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Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The suggestion has been made here this evening that I am in some way making light of what has happened or am in some way looking to dismiss it or to be evasive in relation to it.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Far from it, a Cheann Comhairle. I recognise the seriousness of what has happened here. I have offered my apology for what has happened and my explanation.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: There are many, many issues of detail that are for SIPO to form an evaluation on. It is to them that I am accountable in relation to it, in relation to this electoral Act.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am emphasising my recognition of what has happened here and reiterating my apology for it. But there is a whole set of very, very detailed questions that have been put to me by Deputies this evening about events that happened a number of years ago the answers to which I have put forward in my submission to SIPO.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I have laid out-----

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: -----how many hours the activity happened for. I have laid out the cost we have inferred to it. I have laid out very, very clearly the money I understand was made available to those individuals. It is all laid out in my response.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In terms of dealing with this issue as we move forward, I want to make clear that a recusal is now under way. I will be answering questions in the House tomorrow on behalf of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The recusal with regard to the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, will be taking effect shortly.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for the opportunity to address Dáil Éireann and clarify matters pertaining to the 2016 election campaign. In that campaign, the Fine Gael organisation in Dublin Central was offered assistance with my re-election campaign, erecting and removing posters. This assistance was understood by me to be on a voluntary basis. It was provided across four dates...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that with regard to my Department, all sections of the relevant Acts passed in the past ten years have been commenced.  The information requested regarding the Acts with provisions for review and the details of the reviews to date is set out in the table below. Title of Act Review period(s) Protected Disclosures (Amendment)...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the allowances payable to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are managed and administered by the Houses of the Oireachtas Service. As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I am the regulatory authority for some allowances as well as the general expenses scheme.  Proposals to amend or reform the allowances available to members must be made, in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Targets (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department’s ongoing work on SDG budgeting is being informed by the recently published working paper, 'Well-being and Public Policy: Utilising a well-being perspective to inform the budgetary process', which is available to download from the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) website (www.gov.ie/en/collection/a3f0b-igees-publications/#well-bei ng). Over...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy may be aware that in relation to recruitment the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) operates under a delegated sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). This delegated sanction provides the C&AG with scope to manage recruitment up to and including Principal Officer Standard. For posts at Principal Officer Higher and above, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: PAS utilises recognised standard education comparability frameworks to convert qualifications from non-Irish education institutions into their Irish equivalent, for example, NARIC   By doing this we are able to understand if the qualification matches or exceeds the eligibility criteria as set out as part of a PAS competition.  Only qualifications that are stated as...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: PAS do not currently compile statistics on recruitment levels of non-Irish nationals in the public service. While PAS undertake a significant amount of civil service recruitment and, less so, public sector, they do not do all the recruitment for this sector. Candidates do set up a profile on Publicjobs.ie when searching or applying for any number of roles advertised. At this point they...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: PAS utilises recognised standard education comparability frameworks to convert qualifications from non-Irish education institutions into their Irish equivalent, for example NARIC.  By doing this PAS is able to understand if the qualification matches the eligibility criteria as set out as part of a PAS competition.  PAS is satisfied that it has processes in place to assess whether...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that the person in question was not appointed to any State Board, commission or other such body by my Department since the Department was established in 2011 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: There are two Ministers of State appointed to my Department: - Deputy Ossian Smyth is Minister of State with responsibility for Public Procurement and eGovernment; and - Deputy Patrick O’Donovan is Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works. Each of the two Ministers of State also has responsibilities at another Department. With regard to my own Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In response to the Deputy's question, no costs were incurred providing media training to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform since 1 January 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for giving me the opportunity to address the review of the Freedom of Information Act. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the work that has already been put in to this project by Minister McGrath.  Under his guidance, an update setting out the current position in the review was brought to Government, and subsequently issued to stakeholders and published late last...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have overarching responsibility for public service pension increase policy. For this group of retirees, pension increase policy is agreed until the end of this year, as part of the extension to the Building Momentum Agreement enacted in 2022. I also hold an approval role for certain pension schemes in the wider...