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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Spending Code is the set of rules and procedures that are in place to support public bodies in achieving value for money as they implement all projects, including major projects, through the course of the project’s lifecycle. Each project works through a lifecycle from project identification, appraisal/business case, planning & design, procurement, implementation, to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18, 25 and 36 together. The Public Service Pay Commission was established to advise Government on public service remuneration policy. In the current phase, the second phase of the Commission's work, it was tasked by its Terms of Reference to undertake an examination of whether, and to what extent, there are difficulties in recruiting and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Management (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Civil Service employers must and do consider their obligations under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015 to provide reasonable accommodation.  Reasonable accommodation is about meeting the needs of people with disabilities, including visual impairment, so that they can have access to and can participate and advance in employment. The intention of the provisions dealing with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA), it was agreed by all parties that there would be an examination of remaining salary scale issues in respect of post January 2011 recruits at entry grades. The discussions were informed by a Report, of March 2018 to the Houses of the Oireachtas  in accordance with Section 11 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Performance Management Systems (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In recent years, significant reforms have been implemented to Ireland’s budgetary framework to embed sound expenditure management practice that maintains a focus on the results being achieved across the public service and the extent to which public spending is delivering on key policy objectives. Performance budgeting is a key element of this suite of expenditure reform measures....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Training (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Our Public Service 2020 which I launched in December 2017 establishes the overall strategy for development and innovation in the Public Service to 2020 and beyond. This framework for driving development and innovation will build a stronger public service to deliver better quality services for everyone over the period from 2018 to 2020 and beyond. As set out in that strategy in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Preparations (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government’s Contingency Action Plan, published at the end of last year and updated at the end of January, sets out the comprehensive, cross-Government preparations for Brexit.  All Departments have sector-specific plans in place identifying key challenges associated with Brexit and associated mitigation approaches.  We have also taken important steps to prepare our...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I value the independent and strong advice of the officials in both of my Departments. It is for this reason that the advice provided by officials in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the National Broadband Plan was made public on 8 May 2019. However, on this occasion, I formed a different view to that of my Department. As I have previously stated, this is for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Expenditure (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As you are aware managing expenditure within the overall fiscal parameters has been a key factor in ensuring that our fiscal targets have been achieved. A key responsibility of each Minister and Department is delivering public services efficiently and effectively within their budgetary allocations. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is in regular contact with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Data (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The information which has been requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department and the bodies under its aegis is set out below: Organisation Number of FOI Requests Granted in 2018  Number of FOI Requests Part Granted in 2018  Number of FOI Requests Refused in 2018 Department of Public Expenditure and Reform 60 68 67 Office of Public Works 29 36 39 Office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Managing expenditure within the overall fiscal parameters has been a key factor in ensuring that our fiscal targets have been achieved. A key responsibility of each Minister and Department is delivering public services efficiently and effectively within their budgetary allocations. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is in regular contact with all other...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level.  The responsibility for the management and delivery of the individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the NDP, rests with the individual sponsoring Department in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Spending Code is the set of rules and procedures that are in place to support public bodies in achieving value for money as they implement all projects, including major projects, through the course of the project’s lifecycle. Each project works through a lifecycle from project identification, appraisal/business case, planning & design, procurement, implementation, to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Disability Act Employment Targets (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities (CES) proposes to increase the existing disability employment target of 3% to 6% incrementally by 2024. I understand from my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality that the legislation increasing the employment target from  3% to 6% in the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill has not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Targets (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As set out in the recent Stability Programme Update (SPU), the Irish economy is in an unusual position at the moment, with a slowdown in key export markets on the one hand and possible domestic overheating and capacity constraints on the other. In addition, Brexit is of course a significant risk and source of major uncertainty. While this is challenging, it is important to note that we are in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Broadband Plan Funding (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I should first say that responsibility for the National Broadband Plan rests with my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. However, I can say that the Government's decision to proceed with the National Broadband Plan (NBP) was taken on the basis that additional expenditure that may be required, beyond that already allocated within the National Development...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Pay Commission was established to advise Government on public service remuneration policy. In the current phase, the second phase of the Commission's work, it was tasked by its Terms of Reference to undertake an examination of whether, and to what extent, there are difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff in key areas of the public service identified in its...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: To stay relevant within a changing world, public service organisations, including Government departments, must continue to evolve and change. An important goal of the current framework for Public Service reform - Our Public Service 2020 - which became operational during 2018, is to encourage innovation across the public service and to promote different service delivery options. This notably...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Estimates process and the determination of expenditure ceilings now takes place as part of a whole-of-year budgetary cycle.  The Summer Economic Statement sets out the broad fiscal position and the National Economic Dialogue facilitates engagement between the Government and stakeholders. The pre-Estimates Departmental expenditure position is provided in the Mid-Year...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Summer Economic Statement (20 Jun 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In setting out expenditure projections and associated expenditure ceilings, it needs to be recognised that such projections and ceilings can play a significant role in creating expectations for future increases in expenditure. Consequently, the approach currently adopted has been informed by the experience in the period leading up to the fiscal and economic crisis. In the years preceding...