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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Funding for An Bord Pleanála, local authorities and the Office of the Planning Regulator is in the first instance a matter for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Funding for all Government Departments and State Bodies will be considered in the context of the 2024 Estimates process.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: A 5% growth rate for core expenditure was set out in the Summer Economic Statement 2021 as part of our medium term expenditure strategy. This strategy aims to align core voted expenditure growth with the trend growth rate of the economy as measured by GNI*. This seeks to ensure a level of public spending that is sustainable, allowing us to provide consistent investment in delivering public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The level of employment in Ireland reached over 2 and a half million people in 2022. This strong employment has resulted in tightness in the labour market, and skills shortages for some sectors, which creates challenges for all employers, including the civil service and wider public service. It is worth noting that despite tight labour market conditions, staff numbers in the public service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Freedom of Information legislation provides for a right of access to records held by public bodies. However, it also recognises that there are types of records and information the release of which may harm important rights and interests of third parties or the body itself, such as the protection afforded to individuals' personal information. The legislation sets out exemptions from...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (11 May 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 demonstrate how the measures carried out under the Fund...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cost of Living Issues (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Public expenditure management and achieving value for money, within agreed Ceilings voted by Dáil Éireann, is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister. Each Accounting Officer is responsible for: the safeguarding of public funds and property under his or her control with systems of internal control in place;ensuring that Department of Public Expenditure, National...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I have responsibility for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. Management and delivery of individual investment projects within the allocations agreed under the NDP is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister. In 2023, over €12 billion will be made available from the Exchequer for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform has responsibility 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) is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister. Expenditure is therefore allocated on a Departmental basis...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 143 and 144 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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 141 together. My Department's mission is to serve the public interest through sound governance of public expenditure and by leading and enabling reform across the Civil and Public Service. Since its establishment my Department has led on and introduced a range of reforms including:expenditure reforms and innovations in policy-making to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The process of unwinding the Financial Emergency (FEMPI) legislation commenced under the Lansdowne Road Agreement 2016-2018, with the remainder of the process continuing under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA) and ‘Building Momentum: A New Public Service Agreement, 2021-2022’. Each year, under the terms of the FEMPI Act 2013, I am obliged to carry out an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery & Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall multi-annual capital expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial Vote Group as set out in the National Development Plan and Project Ireland 2040, of which road and rail projects will play a vital role. My department liaises on a ongoing basis with the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Summer Economic Statement 2021 set out a fiscal framework which allows us to meet the key objectives set out in the Programme for Government: investing in our economy and society to deliver improvements in infrastructure and public services, while reducing the deficit in order to underpin the sustainability of the public finances as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. For core...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Staff numbers in the public service have grown considerably over the last number of years. Between 2015 and 2021, the estimated numbers in full-time equivalent terms increased from about 302,000 to 366,000, an increase of 64,000 or over one-fifth. In terms of public service staff numbers across the wider public service, forecast numbers in 2023 are almost 393,000 in full time equivalent...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (11 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In 2021 Simon Harris T.D., as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, published the Action Plan for Apprenticeships 2021-2025. The Office of Government Procurement, an office in my Department, published an information note on Apprenticeships and Public Procurement on 18 April 2023 in line with Action 6.4 of the Action Plan to deliver guidance on the...