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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Haddington Road Agreement, underpinned by the FEMPI 2013 Act, brought in pay cuts for public servants earning €65,000 and over. Under the Lansdowne Road Agreement (and the FEMPI Act 2015), pay restoration for those public servants on annualised remuneration up to €110,000 will be in two equal phases, with the first phase due to take place on 1 April 2017 and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2017 (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 and 371 together. In the context of preparing the Estimates for Budget 2017, officials in my Department would have engaged intensively with officials from other Government Departments, Offices and public bodies. Departmental officials would also have attended certain bilateral meetings where I met Ministers with responsibility for other...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I have in place in my Department in Government Accounting Unit robust and well-established arrangements for responding to the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General which have cross-public service implications. As the Deputy will be aware, when the Comptroller and Auditor General makes a recommendation relating to a Government Department or body under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (18 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The establishment of a Public Service Pay Commission to examine pay levels across the public service is a commitment in the confidence and supply agreement and in the Programme for Partnership Government.  In July, the Government agreed in principle to the establishment of a Public Service Pay Commission.  In line with this decision, my...

Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Absolutely.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (13 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 106 agus 107 le chéile. Tá seachtar ball foirne a bhfuil cumas feidhmeach acu obair na Roinne a dhéanamh sa Ghaeilge, coibhéiseach le tuairim 1% den fhoireann uile. Cé go bhfuil cuma ar an líon seo a bheith beag, is leor é le riachtanais na Roinne, nach mbíonn i dteagmháil dhíreach le...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí (13 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Mar is eol don Teachta Dála, sa bhliain 2014, cheadaigh an Rialtas cur chuige nua chun tacú le cumas Gaeilge sa státseirbhís. Faoin gcur chuige nua seo tá bearta chuireadh i bhfeidhm chun deireadh a chuir leis an bpolasaí maidir le marcanna bónais a bhronnadh as inniúlacht Ghaeilge in earcaíocht agus i gcomórtais d'arduithe céime sa...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (13 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In so far as the arrangements referred to in the Deputy's earlier question relate to a scheme operated by the United States' Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and accessible to Irish citizens under the U.S.'s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, by which monetary awards are available for tip-offs leading to successful enforcement actions by the SEC, it would be a matter for my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commission for Public Service Appointments (12 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) is an independent statutory body.  It is responsible for overseeing appointments to a wide range of positions in the Civil and Public Service.  In carrying out its oversight role, it audits recruitment processes and examines complaints from individuals unhappy with the conduct of an appointment...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Public pay constraint has been the cornerstone of our strategy to repair our public finances. Without such restraint, we would not now be in a position to provide additional funding to health, education and child care as we are now doing. Of course, I am aware of the demands that exist in the area of public pay. Public pay restoration, however, must be managed in a way that is affordable...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: These values underpin the reality of the substantial investment in public services which this Government has delivered in this budget. The improvements in our public services that this investment will make possible have the simple, basic and most important goal of endeavouring to make life better for all, but especially for our most vulnerable. Some on the Opposition benches claim that...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: For this reason, among others, there is an increased allocation to the new Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. In terms of capital funding in particular, the Department will see an increase of almost €50 million, or 41%. This will contribute towards our carbon reduction, energy efficiency and renewable energy targets through measures such as the renewable...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I am happy to announce there will be a new round of the sports capital programme in 2017 and the Ministers at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport will announce the details of the programme in due course. Defence I turn to defence. There are 498 Defence Forces personnel participating in 11 missions around the world and doing the country proud, including in vital search and rescue...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In framing the budget, my Government colleagues and I were conscious of this and of the need to ensure that the benefits of this recovery were felt by all. For this reason, as part of an overall package worth an additional €301 million, all weekly social welfare payments, including the carer's allowance, disability allowance and jobseeker's benefit and allowance, will rise by...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: These payments will rise in March, subject to the passage of the social welfare Bill.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In addition, I am pleased to announce the payment of an 85% Christmas bonus for social welfare recipients in 2016. Many of those in receipt of these payments were our most vulnerable citizens. We cannot have a just society if we leave them behind. There will also be improvements in other schemes, including farm assist, as well as 500 new places on the rural social scheme.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Further details will be announced by my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, today. Justice In the justice area, the safety and security of our citizens is fundamental. We have committed to increasing the number of gardaí in the force to 15,000. Today’s Estimates support this through an allocation of an additional €28 million for An Garda Síochána, as...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: We are here because my colleagues have rooted our approach within the framework of our agreed Government programme. We, of course, cannot implement all the measures in our supply and confidence agreement or the programme for Government in a single year or a single budget, but today represents a substantial beginning. Key spending areas for 2017 We are aware of the continued difficulty facing...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In making my first Estimates Statement to the Dáil, I am aware that my responsibility differs from that of my predecessor in his first year in office. In 2011, the then Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, was faced with announcing a very significant reduction in spending for 2012. Making decisions during this time of crisis was tough but toughest of all...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Labour Court Recommendations (11 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...