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

Michael McGrath: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. I am advised that the Office of the National Lottery Regulator currently has no staff members that were recruited before 6thApril 1995. - Number of staff currently employed Number of current staff recruited before 6th April 1995 Office of Public Works 853 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) has provided grant funding to Benefacts since 2015. The project was funded as a pathfinder initiative in the area of data analytics on the non-profit sector. Benefacts was initially co-funded with philanthropy, however in recent years the Department has been providing the majority of funding to the entity. In 2019, DPER received an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Voluntary Sector (22 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: The requirements for the management of grant funding provided from public monies is governed by Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 13/2014 - Management of and Accountability for Grants from Exchequer Funds. This circular focuses on transparency, accountability and value for money and details the responsibilities of those issuing and receiving grants. The financial...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (22 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297 and 301 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that since 1stJanuary 2013 my Department has made one payment to the named publication. The details and the purpose of this payment by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), which is part of my Department, is set out in the following table. I wish to also confirm to the Deputy that my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (22 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware from my appearance before the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on 2 February last, certain Civilian Drivers have been replaced with Garda officers following a security review recommendation from the Garda Commissioner to the Minister for Justice. I have given careful consideration to the unique situation that now arises for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Communications (22 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: In response to the Deputy's question I can confirm that WhatsApp is installed on my departmental phone. I do not use the application for official purposes nor have I activated the disappearing messages setting.

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

Michael McGrath: As the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have responsibility for the non-pay terms and conditions of civil servants and therefore I can only comment in respect of the annual leave arrangements that apply in the Civil Service. Circular 27/2003: Annual Leave sets out the standard rules in relation to the taking of annual leave in the Civil Service. The Civil Service currently...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (17 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: The Brexit Adjustment Reserve aims to provide financial support to the most affected Member States, regions and sectors to deal with the adverse consequence of Brexit.  Expenditure under the Reserve must demonstrate a direct link to the negative impact of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU. Ireland will be the largest beneficiary of the Reserve with an allocation of over €1...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: I do not have primary Ministerial responsibility for any of the Commercial Semi State Bodies (CSSBs). It is usually a matter for the Government Department under whose aegis responsibility for individual CSSBs falls to consider and propose, as appropriate, any changes to pension scheme rules together with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (16 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: I will reiterate the point I made with regard to retrospective application. In passing legislation, it is always difficult to seek to have its impact made retrospective. We will take it as far as we possibly can. We will stretch the boundaries within the legal parameters that are there. That is why I am engaging with the Attorney General. I look forward to discussing the issue with the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Protected Disclosures (16 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue and for their contribution to the Second Stage debate on the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill yesterday in the House. I look forward to working with them in a spirit of co-operation, as I said yesterday, on the passage of this Bill over the months ahead. Many of the issues they raised this morning are the very issues we need to tease out in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (16 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that a deferred reply will be issued to her in respect of this Parliamentary Question, in line with Standing Order 51B.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (16 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy is aware, a general round increase in annualised basic salary of 1% or €500, whichever is greater, is provided for on 1 October 2021 in Building Momentum – A New Public Service Agreement, 2021-2022. Under the current pension increase policy for pre-existing public service pension schemes, this increase falls to be passed on to those pensions awarded under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: There are many thousands of people across the country who went above and beyond over the course of the last two years. The continued contribution of so many people in all walks of life has been essential to getting us through this difficult time. Collaboration and solidarity have been the hallmark of our national approach to COVID-19 and the measures announced on 19 January are true to those...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (16 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy may be aware, following a recent security review by Garda Commissioner Harris, it has been agreed to provide 2 Garda drivers to me. For clarity, there are no civilian Garda drivers in my department. However, while I currently have 1 civilian driver assigned to me, interim arrangements are in place while the full plans are being mapped out for the assignment of the 2 Garda...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have the opportunity to present this long-awaited Bill to the House which will provide for the transposition of the EU whistleblowing directive into Irish law. This directive is among the most far-reaching and most significant pieces of legislation ever to be adopted by the EU. The benefits to society and democracy...

Appointment of Member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government agreed on 7th December, 2021, to propose, for the approval of Dáil Éireann, Síona Ryan to be a member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority on the nomination of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, and pursuant to section 9 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, approves the appointment by...

Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2022: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2022, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 8th February, 2022.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, or in the Orders of the Dáil of 1st February, 2022 and 8th February, 2022, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Justice, shall be set down to Ministers in the following...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (15 Feb 2022)

Michael McGrath: The National Shared Services Office (NSSO) is currently planning to take the first wave of public service bodies live on the new system and into Finance Shared Service by the end of Quarter 1 2022. This programme is a key enabler for the Financial Reporting Reform programme which is being led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. This significant transformation programme will...