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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 62: In page 55, line 37, to delete “section.”.” and substitute the following: “section. (9) (a) The Commissioner shall, as soon as practicable but not later than 4 months after the end of each year, cause a report on the performance of his or her functions under this Act (in this subsection referred to as the ‘annual...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: I thank members for their co-operation and support of the Bill to date. We have had a good discussion and that will continue in the Dáil Chamber on Report Stage. We have work to do on this side of the House on further amendments and so on, which I will say a word on in a moment. I acknowledge the work of the committee at pre-legislative stage. It made a difference and we put forward...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 49: In page 44, line 9, to delete “10B” and substitute “10B, 10C, 10D”.

Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Office of the Ombudsman) Regulations 2022: Referral to Joint Committee (22 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Data Protection Act 2018 (Section 60(6)) (Office of the Ombudsman) Regulations 2022 a copy of which was laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 11th March, 2022, be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, in accordance with Standing Order 95(5),...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (22 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 187, it be an instruction to the Committee to which the Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that it has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill, in relation to the Building Control Act 2007, in order to make...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I am happy to stand in for the Taoiseach in making this statement. The European Council will meet in Brussels later this week, on 24 and 25 March. That meeting will be followed by a meeting of the Euro Summit, which will also be held in Brussels. This will be the third meeting of EU leaders within a month, and since Russia’s brutal and illegal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traveller Community (22 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: My Department has recently received a copy of the Final Report of the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community and is considering in detail the actions that the Committee has proposed to assign to my Department. The Deputy will appreciate that any requests for additional funding supports for specific measures recommended must be considered and addressed by relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: World Economic Forum (22 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that I have not had any engagement with the World Economic Forum since my appointment as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.  This is also the position with regard to officials of my Department. I have been advised that my predecessor as Minister attended the 2019 meeting of the World Economic Forum which took place in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (22 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: Motor travel rates were last reviewed in 2017 and the current rates are set out in Circular 05/2017: Motor Travel Rates. These rates are currently being reviewed by my officials and work is ongoing on devising new rates reflecting current input costs.  Proposals for revised rates will be discussed, as per existing agreements, with staff representative associations. It is anticipated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Northern Ireland (22 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: My Department, along with Department of Finance in Northern Ireland, has Member State responsibility for the 2021-2027 PEACE PLUS programme. As with the current INTERREG VA and PEACE IV EU programmes, the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) will be the Managing Authority for PEACE PLUS.  The SEUPB is a North South Implementation Body under the joint sponsorship of my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: Currently there are no plans to introduce menopause leave in the Civil Service. Whilst there is no leave for menopause, we support women through the Civil Service Employee Assistance Service (CSEAS). The CSEAS recently held a civil service-wide webinar on menopause at work and is in the process of establishing a Menopause in the Workplace working group. With almost 60% of the Civil...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (22 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: Motor travel rates were last reviewed in 2017 and the current rates are set out in Circular 05/2017: Motor Travel Rates.  See attached.  These rates are currently being reviewed by my officials and work is ongoing on devising new rates reflecting current input costs.  Proposals for revised rates will be discussed, as per existing agreements, with staff representative...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (22 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: There is currently not enough information in the parliamentary question to enable this department to respond. The Deputy may wish contact this department to discuss or alternatively resubmit the question with further clarification to enable an appropriate response to be made.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reports (10 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: The information requested by the Deputy for my Department, including the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), is set out in the tables below.  I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not commissioned any reports to date in 2022.  In the case of the OGP, the reports listed below were commissioned for internal purposes and are not for publication.  Department...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: As recently outlined to the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, I am in the process of establishing an Independent Review Panel to examine and consider the current recruitment and pay determinations processes in place for Senior Public Service posts, in particular arrangements in the Civil Service, and recommendations in relation to same. Adopting this approach...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social Welfare Eligibility (10 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: I have been advised that the individual concerned worked for a period as a non-established State Employee with the Office of Public Works (OPW) and that following his redundancy from that Office he retained an entitlement to a preserved pension in respect of his service. However, he sadly passed away prior to reaching preserved pension age, when this pension would have become payable. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukrainian War (10 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: The invasion of Ukraine has had tragic humanitarian consequences, the full impact of which are continuing to unfold and Ireland, with our EU and other partners, is committed to taking action to help Ukraine and its people. My Department is currently working with other Government Departments in respect of estimating potential resources that may be required to address the refugee crisis and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (10 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: The normal process by which pension increase proposals are advanced involves the parent Government Department under whose aegis responsibility for individual Commercial Semi State Bodies falls considering and approving any changes to pension scheme rules or discretionary benefits. Consideration of the affordability of pension increases is an important matter for review by the key stakeholders...

Estimates for Public Services 2022 (9 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move the following Supplementary Estimate: Vote 29 - Office of the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary Estimate) That a supplementary sum not exceeding €271,373,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2022, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reports (9 Mar 2022)

Michael McGrath: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below.  External reports commissioned in 2021 Title of Report Report received to-date Cost Publication Date Review of the Distribution and Utilisation of National Lottery Funding No €135,054 Quarter 2, 2022 Civil Service...