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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that under the Programme for Government – Our Shared Future, there is a commitment to continuing reform. The Programme outlines that reform to public services, among other areas, is an integral part of this government’s core missions. This is reflected in my Department’s Statement of Strategy 2021-2023 which sets out driving reform and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Deputy for his question. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s mission as laid out in the Statement of Strategy 2021- 2023 is to serve the public interest through sound governance of public expenditure and by leading and enabling reform across the Civil and Public Service. To date a number of strategies have been published to carry out the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Wage-setting Mechanisms (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: The commitment to public service reform has and will always be a key feature of public service agreements. All public service Agreements, beginning with the Croke Park Agreement in 2010 have included measures to reform and modernise public services. The Covid-19 pandemic saw an unprecedented display of commitment, flexibility hard work and agility in service provisions across the range civil...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together. Under EU law, public contracts above a certain value must be advertised EU-wide and awarded to the most competitive tender in an open and objective process to promote an open, competitive and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which delivers best value for money.   All Irish public bodies are obliged to spend...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Deputy for his question. In view of the significant and pervasive impacts experienced as a consequence of the Covid-19 crisis, the Government's programme of reform and modernisation is particularly relevant as we seek to return our economy and society to full recovery. With respect to best practice in reform, in accordance with my Department's Statement of Strategy, officials...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: As part of Project Ireland 2040 (PI2040), the National Development Plan 2021-30 (NDP), published on 4thOctober 2021, sets out the Government’s over-arching investment framework and broad direction for investment priorities for this decade. As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Transport (28 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: In response to the Deputy's question my department has no role in relation to this matter. As you may be aware, under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended) the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, including the management of the Garda fleet and all decisions related to the needs of the fleet.

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I will deal with the Deputy's amendments in the Seanad. The Bill will be coming back here.

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I know.

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: No.

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to update the House on a matter in respect of the Bill. On Committee Stage I undertook to examine the issue of the retrospective application of the Bill. I am signalling that I will be raising amendments in the Seanad. We will be coming back to the Dáil following, I hope, the acceptance of amendments in Seanad Éireann. I am just flagging that issue to the House. I have a...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Financial Resolution (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution for the charging in accordance with the Act of levies on certain single-use items; to provide for the charging in accordance with the Act of a waste recovery levy; and to provide for the establishment of the Circular Economy Fund, into which proceeds from the levies may be paid.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy may be aware, there are two separate pension increase arrangements applying to public service pensions depending when individuals joined their relevant pension scheme. These are as follows: 1. Single Scheme: This the mandatory pension Scheme for all new-joiner pensionable public servants since 2013. The Scheme's rules are set out in legislation and are outlined in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (27 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: The process of unwinding the Financial Emergency (FEMPI) legislation commenced under the Lansdowne Road Agreement 2016-2018, with the remainder of the process largely completed under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA).  This will continue under ‘Building Momentum: A New Public Service Agreement, 2021-2022’. At this point, salary rates up to...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: notes that: — the annual rate of consumer price inflation, as measured by the European Union's (EU) Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, picked up sharply over the course of last year, and stood at 6.9 per cent in March - the highest reading since the series began in 1997;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is the principal recruiter for the civil service.  It establishes panels from competitions, with candidates ranked in order of merit, that are available to civil service employers to access as vacancies arise. In the case of the referenced 2021 Clerical Officer competition, I am advised by PAS that some 190...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 and 567 together. Due to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on normal working arrangements, the operation of traditional flexi-time and attendance management rules do not support the flexible arrangements and agility required during this extraordinary situation. These arrangements were temporarily suspended in April 2020 to facilitate the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Michael McGrath: I can confirm that there have been no employees seconded from the private sector to my Department over the past three years. My Department does not hold central information in relation to secondments from the private sector to the public sector.  Given the broad reach of this question, the Deputy would need to seek this information on such secondments directly from the relevant...