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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for his interest in the review process and welcome the opportunity to provide the House with the following update. The review process has been an open and collaborative one, taking in the views of a wide range of stakeholders. It commenced with a scoping process which sought the views of stakeholders across all sectors in setting the direction of the review....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 80 together. The consent process underpinning the River Bride (Blackpool) Flood Relief Scheme under the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Arterial Drainage) Regulations 2019 was reverted to an earlier phase following the outcome of a Judicial Review in January 2022. Following these proceedings, my Department sought supplementary...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Process (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: From 2022, the Government has committed to featuring the Well-being Frameworkwithin the budgetary process. This follows from a commitment in the Programme for Government – Our Shared Future to use a well-being perspective to inform budgetary priorities as a complement to existing economic measurement tools. This commitment regarding the budgetary process is part of a wider...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works has sought consent for the scheme in accordance with the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Arterial Drainage) Regulations 2019. An initial round of public consultation was held beginning on the 1st December 2020 and concluding on the 11th January 2021. Following this period of public consultation, my Department sought additional information...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, I have overall policy responsibility in relation to public service occupational pension schemes payable to retired public servants. Since 6 April 1995, not just within the HSE but across the public service, all newly-appointed public servants became fully insured under the Social Insurance System (pay Class A PRSI).A public servant paying Class A PRSI will receive...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the rules of An Post Main Superannuation Scheme, pension increases may be granted subject to the authorisation of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications with the agreement of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. There have been four increases to pensions under the An Post Main Superannuation Scheme since 2008. These are detailed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the deputy may be aware, I have overall policy responsibility in relation to public service occupational pension schemes, including Additional Superannuation Contribution (ASC). The deputy has raised a concern in relation to the difference in ASC rates payable by an individual who is a member of a pre-existing public service pension scheme (pre-2013 scheme) versus an individual who is a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Former civil servants who transferred to An Post, the Irish Aviation Authority, Telecom Éireann, or Coillte on the respective vesting days of these organisations retain the right to appeal to the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform in the event of a pension-related dispute. In respect of pension benefits, the legislation that established these bodies typically...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Spending Code is the tool that the Government uses to appraise the costs and benefits of the capital investment decisions it faces. As part of my Department’s enhanced mandate around the delivery of the National Development Plan (NDP), I recently announced that the Public Spending Code will be replaced by a set of Infrastructure Guidelines. The NDP Review 2021 committed my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Climate Action Plan 2023 action commits to the development of a report on capacity within the public sector to deliver on climate action. This action is broken down into two separate steps. The first is to complete a review of capacity within the public sector to deliver climate action by the end of quarter 2 2023. The second is to consider any recommendations arising from the review with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Responsibility for the policy to which the Deputy’s question relates was transferred to the Minister for Finance with effect from 1 March 2023. This was done by way of the Standards in Public Office (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 (S.I. No.89 of 2023). Pending a further statutory instrument to reverse this position, the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In March this year, I informed Government of a package of significant actions aimed at enhancing project delivery for the NDP and announced that the Public Spending Code will be replaced by a set of Infrastructure Guidelines. This package represents a fresh approach to securing delivery as part of the Department's enhanced remit around the NDP. The actions include significant changes to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The European Union’s Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR), provides support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial and, environmental consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. The application for BAR funding must set out the negative impacts of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union and how the measures carried out under the Fund alleviate the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The European Union’s Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR), provides support to counter the adverse economic, social, territorial, and environmental consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. Initially €5.47 billion was allocated to the reserve while Ireland’s initial allocation was €1.165 billion. Following agreement with the EU Commission to...