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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Issues (17 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have policy responsibility for recruitment to the Civil Service. The Civil Service is strongly committed to equality of opportunity for all in terms of its recruitment and employment practices. This commitment is demonstrated in the Civil Service2030 Renewal Strategythat was launched last month. The Public Appointments Services (PAS), which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 Jun 2021)

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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Inflation Rate (17 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: The Construction Sector Group (CSG), established in 2018 and chaired by the Secretary General of my Department, ensures regular and open dialogue between Government and the construction sector. Its remit includes, but is not limited to, considering opportunities to introduce reforms within the sector that will help in controlling construction price inflation. To support the work of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 258 and 265 together. I thank the Deputy for the questions. Ongoing reform of our Public Services continues to be an integral part of this Department's function since its establishment in 2011. In view of the significant and pervasive impacts experienced as a consequence of the Covid19 crisis, the Government's programme of reform and modernisation will become...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: Sustained reform of public works procurement has been ongoing since 2004 when the construction procurement reform initiative commenced. The publication of the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) in 2007 marked a new departure in the procurement of public works projects. All public works projects that are delivered under the Exchequer-funded element of the Government's capital plan must...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: Public procurement is governed by EU and national rules, the aim of which is to ensure that procurement transactions and decisions are open and transparent, fair, equitable and achieve value for money. These rules govern the way public authorities and certain utility operators purchase goods, works and services. The rules are set out in four principal EU Directives (Directive 2009/81/EC,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Functions (17 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: In my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at a Departmental level. Decisions on how and where those allocations are invested by Departments are a matter, in the first instance, for my ministerial colleagues. The role of my Department is in respect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (17 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: I should first explain that as Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform I am responsible for setting the overall multi-annual capital expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial Vote Group as set out in the National Development Plan and Project Ireland 2040. My Department is also responsible for maintaining the national frameworks within which Departments operate to ensure appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (17 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 264 together. In the period from 2014, prior to the impact of Covid-19, the overall fiscal strategy adopted by the Government greatly improved the monetary position of the State with the deficit at the end of 2014 of €7.1 billion or 3.6% of GDP moving to a surplus of 0.5% of GDP at the end of 2019. The position regarding gross general...

Estimates for Public Services 2021 (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: I move the following Revised Estimates for Public Services 2021: Vote 1 — President’s Establishment (Revised Estimate) That a sum not exceeding €4,511,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2021, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary General to the President,...

Estimates for Public Service 2021: Motion (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: I move: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 215 of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business or the Resolution of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, the following Further Revised Estimate for the Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2021, be presented to the Dáil and circulated to members on 16th June, 2021, being a date later than that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Circulars (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: In reply to your previous question on this matter, I advised that my Department is considering the matter and will be developing a process for reviewing and re-drafting the guidance. This remains the position at this point. My officials will revert to you when the process has been finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: The proposed new Government Data Centre will be a purpose-built facility owned and operated by Government. It will be built on state land and will be operated and managed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on behalf of the state. The new Government Data Centre will be developed at the Government’s Backweston Laboratory Campus in Celbridge, Co. Kildare, which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: The Government, has committed, in the Programme for Government, to mandating public sector employers to move to 20% home and remote working in 2021. In this context, My Department is, as a matter of priority, working with employers across the Civil Service to develop the longer term approach to remote working in the sector. My Department is also working closely with the wider public sector...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: The Government, has committed, in the Programme for Government, to mandating public sector employers to move to 20% home and remote working in 2021. In this context, my Department is now, as a matter of priority, working with employers across the Civil Service to develop the longer term approach to remote working in the sector. Different working models are possible, one of which is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: The total remuneration that Returning Officers and staff received for carrying out their duties in the Referendum and European Parliament and Local Elections in 2019 and the General Election in 2020 are set out in the table below. The remuneration information is laid out by Returning Officer rather than by constituency. The Deputy is aware that a number of Returning Officers such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware, the reductions in counsel fees over the period of 2009-2011 were underpinned by Government decisions and formed part of a broader Government need to reduce costs across the public service. I fully acknowledge and appreciate the very important work undertaken by barristers who prosecute criminal work on behalf of the State and my Department has engaged...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Defence Forces (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: I refer to the Deputy’s question in respect of matters related to the remuneration of members of the Defence Forces. In this regard I wish to refer to the new public service agreement, Building Momentum, and Commission on the Defence Forces. In December 2020 negotiations concluded on a new public service pay agreement entitled ‘Building Momentum’, which will apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: The proposed new Government Data Centre will be a purpose-built facility owned and operated by Government. It will be built on state land and will be operated and managed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on behalf of the state. The new Government Data Centre will be developed at the Government’s Backweston Laboratory Campus in Celbridge, Co. Kildare, which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Electric Vehicles (16 Jun 2021)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department does not own or lease any vehicles.