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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: Following the publication of the original Return to Work Safely Protocol in May, my Department developed an internal plan on how the relevant aspects of the protocol would be implemented by the Department across all of its locations.  The Department is currently revising this implementation plan to take account of the updated Work Safely Protocol, which was published on 20...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: The details requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department, the Office of Government Procurement which is also part of my Department, and the bodies under the aegis of my Department are set out in the following table. The Deputy should note that the percentages noted only reflect employees that have declared a disability, given that the declaration of a disability is voluntary. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (3 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department had one audit by the Data Protection Commission in the period from 2016 to date. In 2016, an audit was carried out on PeoplePoint in the National Shared Services Office (NSSO), which at that time was a division of the Department. As the Deputy may be aware, the NSSO has since been established as a Scheduled Office under the aegis of my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (3 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: The reduced new entrant pay scales for civil and public servants introduced in 2011 were abolished in 2013 under the Haddington Road Agreement, where it was agreed to merge the new scales and existing scales - typically by adding the lower two points of the new scale to the existing scale. As such there are no separate reduced pay scales for civil and public servants. Under the Public Service...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (2 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move the following Supplementary Estimate: Vote 9 — Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary Estimate) That a supplementary sum not exceeding €7,819,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2020, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, including...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: Ireland will have access to the following EU funds, the administration of which are governed by the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR), for the 2021 to 2027 programming period: - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; - European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) - under the aegis of the Department of Further and Higher...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (1 Dec 2020)

Michael McGrath: As agreed with the Deputy, I am providing in the table below the details of all relevant contracts entered into by my Department with a value of €20,000 or more during the requested years. An additional table in included which contains the details for the Office of Government Procurement, which is also part of my Department. I can confirm to the Deputy that none of the contracts...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: REACT-EU (Recovery Assistance for Cohesion and the Territories of Europe package) is an initiative under the European Recovery Instrument to respond to the impact of COVID-19 and prepare a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy. REACT-EU builds on the crisis response measures delivered through the two Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII and CRII+) packages, which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (26 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I have presumed that when referring to ‘pension restoration’ the Deputy is referring to the reversal of the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR), which was introduced on 1 January 2011 under the FEMPI Act 2010 and is the only measure which led to a decrease in the actual payment value of public service pensions since 2008. PSPR is separate and distinct from pension...

Social Welfare Commission Bill 2020: First Stage (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: No.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move the following Further Revised Estimate for Public Services 2020: Vote 32 — Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised Estimate) That a sum not exceeding €1,855,169,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2020, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for...

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2020: Leave to Introduce (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates forthe service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2020: Vote 30 — Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary Estimate) — Select Committee on Agriculture and the Marine. Vote 45 — Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science...

Estimates for Public Services 2020: Referral to Select Committee (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December, 2020, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to the following Select Committees, as appropriate, pursuant to Standing Orders 95(1)(a) and 215(3):— Vote 30 — Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary Estimate) —...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2021 (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: Budget 2021 set out gross voted expenditure for 2021 of €87.8 billion, representing a significant investment in public services and encompassing a substantial package of supports in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. As is usual, some of this funding will go to the community and voluntary sector. This includes allocations to a wide range of organisations, such as voluntary hospices,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I have recently received the 2019 Annual Report for the Office of Public Works, an agency under the aegis of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The report details the operations, achievements and expenditure of the OPW for that calendar year in the areas of flood risk management, property and heritage services. I intend to bring a Memo to the next meeting of Government, as...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware, good progress has already been made by the Department in including strategic, green and social policy considerations in public procurement processes more broadly. This has been done for example through: (a) the publication of an Information Note on Incorporating Social Considerations into Public Procurement in 2018; (b) the roll out of Circular 20/2019: Promoting...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputy Richmond for raising this Topical Issue tonight and for the sustained interest he has shown on this issue on which I know he has submitted several parliamentary questions in the past. The response I have focuses on the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, in particular. I know Deputy Richmond is, as he has acknowledged, familiar with the responses he has been receiving to date on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: My thanks to Deputy Richmond for his response. I will write to the Minister for Justice and engage with her in respect of this issue. It has always been the case that the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform resist any efforts to ring-fence proceeds for any particular purpose. They like that to be part of the Estimates process. That has already been...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No.1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Dáil Éireann: — Acknowledges that two statutory reviews have been undertaken to date in relation to the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; — Recognises that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has initiated a review of Section 22 of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regional Development (24 Nov 2020)

Michael McGrath: Balanced regional development is a key priority of this Government and this priority is at the heart of Project Ireland 2040. This strategic plan includes the National Planning Framework (NPF), which sets the overarching spatial strategy for the next twenty years, along with the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2027, which sets out the ten year capital and infrastructure investment...