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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (25 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: In 1995, the Government decided that full social insurance should be extended to all newly appointed civil and public servants and that they should pay a full Class A social insurance contribution. Where a public servant is fully insured, their occupational pension is integrated with the State Pension i.e. account is taken of any Social Insurance benefits payable. The main difference between...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (25 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department and the bodies under its aegis is set out in the tables below. It is important to note that the staff listed in the first table would typically work in FOI Units but some would also have duties other than the processing of FOIs. Public Body No. of full / part time staff working in FOI Units 2021 ...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: That comment is below the Deputy.

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important debate in the Dáil, outline my views on the pact and why I am supporting it and respond to some of the claims I have heard about the pact during this debate. It is very easy, when discussing something that can be technical at times and involves the movement of many people, to lose sight of the human face of this issue and the...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: So the Deputy is for immigrants now.

Estimates for Public Services 2024 (18 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I move the following Revised Estimates: Vote 23 — An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised Estimate)That a sum not exceeding €11,719,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2024, for the salaries and expenses of An Coimisiún Toghcháin. Vote 16 — Tailte Éireann (Further...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Oh my God.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Travel Trade Sector (18 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The 2 economic operators appointed to the Travel Management and Ancillary Services Framework are Club Travel Limited and World Travel Centre Limited.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: European Court of Justice (18 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there have been no fines of this nature issued against my Department since it was established in 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (13 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Stability Programme Update is a no policy change, technical document that sets out the macroeconomic and expenditure picture out to 2027 on the basis of the policies announced in the last Budget (i.e. in this case Budget 2024). In the time between the Budget and publication of the SPU the public service pay deal, which was in negotiation at the end of 2023, was ratified. The overall...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Meetings (12 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister for Public Expenditure NDP Delivery & Reform has responsibility for Ireland's Cohesion policy and the remit for Council of the European Union Meetings relating to Cohesion policy. Cohesion policy is the European Union's strategy set out in Article 174 of the Treaty to promote and support the ‘overall harmonious development’ of its Member States and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (12 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: You will be aware that the Programme for Government contains a commitment to mandating public sector employers to move to 20% home and remote working. In this context, my Department, in collaboration with Civil Service employers, Trade Unions and Staff Associations, developed a Blended Working Policy Framework for Civil Service Organisations which was published in March 2022. The Framework...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department is strongly committed to its equality and diversity goals. This is in line with the Department's Civil Service Renewal Strategy 2030, which acknowledges that Ireland has a growing and increasingly diverse population and sets out our goal of ensuring that our policy and service responses are focused on equality, inclusivity and accessibility. In terms of recruitment, my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (11 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Over the remainder of this Dáil session, my Department will be prioritising the progression of the two items of legislation which it has on the Priority for Publication List in the Government Legislation Programme for the Summer Session 2024 - the Civil Service Regulation and Public Service Management (Amendment) Bill and the Statute Law Revision Bill. The main purpose of the Civil...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (11 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I fully support increases to the retirement ages in the uniformed services. The changes proposed by the respective Ministers that are being facilitated by my Department will enhance the options available to members of the uniformed services, and allow them to remain in service for longer if they choose to do so. Furthermore, it will assist in retaining valuable expertise. An increased...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: 'Shorter Working Year' schemes across the public service enable individual public service employees to apply for special periods of unpaid leave, such as that which may coincide with school holidays in the summer months (term time) or indeed another period during the year. The rules of these schemes may provide that while such a period of special leave will reckon for the purposes of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: 'Shorter Working Year' schemes across the public service enable individual public service employees to apply for special periods of unpaid leave, such as that which may coincide with school holidays in the summer months (term time) or indeed another period during the year. The rules of these schemes may provide that while such a period of special leave will reckon for the purposes of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not had any contracts with the company in question since the Department was established in 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (11 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The procurement regulations require public bodies to award public contracts on the basis of transparent and non-discriminatory criteria. These regulations already permit contracting authorities to take into account matters, such as sustainability, in the award of contracts. The Office of Government Procurement, in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency, has published an online...