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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 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, not just within the HSE but across the public service, all newly-appointed public servants became fully insured under the Social Insurance System (pay Class A PRSI).A public servant paying Class A PRSI will receive...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the rules of An Post Main Superannuation Scheme, pension increases may be granted subject to the authorisation of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications with the agreement of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. There have been four increases to pensions under the An Post Main Superannuation Scheme since 2008. These are detailed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the deputy may be aware, I have overall policy responsibility in relation to public service occupational pension schemes, including Additional Superannuation Contribution (ASC). The deputy has raised a concern in relation to the difference in ASC rates payable by an individual who is a member of a pre-existing public service pension scheme (pre-2013 scheme) versus an individual who is a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Former civil servants who transferred to An Post, the Irish Aviation Authority, Telecom Éireann, or Coillte on the respective vesting days of these organisations retain the right to appeal to the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform in the event of a pension-related dispute. In respect of pension benefits, the legislation that established these bodies typically...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Spending Code is the tool that the Government uses to appraise the costs and benefits of the capital investment decisions it faces. As part of my Department’s enhanced mandate around the delivery of the National Development Plan (NDP), I recently announced that the Public Spending Code will be replaced by a set of Infrastructure Guidelines. The NDP Review 2021 committed my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Climate Action Plan 2023 action commits to the development of a report on capacity within the public sector to deliver on climate action. This action is broken down into two separate steps. The first is to complete a review of capacity within the public sector to deliver climate action by the end of quarter 2 2023. The second is to consider any recommendations arising from the review with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Responsibility for the policy to which the Deputy’s question relates was transferred to the Minister for Finance with effect from 1 March 2023. This was done by way of the Standards in Public Office (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 (S.I. No.89 of 2023). Pending a further statutory instrument to reverse this position, the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In March this year, I informed Government of a package of significant actions aimed at enhancing project delivery for the NDP and announced that the Public Spending Code will be replaced by a set of Infrastructure Guidelines. This package represents a fresh approach to securing delivery as part of the Department's enhanced remit around the NDP. The actions include significant changes to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (27 Jun 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. The application for BAR funding must set out the negative impacts of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union and how the measures carried out under the Fund alleviate the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (27 Jun 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. Initially €5.47 billion was allocated to the reserve while Ireland’s initial allocation was €1.165 billion. Following agreement with the EU Commission to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty, all public service public bodies have a responsibility to promote equality, prevent discrimination and protect the human rights of their employees, customers and service users in accordance with Section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Act 2014. All public service organisations also have a responsibility to deliver quality...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service provides frontline and vital services around the country every day. It is also plays a critical role in supporting economic and social progress and due to its size, scale and level of investment in public services, it is an important source of employment and contributor to the wider economy. Achieving tangible reform outcomes remains a key priority of my Department....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service provides frontline and vital services around the country every day. It is also plays a critical role in supporting economic and social progress and due to its size, scale and level of investment in public services, it is an important source of employment and contributor to the wider economy. Achieving tangible reform outcomes remains a key priority of my Department....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Public procurement directives apply to all Member States within the European Union. EU Procurement Directive 2014/24/EU which concerns the procurement of goods, services and works has been transposed into Irish Law in the form of corresponding Regulations under SI No. 284 of 2016 which form the legal basis for the national rules governing public procurement. The aim of these regulations is to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262, 264, 267 and 268 together. 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 within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP) are key responsibilities of every Department and Minister....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government’s approach to public expenditure policy is set out in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy (MTES). The objectives of the MTES are twofold, to ensure that the level of core expenditure growth is sustainable long-term and that investment in expenditure protects and delivers improvements to public services. This framework must be responsive to the economic landscape and is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The process of unwinding the Financial Emergency (FEMPI) legislation commenced under the Lansdowne Road Agreement 2016-2018. The remainder of the process continued under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA) and the current public service agreement, Building Momentum. Each year, under the terms of the FEMPI Act 2013, I am obliged to carry out an annual review of the...