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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts (7 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: The details of the diversity and inclusion training delivered in my Department from 2018 to date is set out in the following tables. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Year Training provider / Consultants name Cost 2019 Ernst & Young € 30,750 Office of Government Procurement Year ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Costs (7 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that all details of my Department's consultancy spend is regularly updated and published on gov.ie. In this context, details of external legal fees since the Department’s establishment in 2011 up to the end of April 2020 can be found at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/8b97d6-consultancy-co sts/.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (7 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: The Office of Public Works, under the provisions of the Arterial Drainage Acts, has submitted the proposal for the Glashaboy Flood Relief Scheme, accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS), to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for formal Confirmation. On foot of the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment)...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Prison Service Staff (7 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: The post-1995 occupational pension scheme for prison officers, as with the pre-1995 pension scheme, does not preclude prison officers from taking up further employment post-retirement. There are two issues which can affect the pension of a public servant where the individual chooses to take up employment subsequent to retirement - pension abatement and supplementary pension rules. 1....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (7 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: Under normal conditions of competition, ‘sheltered workshops’ or social enterprises whose main aim is to integrate disadvantaged people in the workplace might not be able to obtain contracts. Under the EU Procurement Directives, contracting authorities are able to restrict some tendering procedures to ‘sheltered workshops’ and social enterprises. To participate in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Responsibilities (7 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: I wish to advise the Deputy that the briefing document provided to me by my Department following my appointment will be published in the coming weeks. The published version will have regard to the relevant provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 235, 236, 237, 238 and 244 together. As outlined in the ‘Programme for Government - Our Shared Future’, the government has committed to developing a set of wellbeing indicators to give a more well-rounded, holistic view of how our society is faring. Initially focusing on housing, education and health, a set of indicators will be developed to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Process (7 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: By national satellite accounts I understand the Deputy to mean statistics that cover activities linked to the domestic economy but not part of the core national accounts. These include the modified measures of output and augmented sectoral accounts as produced by the Central Statistics Office. Such metrics are already used in a key area of the Budgetary process, namely in the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (7 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240 and 241 together. The Government has set out a number of commitments in the Programme for Government in relation to public procurement including evaluating and managing the environmental, economic and social impacts of procurement strategies within the state and tasking the Office of Government Procurement ("OGP") to update all procurement frameworks...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Question Heading for question(s) 242 (7 Jul 2020)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 243 together. As the Deputy is aware, the current public service pay agreement - the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 - runs to the end of the year. Within the Programme for Government there is a commitment to seek to negotiate a new agreement with the public service unions which would take account of, inter alia, the State's financial...

Presentation of Estimates: Motion (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: I move: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 215(1) or (2) of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business, the following Revised Estimates for the Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2020, be presented to the Dáil and circulated to members on 30th June, 2020, being a date later than that prescribed for the presentation of Estimates: Vote...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Projects (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: I am informed by the National Shared Services Office (NSSO) that the Financial Management Shared Services Programme has exited a final design review process, and the next steps involve a process of engagement with client departments to agree a timeline for deployment.  The key deliverable is an integrated and modern financial management system for all of central Government, which will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: The Heritage Visitor sites managed by the Office of Public Works have been directly affected by the Covid-19 crisis with both the year-round and seasonal sites within the portfolio largely closed to the public during the shutdown.   These properties have however been reopening progressively since 18th May last when certain outdoor locations resumed and the position in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: Please see below the information requested in tabular form: Estimated full Project Cost Current Status Construction Start Date Glashaboy FRS c. €13.9m Confirmation Stage - awaiting Confirmation Expected Q3 2021 Blackpool FRS c. €20.5m Confirmation Stage - awaiting ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware the Public Appointments Service (PAS) is an independent, statutory body which provides professional recruitment and selection services to the civil and public service.  PAS advertised an Administrative Officer competition in October 2019 to fill vacancies which may arise in the Civil Service.  Vacancies are filled as and when required by employing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: Having identified the property in question for consideration, Meath County Council applied for funding under the Remedial Works element of the 2017 Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme. The application was approved by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland on the 5th December 2019. I have been advised by Meath County Council that it aims to begin the process of engaging...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 and 90 together. This issue relates to a claim by community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors who have been seeking, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme. The matter was the subject of extensive...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: In May 2018, I launched 29 Flood Risk Management Plans for the main river basins in Ireland, identifying a total of 118 flood relief projects to protect the main flood risk areas throughout the country.  These Plans and projects are a key part of the overall flood risk management strategy set out in the National Development Plan 2018 - 2027, involving total investment of almost...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: A new Regional Garda station for Sligo was originally proposed by Garda Estates in late 2016.  OPW purchased, on behalf of the Garda Estates request, a site adjacent to an existing OPW owned site used by Social Protection near Sligo town for that purpose.  The Sligo site was to be used for a new Regional Garda Station as part of the Garda PPP bundle.  Sligo was to be a regional...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (30 Jun 2020)

Michael McGrath: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Service Agreements (PSAs) provided for agreed redeployment arrangements to apply in the civil service and in other parts of the public service. Redeployment was primarily a mechanism for the transfer of surplus staff to areas where appropriate vacancies exist.  However mobility is now the primary mechanism for staff to move across the Civil...