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Estimates for Public Services 2023 (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I move the following Revised Estimates: Vote 1 — President’s Establishment (Revised Estimate) That a sum not exceeding €5,091,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2023, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary General to the President, for certain other expenses...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Virement of funding between subheads within a Vote is provided for in the Public Financial Procedures and is typically used to meet expenditure pressures in one subhead through savings in another, subject to the approval of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. There are five Votes within my Department, of which three required a virement for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Road Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery & Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall multi-annual capital expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial Vote Group as set out in the National Development Plan and Project Ireland 2040. My Department is also responsible for maintaining the national frameworks within which Departments must operate to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The NDP published in October 2021 provides a detailed and positive vision for Ireland out to 2030 delivering total public investment of €165 billion over the period 2021-2030 and establishes the Government’s over-arching investment framework and broad direction for investment priorities for this decade. The level of capital investment in public capital infrastructure provided...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The following rates are payable to members of Interview/Selection Boards in the Public Appointments Service. These rates have been in place since 1st July 2013. Retired Public Servants (on pension): Secretary General €377 Deputy Secretary €295 Assistant Secretary €200 Principal ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parental Leave (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Parental Leave Amendment Act 2019 is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Parental leave legislation allows parents to take unpaid leave from work to spend time looking after their children, of up to 26 weeks’ for each eligible child before their 12th birthday (or 16th birthday if their child has a disability or...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are no projects in my Department that are on hold due to capital funding pressures. Due to the nature of its role, my Department does not have responsibility for any major capital projects such as construction projects. The main purpose of the capital projects and associated investment undertaken by my Department is to support greater effectiveness and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Eircom Superannuation Scheme, which is a defined benefits pension scheme, makes provision for the granting of discretionary annual pension increases, subject to Ministerial approval. On 7 October 2022, Eir wrote to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications requesting Ministerial Consent for a 3% increase to pensions in payment and deferred pensions under the Scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sustainable Development Goals (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In Ireland, a whole-of-Government approach has been taken to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The work of my Department is associated with the following Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 9:Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation A renewed National Development Plan was published in October...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, Section 46 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 specifies that arrangements put in place by An Post to provide pensions for former civil servants transferring from the Department of Posts and Telegraphs must ensure that the conditions of such pension schemes are “not less favourable” than the conditions that applied immediately...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 361 and 362 together. The National Development Plan 2021 – 2030 (NDP) published in October 2021 provides a detailed and positive vision for Ireland over the next 10 years, and delivers total public investment of €165 billion over that period. As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. Management and delivery of individual investment projects and programmes within the allocations agreed under the NDP is a key responsibility of each Department and Minister. The National Development Plan 2021 – 2030 (NDP) published in October...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to the Deputy’s question regarding pension increases in relation to retired civil servants outstanding under the Building Momentum Agreement. As the Deputy may be aware, the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) operate the pension payroll for retired civil servants. The NSSO is working to deliver the pension increases for its customers and I can confirm that as of the March...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Dublin Airport Authority (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The 2014 Freedom of Information Act expanded the scope of FOI to cover nearly 500 state entities directly. Generally FOI applies by default to public bodies, that is those that were created by the State or have significant State involvement in their governance structures. In respect of bodies that operate in competitive marketplaces, the approach adopted since FOI first came into effect in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Circular 01/2020 enables the public sector to lead by example on climate action by internalising the cost of greenhouse gas emissions from air travel within public sector organisations, with the revenue raised from this being allocated to the Climate Action Fund administered by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications. This action is necessary because the cost...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In January 2020, I as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform introduced mandatory new procedures for all Departments and agencies for offsetting the emissions associated with official air travel. In line with these procedures each Government Department, Office and agency must record the CO2emissions associated with all official air travel, value these emissions based on the prevailing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am pleased to have this opportunity to inform the Deputy of a number of developments that enable public service bodies to expand their use of cloud to deliver services. Connecting Government 2030: A Digital and ICT Strategy for Ireland’s Public Servicerestated my Department’s guidance from the previous Public Service Cloud Computing Advice Notethat, subject to certain...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: My officials in the Office of Government Procurement have no governance role relating to the Health Service Executive’s (HSE’s) procurement activities. The tender in question and its timing are operational matters for the HSE as the contracting authority. The Office of Government Procurement is engaged by public bodies by submitting a formal Procurement Service Request (PSR),...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (21 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to the Deputy’s question regarding pension increases in relation to retired OPW workers outstanding under the Building Momentum Agreement. As the Deputy may be aware, the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) operate the pension payroll for retired OPW workers. The NSSO is working closely with the OPW to deliver the pension increases for its customers. Once the NSSO is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (9 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The European Union’s Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR), provides support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial and, environmental consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. €5.47 billion euro was allocated to the fund and Ireland’s allocation is €1.165 billion. The application for BAR funding must set out the negative impacts of...