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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (1 Apr 2021)

Michael McGrath: In the first instance, the Deputy may wish to note the nature of the bodies referenced in his question. The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) are companies limited by guarantee who are in receipt of grant funding from my Department. The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is a cross-border North South Implementation Body,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 103 and 104 together. In the first instance, the Deputy may wish to note the nature of the bodies referenced in his question. The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) are companies limited by guarantee who are in receipt of grant funding from my Department. The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (1 Apr 2021)

Michael McGrath: In the first instance, the Deputy may wish to note the nature of the bodies referenced in his question. The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) are companies limited by guarantee who are in receipt of grant funding from my Department. The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is a cross-border North South Implementation Body,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Michael McGrath: In the first instance, the Deputy may wish to note the nature of three of the bodies specifically referenced in his question. The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) are companies limited by guarantee who are in receipt of grant funding from my Department. The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is a cross-border North South...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

Michael McGrath: In the first instance, the Deputy may wish to note the nature of the three bodies specifically referenced in his question. The Institute of Public Administration (IPA) and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) are companies limited by guarantee who are in receipt of grant funding from my Department. The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) is a cross-border North South...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2021)

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

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (1 Apr 2021)

Michael McGrath: The information requested by the Deputy for my Department and the Office of Government Procurement, which is also part of my Department, is set out in the tables below. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Grade Number of Officers Male Female Higher Executive Officer 105 49 56 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (1 Apr 2021)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 and 114 together. In 2018, as part of its proposals for the Multi-Annual Financial Framework and Cohesion policy for the 2021-27 period, the European Commission proposed a special new cross-border EU funding programme for the island of Ireland, PEACE PLUS. This is a proposal which demonstrates the importance placed by the Commission, EU Member States, the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2021)

Michael McGrath: I understand that the Deputy clarified to my Department that the information requested relates “to data that my Department has provided to the Department of Health, or information that my Department holds and may give access to the Department of Health that relates to private individuals and officials”. The position in this regard is set out in the table below. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: General Data Protection Regulation (1 Apr 2021)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has answered all relevant GDPR requests, such as Subject Access Requests which is what my Department have taken data information requests to mean, from 2018 to 2021. The other information sought by the Deputy is set out below in the format requested. Information sought Number Number of complaints received...

Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Referral to Select Committee (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputies Mairéad Farrell and O'Reilly for their contributions. Hopefully, they will be in a position to support the Bill. I look forward to the Bill being progressed in the weeks ahead, particularly as it is needed to give effect to the Building Momentum pay agreement. The latter is a very fair agreement. It involves general pay increases in October and October of next...

Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: That is right. I am resuming from where I left off a number of weeks ago. At that point, I had referred to the need for this legislation to progress a range of pay reform matters. I had just begun to touch on the seagoing commitment scheme, which is one of a number of measures advanced in 2020 to support recruitment and retention in the Naval Service. It provides for a €5,000...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: OneLearning has responsibility for the provision of the Pre-Retirement Planning Programme for the Civil Service. OneLearning is the Civil Service Learning and Development (L&D) Centre, which is based in my Department. OneLearning runs Pre-Retirement Planning Programmes on a regular basis, which are open to all civil servants who are preparing for retirement within twelve to eighteen...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Negotiations (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: The Brexit Adjustment Reserve represents an important response by the European Union to the challenges posed by the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU. Ireland played a leading role in securing support for the Reserve at the European Council meeting last July. The purpose of the Reserve is to help counter the adverse economic and social consequences of Brexit in the sectors...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: My Department is 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 accounting for and value for money in public expenditure such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: As a matter of good governance, I will be appointing four new members to the Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board to provide it with additional external expertise and to enhance the 'challenge function'. Applicants will be required to have experience in project delivery in either the public or private sectors with skills relevant to the themes underpinning the revised National Development...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: My attention has not been drawn to any instances of litigation where there is a realistic prospect of a formal legal challenge being commenced in 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020 arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts. I can also confirm that I am not aware of any current applications to the courts arising from the inclusion of social clauses under public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I understand the Deputy is referring to the policy in relation to pension increases for retired members of An Garda Síochána focusing in particular on the impact of changes in the treatment of rent allowance for retired members of An Garda Síochána. With effect from January 2017 there was an increase of €500 in the rate of rent allowance and this allowance was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (31 Mar 2021)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that I am aware of the provisions set out in Circular 02/2016, which was issued by my Department, including those pertaining to completeness of documentation and approval in retrospect. The information requested by the Deputy regarding the bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the table below Body Annual budget expenditure of...