Results 961-980 of 9,898 for speaker:Jack Chambers

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Weather Events (4 Mar 2025)

Jack Chambers: I wish to advise the Deputy that while my Department does not provide any services directly to the public due to the nature of its role, it does have access to a back-up generator at its offices in Government Buildings. The position in respect of the bodies under the aegis of the Department is set out below:The Office of Public Works provides services to the public from a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (4 Mar 2025)

Jack Chambers: You will be aware that the Civil Service Mobility scheme was rolled out by grade over a number of years, and is currently available for over 34,000 general service staff members (Clerical Officer up to Assistant Secretary) who are interested in moving to a different Civil Service organisation and/or geographical location. The scheme provides staff members with an opportunity to broaden their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Council (27 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: Since 2018, my Department has neither received a request for approval nor granted approval for any IT-related positions that the Arts Council has sought to establish or fill. As a general rule, my Department only considers senior-level positions in state agencies, specifically those at or above the level of Principal Officer Higher. For most positions at the Principal Officer General level...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Council (27 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: My Department, by virtue of the oversight role of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), was first approached by the Arts Council regarding their ICT project in 2019. This was standard procedure as set out in Circular 2/2016 (which has since been superseded by Circular 14/2021: Arrangements for Oversight of Digital and ICT-related Initiatives in the Civil and Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Council (27 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: The interface and the communications between my department and the Arts Council falls into two areas i.e. the sanction process and some system issues analysis. My Department, by virtue of the oversight role of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), was first approached by the Arts Council regarding their ICT project in 2019. This was standard procedure as set...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Electoral Commission (27 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: Under the Civil Service Regulation Act 1956, the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform is responsible for range of functions in relation to the Civil Service. There were 212 Civil Servants (204 full-time equivalents) employed in Co. Carlow and 461 Civil Servants (449 full-time equivalents) employed in Co. Kilkenny as of 31 December 2024, as reported to my Department by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (26 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: I wish to advise the Deputy that neither my Department nor any of the bodies under its aegis have used the services of the company referred to in the Details Supplied. Any questions relating to Tusla should be directed to my colleague the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reviews (26 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: A review of fee rates is underway and the necessary data and analysis is being assembled. While there is no specific completion date for the review, I expect it will be concluded later this year.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Council (26 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), was approached by the Arts Council regarding difficulties with an IT project in December 2023. In response to that approach, and follow-up discussions, OGCIO commissioned a technical review with the aim of informing the related deliberations of the Arts Council and its parent department. The substantive content of that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (26 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: My Department is responsible for drawing up and circulating the general rules and frameworks within which public investment by other Government Departments and other bodies under their aegis must be made. The aim of these rules and frameworks, with which Government Departments and public bodies must comply, is to set out in the oversight and governance frameworks for public investment with a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 326 and 327 together. The CFRAM Programme outputs, the Government’s Flood Risk Management Plans, provide the evidence for a proactive approach for designing and constructing flood relief schemes for the most at-risk communities nationally. The delivery of these Plans is supported by government investment of €1.3 billion through the National...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Consultations (25 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: The report Supporting Excellence: Capital Project and Programme Delivery Capability Review was produced by EY on behalf of the Department and was published in January 2021. The cost of the report was borne by the European Commission through their Structural Reform Support Programme (now named the Technical Support Instrument), so is a matter for the Commission. There was no direct cost to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 329 and 330 together. The questions asked by the Deputy relate to the payment processes and financial systems of individual Contracting Authorities. My Department does not have a role in these processes.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 331, 332, 333, 334 and 335 together. The questions asked by the Deputy are matters of contract management. Individual Contracting Authorities manage the expenditure incurred on their contracts, in their relevant financial systems. Contract performance is managed by the individual Contracting Authorities, in line with the terms laid out in their individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336, 337, 339, 340, 341 and 342 together. FOI applies to a highly diverse range of approximately 450 organisations across the civil and public sector. This ranges from large bodies such as the HSE, to entities with only a small number of staff. In this context, the Freedom of Information Act 2014 is necessarily structured around a devolved model. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Freedom of Information Act was substantially reviewed and updated in 2014. Among the steps taken was a significant change to the method for determining whether FOI applies to a particular entity. The 1997 Act had taken a prescriptive approach, whereby FOI applied to an entity only if it was specified in a schedule to the Act, updated from time to time by way of Statutory Instrument....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Consultations (25 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Year Company Name Nature of the engagement Report and / or recommendations Cost 2023 Arthur Cox Specialist pensions legal advice No €40,266 Byrne Wallace Employment Advice and presentation...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: 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 51(1)(b).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: 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 51(1)(b).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Council (25 Feb 2025)

Jack Chambers: My Department, by virtue of the oversight role of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO), was first approached by the Arts Council regarding their ICT project in 2019. This was standard procedure as set out in Circular 2/2016 (which has since been superseded by Circular 14/2021: Arrangements for Oversight of Digital and ICT-related Initiatives in the Civil and Public...