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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 have to come back to the Deputy on that point. I accept it is an important matter. However, I will have to dig into it further and come back to her with the material relating to it. I am, of course, very happy to take her question and get back to her on it. That is separate to the SPU, which is why I cannot give her an answer this evening. However, I accept it is an important...

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 Deputy for her questions. The Government has put in place an analysis of the impact of the different measures we have brought in and what they mean for disposable income. We have not been able to do that on a geographical basis. Instead, we have done it on income level. Very broadly, those who have the least have benefited the most because they need the most support. Just...

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 cannot add to that.

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

Paschal Donohoe: We have made a decision to support the residency of those who come to our country fleeing a war. Having visited a number of centres in which these poor people are arriving in our country at the moment, I can assure the Deputy of our commitment to continue to do our best by them. The principle of the stability programme update, however, is that it is done on a no-policy-change basis, and we...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (25 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not engaged the services or awarded any contracts to the organisation in question during the period specified. More generally, the Deputy may wish to note thatmy Department publishes on a regular basis a schedule which lists the details of the consultancy fees, professional fees, legal fees and advisory fees paid since the Department was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department made one payment to one of the organisations that is a member of the Environmental Pillar during the period specified. My Department made a payment of €400 to VOICE (Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment) for their services in respect of a recycling workshop held in 2021. With the exception of the Office of Public Works (OPW), no payments have been made by the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Industry (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are no staff of the nature specified in this question employed by my Department. With the exception of the Office of Public Works (OPW), this is also the case for the bodies under the aegis of my Department. The information with regard to the OPW is set out in the table below. Professional Detail Number of Staff ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy thatmy Department publishes on a regular basis a schedule which details its consultancy fees, professional fees, legal fees and advisory fees by year. The information for 2022 can be accessed at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/8b97d6-consultancy-co sts/ With the exception of the Office of Public Work (OPW), the information requested by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In commencing the procurement reform programme in 2013, the Government decided that the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) be established initially as a Division within my Department, with an intention to establish it thereafter on a statutory basis. In progressing legislation to establish a body on a statutory basis, there are a number of factors that I must assess including...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Government Procurement published a new Information Note on Apprenticeships and Public Procurement on 18 April 2023 which can be accessed via the below link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/8b008-apprenticeships-and-public-p rocurement/ This information note, developed in collaboration with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, provides...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (20 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) represents the tools that a public body must use to procure and manage the external resources necessary to deliver a public works project that is to be delivered under the Exchequer-funded element of the National Development Plan. It consists of a suite of best practice guidance, standard contracts, generic template documents and procedures that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (19 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Across the EU, the European Commission classifies regions as either being a “Less Developed Region”, a "Region in Transition” or a “More Developed Region”, based on their GDP per head of population relative to the EU27 Average. The Northern and Western Region is classified as a “Region in Transition”, and the other two regions in Ireland, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (19 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: NUTs is a classification system created by Eurostat to define territorial units of regional statistics across the European Union. For the 2014-2020 round, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) allocations were based on two "NUTS 2" regions in Ireland, the Border Midlands and Western region, and the Southern and Eastern region, both of which had a corresponding Regional Assembly. These...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 429 and 430 together. Details of the environmental impact assessments carried out by the OPW can be found on the floodinfo.ie website. The scheme has been submitted to my Department seeking consent for these works under the provisions of the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 to 1995 as amended. An initial round of public consultation was held beginning on the 1st...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that one member of staff of my Department is assigned to the post of Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Attaché in the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels. The role of the Attaché is to represent and promote Ireland’s interests in the policy areas under the remit of the...

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

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) that recruitment to the civil service and a range of other public bodies operates under the provisions of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Acts, 2004 to 2013. PAS operates under licence from the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) and is independent in its operations. In carrying out its...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Following the outcome of Judicial Review proceedings regarding the consenting of the River Bride Flood Relief Scheme, my Department sought supplementary information from the Office of Public Works in February 2022. The OPW submitted supplementary information to my Department in October 2022. A copy of this information can be found on the scheme website at floodinfo.ie. It is my intention...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that, following discussions between my officials and those of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum, which was established by the previous Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation and created to support the government in driving the digitalisation of enterprise across Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the report of Cruinniú GovTech 2019 represents the views of those who attended that Cruinniú.Since then my colleague, the previous Minister for Public Expenditure National Development Plan Delivery and Reform established the Data Governance Board, under the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019.  The Board leads on setting and overseeing best...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that, following discussions between my officials and those of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum will act in an advisory capacity in relation GovTech development in addition to its existing work.  The Forum, which was established by the previous Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and...