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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Absolutely. Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (22 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, I have overall policy responsibility in relation to public service occupational pension schemes payable to retired public servants. Since 6 April 1995, all newly-appointed public servants became fully insured under the Social Insurance System. They pay Class A PRSI, which would entitle them to Social Insurance Benefits such as, maternity benefit, illness benefit,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (22 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Year Bodies of the nature specified in the question Number of appointments of the nature specified in the question 2022 Data Governance Board 1 2021 National Shared Services Office Advisory Board 1 2021 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lobbying Reform (22 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there is currently one senior staff member in my Department on the board of a body that meets the criteria set out in the question. For the information of the Deputy, this person is on the board of a charity. With the exception of the Office of Public Works (OPW), there are currently no senior staff members in the bodies under the aegis of my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (22 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy for my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement, is set out in the tables below. Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform - Grade* Number Percentage 2022 Above Principal Officer 2 0.4% ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (21 Feb 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 which were created by the state or have significant state involvement in their governance structures. Where a body is subject to FOI in its own right, this brings with it significant additional obligations beyond just...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Sign Language (21 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department is committed to providing accessible communications to all members of society. As such, the communications team in my Department are including the Irish Sign Language Act 2017in their communications planning. My Department is currently undertaking a stakeholder mapping exercise and will be engaging with internal and external stakeholders to support the drafting of a new...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (21 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In 2021, my predecessor, Minister McGrath, informed Government of his intention to commission an independent review of the distribution of National Lottery related funding to Good Causes. After a competitive process, Indecon Consultants were appointed to carry out the review. The essential purpose of the review is to reinforce the sustainability of the National Lottery as a source of funding...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (21 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy for my Department, the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) which is part of my Department, and the bodies under its aegis for the periods specified is set out in the tables below. The Public Appointments Service (PAS) have advised the Department that due to the nature of its role, gathering the information required by the Deputy will be a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (21 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are currently 12 staff working in communications roles in my Department: 1 Principal Officer; 1 Press and Information Officer; 3 Assistant Principals; 2 Higher Executive Officers; 1 Administrative Officer; 3 Executive Officers; 1 Clerical Officer. The salary costs of staff in communications roles in my Department in 2022 was €613,895. The costs...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department previously provided grant funding to Benefacts between the period 2015-2022. The project was funded as a pathfinder initiative in the area of data analytics on the non-profit sector. Benefacts was initially co-funded with philanthropy, however, in recent years the Department had been providing the majority of funding to the entity. In 2019, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia’s armed forces, Ireland has welcomed over 68,000 Ukrainian people who have fled the war in their country. The Government has provided key humanitarian supports for people arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. These supports have ranged from the provision of accommodation, social protection supports, education and supports for community response. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Cases (21 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that no discrimination cases were taken and won against my Department over the past ten years.

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I will make my point as briefly as I can. I have heard the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister, Deputy Ryan, describe the forces that at the moment are changing our world, changing Europe and Ireland and changing the lives of the tens of thousands of people who have come to our country. Sometimes, when I try to interpret what that change means, it is those glimpses that I see in...

Estimates for Public Services 2023 (15 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I move the following Revised Estimates and Further Revised Estimates: Vote 12 — Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised Estimate) That a sum not exceeding €306,765,000 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 pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (15 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Riverine Project is funded under the Shared Spaces and Services theme of the PEACE IV programme, the project is intended to create a shared community space between Lifford in County Donegal and Strabane in County Tyrone. A footbridge across the River Foyle would connect a community building and recreational parkland in Lifford with parkland in Strabane. The project was issued with a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (15 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, it was agreed under a Vhi policy introduced in 2009 that increases in pensions and preserved pensions granted would be based on the level of increases in the consumer price index (“CPI”) up to a maximum of 2%. These increases may be granted at the discretion of the company, and are subject to approval of the Minister for Health with the concurrence of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Education and Training Boards (14 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201, 210, 211 and 214 together. The terms and conditions of Adult Education Tutors employed by Education and Training Boards are a matter in the first instance for both the Department of Education and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. The particular matters raised in the proposals are complex and raise...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (14 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that no compensation schemes or redress schemes have been put in place by my Department since its establishment in 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Care of the Elderly (14 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has no plans at this point to establish an ombudsman for older persons. However, it would fall to the relevant Minister with responsibility for policy regarding older persons to consider and to bring forward such a proposal. I would also like to highlight to the Deputy that older persons are entitled to use the services of all existing Ombudsman offices for any complaint...