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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social Partnership Meetings (5 Jul 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 397 and 398 together. The recently concluded National Economic Dialogue Conference which took place in Dublin Castle on the 27th and 28th June last was the second year of this event. This event provides a valuable forum with very significant Government participation for all interested parties on economic and wider issues and is open to all...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (30 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: During the period 2011 to 2015 North/South projects received EU funding under the PEACE III and INTERREG IVA Programmes. Both Programmes are managed by the Special European Union Programmes Body (SEUPB), a North/South Body co-sponsored by the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform in Ireland and the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland. The objective of the PEACE III...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (28 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As provided for under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2015, a significant phased amelioration of the cuts to public service pensions imposed by the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) is now under way. On 1 January 2016, the first phase of this amelioration took place by way of increases in the exemption thresholds for PSPR...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (28 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will recall that at the time of the Expenditure Statement in October 2014 an end to the Moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the public service was announced, to be replaced with new delegated management arrangements to be phased in during 2015 and 2016. These arrangements, which now apply to most Government departments give public service managers the means to respond to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I believe the legislative provision referred to in the question by the Deputy relates to Section 2B (inserted by section 2 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013) of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009. This provision was repealed under section 86(3) of the Workplace Relations Act 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (28 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Expenditure Statement in October 2014 announced an end to the Moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the public service, to be replaced with new delegated management arrangements to be phased in during 2015 and 2016. These arrangements, which now apply to most Government departments give public service managers the means to respond to service needs arising through...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (28 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The issues referred to in the Deputy's question concern Community and Employment Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors who are 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. In this regard the position has been that it is not possible...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (28 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour sets out the standards required of civil servants in carrying out their work and applies to all civil servants. These standards of behaviour and values support a high quality public service, based on high levels of personal performance and responsibility. The standards which underpin the general ethos of the Civil Service also include...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Expenses (28 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department does not normally collect information on overall figures for travel in the Public Service. However, if the Deputy wishes to consult the response given to PQ 26628/15, this sets out the most recent estimated figures on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Correspondence (28 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I can confirm that correspondence has been received from this company.  Having reviewed the issues raised, I am satisfied that the Office of Government Procurement ("OGP")  tender process was robust, transparent and open and that it acted in line with Circular 10/14 Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement (April 2014) and the appropriate Directives and Regulations....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (28 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, transfers for Clerical Officer and Staff Officer grades, which are represented by the Civil Public & Services Union, can be arranged in accordance with formal procedures which were agreed with the Staff Side at General Council under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for the Civil Service. Agreements were reached for Clerical...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Promotions (28 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, in general, promotion within the Irish Civil Service takes place by way of; - competitions confined to particular Departments (Internal promotion) or - from competitions open to candidates from all Departments (Interdepartmental promotion) or - from open competitions to all qualifying candidates including members of the public Candidates who are successful...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: On Friday morning, I received a text at approximately 4.45 a.m with the result. I got up when I received the information, but I was not surprised, given the results that had been coming in the previous night. Like many other people who are interested in the matter, I watched the news and then daily life had to begin. I walked into my son's room to get him ready for a day in school. As I...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: No; it has campaigned against the European Union. I have been in this Chamber and heard Sinn Féin Deputies describe the European Union in terms which would of course cause doubts, and I accept their democratic right to do so. However, we should not be surprised, after decades of comments on this project in what were at times exceptionally negative terms, that that would have...

Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy should not get carried away.

Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (23 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The publication of the summer economic statement represents a very significant step in laying out the Government's medium-term strategy for sustaining economic growth, securing sensible and responsible budgetary policies and using the proceeds of both to continue to build services for all. Published a little over six weeks after the Government took up office, the summer economic statement...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Allowances (23 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Outcome of the Review of Public Sector Allowances was published by this Department on 18 September 2012. (The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was established in July 2011.) The Delegates (and Chairpersons) Allowance (payable to officials who travel outside of Ireland and the UK to represent Ireland at meetings of the EU or other international organisations, or who...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (23 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue of addressing the difference in incremental salary scales between those public servants, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (23 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 108 on 9 June 2016. In June 2015, Government approved proposals for a significant amelioration of pension reductions which had been applied under the financial emergency (FEMPI) legislation to all public service pensions above specified thresholds. This amelioration of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR), which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (23 Jun 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is keen to explore to scope for including social clauses in public contracts where they are suited to the objective of the contract and would have the greatest impact. In this context, the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) is examining social clauses with a view to assessing where they can be deployed to contribute to employment or training opportunities for...