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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (27 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 218 together. Whilst travel for official duties is an integral part of the functions carried out by many civil and public servants, opportunities for online meetings should always be considered prior to any travel being undertaken. If travel is essential, public servants should always strive to use public transport in the first instance. The motor...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (27 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Whilst travel for official duties is an integral part of the functions carried out by many civil and public servants, opportunities for online meetings should always be considered prior to any travel being undertaken. If travel is essential, public servants should always strive to use public transport in the first instance. Where an officer uses their own bicycle for official travel,...

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

Paschal Donohoe: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the review and extension to the public service pay agreement Building Momentum that was brokered by the Workplace Relations Commission last August. The following pay adjustments were scheduled to apply during Building Momentum – A New Public Service Agreement 2021 – 2022:A general round increase in annualised basic salary for all public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (27 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I and my Department are responsible for the civil service pension schemes, which cover members of established and unestablished civil service and State industrial schemes. The authorities responsible for the administration of the large number of pension schemes operating in the various sectors of the public service are, in general, the relevant employers and Ministers in those sectors. It...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (27 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Cohesion policy is the European Union strategy to promote and support the overall harmonious development of Member States and regions by strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion, through measures aimed at reducing disparities in the level of development between regions. The European Regional Development Programmes (ERDF) form part of those measures. In the development of the...

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

Paschal Donohoe: In 2021, my colleague, Simon Harris T.D., the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, published the Action Plan for Apprenticeships 2021-2025 with a suite of over 60 actions to drive the uptake of apprenticeships in the State. The Office of Government Procurement, an office in my Department, published the information note on Apprenticeships and Public...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) encapsulates all aspects of public works delivery from inception through to completion and review. It does this by means of a comprehensive suite of guidance, including best practice project management, cost control, design development as well as providing a suite of template tender documents and contracts. It was developed in 2007 in response...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (27 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Cohesion policy is the EU strategy to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion of Member States, through measures to reduce disparities in the level of development between regions. There was extensive engagement with the Northern Western Regional Assembly (NWRA) in the development of the 2021-2027 programme. My predecessor appointed the NWRA as the Managing Authority of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Period Poverty (27 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Period poverty is a priority for this Government, which has supported the roll-out of period dignity measures in Budgets 2022 and 2023. The Department of Health also chairs an inter-Departmental Period Poverty Implementation Group with representation from most Government Departments, to co-ordinate implementation of period dignity measures across Government. The funding of period poverty...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (27 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no contracts in place with the organisation in question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) came into effect on 1 January 2011 via the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2010 and was significantly extended via the FEMPI Act 2013. PSPR was applied in a progressive manner, operating by way of percentage reduction to pensions above specified exemption thresholds, with larger reductions imposed on relatively higher...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Cathaoirleach, and I welcome the opportunity to be here this evening. The Minister, Deputy McGrath, has already acknowledged the importance of the SPU in our annual budgetary cycle. From an expenditure perspective, it allows us to take stock of the significant and continued investment in our day-to-day public services and infrastructure, and outlines, on a no policy change...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The aftermath of the pandemic, the impact of the war in Ukraine, supply chain challenges and rising price pressures have all had such an impact on our public services, our households, our people and our businesses. We very much recognise these challenges and the Government has responded. Non-core spending allowed the Government to put in place measures towards mitigating these challenges....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: That is correct.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: That was done because, in conjunction with the Minister for Finance, we made the decision to move off the 5% expenditure rule for 2023 in recognition of the exceptional pressures we were facing and because the financing of the social welfare package, in particular, comes out of core expenditure rather than non-core expenditure. That led to the change in the level of planned expenditure for...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I will get that information for the Deputy in one moment and I will be able to give him the breakdown of the €700 million. Of course, the 7.4% to which he referred earlier is our planned expenditure growth for 2023 versus the outturn for-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: It is just worth emphasising that the planned core expenditure growth for the year is 5.9% so, looking at the figures we announced on budget day, it was planned growth of 5.9%. It is important to say that because it puts into context the scope of change versus the expenditure rule we had before the decision was made.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Ministers for Finance, and Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (26 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: To answer the Deputy's question about the €700 million, it is €500 million in Covid, mainly health, supports and €200 million for the national recovery and resilience plan, NRRP. There is no provision in it, obviously, for Ukraine, and the reason for that is that those non-core reserves were set before the outbreak of the war.