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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commencement of Legislation (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, Section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 provides that pay scales will be introduced for members of the judiciary. The intention of this provision is that those judges appointed after January 1 2012, and hence subject to reduced remuneration, may gradually achieve parity with their peers. This is consistent with measures applying...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As referred to in the Deputy's question, a detailed letter outlining serious concerns at the proposed new approach being taken by Eurostat to the balance sheet classification of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) was sent to the European Commission on the 3rd of May last. To date I have not received a response from the Commission to this letter. The Deputy will, however, wish to note...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Recruitment to the civil service is undertaken under the terms of the Public Service Management (Recruitment Appointments) Acts 2004-2014, and is subject to the Code of Practice set down by the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) and is open to audit by them if they see fit. Though Departments may obtain a recruitment licence from the CPSA and conduct their own recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Public service pensions which are affected by the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) are simply reduced in pay-out value, and as such there is no imposition of a levy, deduction or other stoppage for which a centralised collection system is required. However, based on available data sets and making reasonable projections as to future retirements and mortality rates, and factoring in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question the following table outlines the annual cost of advertising in my Department from March 2011 to February, 2016. Department of Public Expenditure and ReformMedia Advertising from 2011 to 2016 Year Name of Media Organisation used Purpose of Advertising Amount€ - - - - 2014 Emergency Services Ltd Procurement Advertisement in Emergency Services...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform I have overarching responsibility for the terms and conditions of public servants. However, specific policies relating to disciplinary procedures are dealt with by the appropriate responsible Minister in each of the sectors. Broadly speaking, in an employment context, there are two types of suspension. The first is often referred to as a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Information around the numbers of Full-Time Equivalents who are on continuous long-term sick leave across the Public Service is collected, where available, by my Department on an annual basis. Figures relating to long-term sick leave are not available in the Health Sector currently. Long-term sick leave for the purposes of these figures are defined as 'continuous sick leave of over 28...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Table 4 on page 31 of Expenditure Report 2016, published by my Department in October 2015, sets out the current expenditure ceilings across Government Departments for the three year period 2016 to 2018. Excluding the impact of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, the gross current expenditure ceilings increase by €0.4 billion in 2017 and €0.3 billion in 2018. These increases take...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Teachers' Remuneration (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue of addressing the difference in incremental salary scales between those public servants, including Teachers, who entered public service employment since 2011 and those who entered before that date was addressed with the relevant union interests under the provisions of the Haddington Road Agreement (HRA). Any further consideration of remuneration for any group of public servants,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policy Reviews (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Service Reform was a central element of the response to the challenges of recent years and remains an essential part of building for the future. Since the first Public Service Reform Plan was published in 2011, a comprehensive programme of reform has been implemented and this continues to be a key priority. This is important as the performance of the Public Service has major...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 567, 568, 570 and 572 together. The key focus of fiscal policy over the last number of years has been to reduce the General Government Deficit in line with the targets set under the Excessive Deficit Procedure. The management of public expenditure by Government Departments has played an important role in ensuring that these key fiscal targets have been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have overarching policy responsibility for workforce planning in the Civil Service, including recruitment. The initiation of a recruitment campaign for any particular civil service grade is determined by such factors as identified workforce planning requirements and the need to establish priorities for targeted recruitment into the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I strongly share the premise underlying the Deputy's question that getting our investment strategy right is very important to securing economic progress and social development. In the process leading up to the publication of the current capital plan: 'Building Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021' the previous Government sought to ensure that resources were focused...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have primary responsibility for the civil service. There have been 6,262 retirements from the civil service in the 5 year period from 2011 to 2015. The retirements are broken out by year in the following table. With civil service salaries averaging around €49,000over the period, it can be seen that these retirements gave rise to a gross...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I am engaging with my colleagues in the Cabinet Committee on Housing, which is meeting weekly, to facilitate the drawing up by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government of the Action Plan on Housing provided for in the Programme for Government. The committee is looking at a range of options to increase the supply of social and affordable housing and housing generally. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Public Service Reform was a key element of the response to the challenges of recent years and continues to be essential as part of building for the future. Significant progress has been made since the publication of the first Public Service Reform Plan in 2011, including in the area of reducing costs. This includes, for example, a very significant reduction in the Public Service pay bill...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The current annual rate of salary for members of Dáil Éireann is €87,258. Every €1,000 reduction applied to that rate would yield an annual saving of €158,000.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The current annual rate of salary for members of Seanad Éireann is €65,000. Every €1,000 reduction applied to that rate would yield an annual saving of €60,000.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Based on current salary rates, the total cost of the annual allowances payable to the following in respect of their positions as Officeholders is €1,892,591: Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Ministers (13), Ministers of State (18), Ceann Comhairle, Leas Cheann Comhairle, Cathaoirleach, Leas Chathaoirleach, Leader of the Seanad.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Remuneration (31 May 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Based on current salary rates, the annual total cost of the allowance payable to Ministers, including the Taoiseach and Tánaiste, in respect of those positions is €1,095,809. Every 1% reduction applied would yield an annual saving of €10,958.09.