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Estimates for Public Services 2023 (15 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I move the following Revised Estimates and Further Revised Estimates: Vote 12 — Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised Estimate) That a sum not exceeding €306,765,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2023, for pensions, superannuation, occupational injuries, and additional and other...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (15 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Riverine Project is funded under the Shared Spaces and Services theme of the PEACE IV programme, the project is intended to create a shared community space between Lifford in County Donegal and Strabane in County Tyrone. A footbridge across the River Foyle would connect a community building and recreational parkland in Lifford with parkland in Strabane. The project was issued with a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (15 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, it was agreed under a Vhi policy introduced in 2009 that increases in pensions and preserved pensions granted would be based on the level of increases in the consumer price index (“CPI”) up to a maximum of 2%. These increases may be granted at the discretion of the company, and are subject to approval of the Minister for Health with the concurrence of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Education and Training Boards (14 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201, 210, 211 and 214 together. The terms and conditions of Adult Education Tutors employed by Education and Training Boards are a matter in the first instance for both the Department of Education and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. The particular matters raised in the proposals are complex and raise...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (14 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that no compensation schemes or redress schemes have been put in place by my Department since its establishment in 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Care of the Elderly (14 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has no plans at this point to establish an ombudsman for older persons. However, it would fall to the relevant Minister with responsibility for policy regarding older persons to consider and to bring forward such a proposal. I would also like to highlight to the Deputy that older persons are entitled to use the services of all existing Ombudsman offices for any complaint...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (14 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The capital budget allocations for the Office of Public Works as published in the National Development Plan 2021-2030 for the years 2021-2023 are as follows: 2021 2022 2023 €206m €270m €270m The associated gross capital spend for the Office of Public Works in the years 2021 and 2022 were as follows: ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Expenses (9 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 and 127 together. As the Deputy will be aware, payments to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are managed and administered by the Houses of the Oireachtas Service. There is ongoing engagement between my officials and the Houses of the Oireachtas Service on the matter of a security funding scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Queries in relation to the parameters of the Ukraine Enterprise Crisis scheme are in the first instance a matter for the Minister of Enterprise Trade and Employment. There continues to be ongoing engagement between officials in my Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to this scheme given the scale and complexities associated with it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the committee for the opportunity to present the 2023 Estimates for my Department’s group of Votes. I am joined by the Minister of State with responsibility for public procurement and eGovernment, Deputy Ossian Smyth. The group comprises a significant number of Votes, including Vote 11 - public expenditure, national development plan delivery, and reform; Vote 12 -...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I will begin with Deputy Farrell's questions on the management of the BAR. Currently, it has a total of €5 billion in 2018 pricing. The eligibility period for the expenditure runs from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023. The bulk of our allocation will come through pre-financing. We have received approximately €361 million for 2021 and €276 million for 2022. I will...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I will go back to Deputy Farrell's question on the Brexit adjustment reserve fund before I respond to the question she has just put to me. In terms of spending to date on it, provision has been made in budgets 2022 and 2023 for Brexit mitigation projects which will be included in the final BAR claim. These amount to €390 million overall, and further allocations will also be required...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: It is up and running. It does not necessarily play a role in seeking protected disclosures. Its role is to be the appropriate and strong recipient of disclosures and to manage them in a way that is in accordance with the legislation to which the deputy just referred.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am sorry, I missed the Deputy's question. I was just looking at a figure.