect from 1 January 2013. It applies to almost all public servants recruited from that date and provides, inter alia, for a maximum retirement age of 70 for all members. On that basis, any member of the Single Scheme must retire on reaching the age of 70. I understand that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The mechanism by which Members of the Government and Ministers of State will waive the amounts due under the pay restoration provisions of the Lansdowne Road Agreement and the FEMPI Act 2015 is through Section 483 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. This section applies to a gift of money made and accepted by the Minister for Finance for use by the Minister for any purpose for or...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ombudsman for Children Remit (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The direct provision system is under the remit of my colleague, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality. I understand that earlier this year Minister Fitzgerald committed, in principle, to amending legislation to allow the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children to deal with issues relating to direct provision. It is not yet clear what...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Revised Spouses' and Children's Scheme was introduced, in agreement with staff interests, via Circular 16/1984 on 1 September 1984. The major revisions related to eligible beneficiaries and refunds of contributions. The Revised scheme now caters for post-retirement marriages and children which was not the case in the Original scheme. Additionally, children born out of wedlock and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: For members of the Revised Spouses' and Children's Scheme i.e. anyone appointed on or after 1 September 1984 or those appointed before that date who opted to join the scheme, dependent children are entitled to receive a pension in respect of their parent's civil service pension irrespective of the marital status of their parent. Dependent children must be under 16 years of age or under...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Management (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Civil Service Grievance Procedure is a process that seeks to deal in a fair and impartial way with the complaints of individual staff members. All staff members have a right to raise a grievance in accordance with the procedures for dealing with grievances. These are set out in Circular 11/2001 which can be found here: .

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (25 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) 2013 Act provided for a "grace period" by which the retired counterparts of public servants in grades affected by the 2013 pay cuts already receive pensions unaffected by those pay cuts. This means that persons retiring since 1 July 2013 from grades affected by the pay cuts on that date were awarded, and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Funding (20 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue of pension entitlements for Community Employment Scheme Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors was the subject of a Labour Court recommendation in 2008. The position is that although the employing bodies concerned are mainly funded by public expenditure programmes, the State does not have any role as an employer in this sector and the employees of such bodies are not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (20 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 161 together. Overtime generally relates to the compensation for extra attendance beyond normal working hours but the term is not defined in the Haddington Road Agreement.However, Sections 2.13 to 2.15 of the Haddington Road Agreement cover the revised arrangements in relation to overtime. Under the terms of the Agreement there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Relations Contracts Data (20 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, my Department has not engaged any outside public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating government policy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table :- Year Gross Voted Capital Expenditure €,000 Capital as a % of GDP 2000 3,930,452 3.6% 2001 4,975,673 4.1% 2002 5,583,873 4.1% 2003 5,360,805 3.7% 2004 5,204,177 3.3% 2005 5,882,879 3.5% 2006 6,661,045 3.6% 2007 7,819,137 4.0% 2008 9,011,084 4.8% 2009 7,332,611 4.3% 2010 6,384,671 3.8% 2011...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2017 (20 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As set out on page 36 of the Expenditure Report 2017, there is an estimated carryover impact into 2018 of approximately €½ billion arising from certain of the increases in Departmental expenditure included in the Budget Estimates for 2017. These estimates will be updated as the details in relation to implementation of Budget measures are further developed. The spending review,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Grades (20 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe:  The matter in question relates to issues concerning incremental credit in respect of the starting salaries of Veterinary Inspectors and Research Officers recruited from open competition and who were appointed after 23 December 2010 at the first point of their incremental salary pay scale. It is the position that the  matter will be...

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: No provision was made in budget 2017 for additional pay restoration to public servants, beyond the commitments already entered into under the Lansdowne Road agreement. Budget 2017 allocated €290 million for the implementation of the agreement. An additional €10 million was allocated to the Department of Education and Skills for the implementation of a revised salary scale for...

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course I recognise the right of any trade union to form a view on these matters and vote accordingly on any proposal that is put in front of members. However, in the Deputy's analysis she makes no reference to all of those unions that are inside the Lansdowne Road agreement. What about the 20 plus unions that are on side and the more than 250,000 civil and public servants they represent?...

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy has no interest in asking about that.

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Paul Murphy said in the House earlier that it is the right thing that strike action should take place.