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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Staff (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In September 2018, the Government granted approval in principle for the phased recruitment of an additional 600 Revenue staff to meet the challenges posed by Brexit. Revenue has appointed over 470 staff from open recruitment and interdepartmental competitions since the start of 2019 to 10 April 2019. The majority of these have been assigned to customs roles or to backfill existing Revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: 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 discussion at the Community Sector High Level Forum which was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Where works and works-related services are concerned, guidance on abnormally low tenders is published by the Office of Government Procurement under the Capital Works Management Framework. The Public Procurement Guidelines for Goods and Services published in July 2017 and its predecessor which was first published in 2004 also contains guidance on abnormally low tenders. Where works and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Civil Service Mobility scheme which comes under the remit of my department, and is administered through HR Shared Service, National Shared Service Office, offers an opportunity for Civil Service staff to apply for mobility through an open and transparent system. The establishment of the scheme fulfils one of the requirements of Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan; and Action 14 of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Since its establishment in 2011, my Department has not awarded any contracts to the company in question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Agencies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy regarding the bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the following table: County Full Time Staff Part Time Staff Total Office of Public Works Athlone 5 1 6 Carlow 5 1 6 Clare 10 1 11 Cork 86 2 88 Donegal 39 2 41 Dublin 726 65 791 Galway 175 9 184 Kerry 96 3 99 Kildare 34 3 37 Kilkenny 129 21 150 Laois 12 0 12 Leitrim...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 and 96 to 98, inclusive, together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 99 together. Due to the scale of Government expenditure and the cash basis of Government accounting, the need for Supplementary Estimates can arise for a number of reasons, including policy decisions, timing issues and overspends. Supplementary Estimates are an important element of our expenditure management toolkit, allowing for the proper alignment of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The EU Procurement and Remedies Directives govern the way public authorities purchase goods, works and services. The rules are transposed into Irish law and apply to tenders for public contracts whose monetary value exceeds certain thresholds. It is a matter for individual contracting authorities to ensure that their public procurement function is discharged in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The EU Procurement and Remedies Directives govern the way public authorities purchase goods, works and services. The rules are transposed into Irish law and apply to tenders for public contracts whose monetary value exceeds certain thresholds. It is a matter for individual contracting authorities to ensure that their public procurement function is discharged in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, EU leaders met in Brussels on 10 April 2019 and agreed to an extension of the Article 50 process until 31 October 2019, following a request by Prime Minister May.  This extension includes giving the UK flexibility to leave before that date if the UK Parliament ratifies the Withdrawal Agreement.   While the decision of the European Council has reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The details requested by the Deputy are outlined in the following tables. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 Female Male Total Female Male Total Secretary General 0 1 1 0 1 1 Assistant Secretary Level * 3 6 9 4 6 10 Principal Officer 15 17 32 14 18 32 Assistant Principal 45 55 100 52 63 115 Higher Executive Officer 37 42 79 50 40 90...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance and for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Chairman. Given that I have appeared before various members of the committee on a few occasions this week, and given that I forwarded my statement to the committee earlier in the week, I propose highlighting three or four points and then letting the committee quiz me on the document. I could spend 20 minutes reading the statement aloud but colleagues may have read it. If not, I...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance and for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes, I do. I debated the points raised by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, particularly on unplanned expenditure in health in the second half of last year, with Deputy McGrath's colleague, Deputy Cowen, earlier today. While expenditure growth is now far lower than it was during the pre-crisis period, I take the point that in-year expenditure growth, particularly in health, as it has...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance and for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I agree with the Deputy on the first quarter. I would not draw any conclusion on corporation tax for the first quarter and the key indicator for the year will be May. Nevertheless, the chief economist in the Department of Finance, John McCarthy, and I have been looking at this issue to see if we can form a view on the sustainability of corporation tax. We hope, as we approach the summer...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance and for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not concerned at the moment but it is something on which I must keep a close eye. We are seeing inflationary pressures develop in some parts of the economy, particularly in large construction projects. The reason I am not concerned at the moment is that capital expenditure is slightly below profile in the year to date. It might be the case that some projects-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance and for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is right that it increases later the year. However, there is a "but", namely, that these capital expenditure figures and ceilings were set well over a year ago when we did Project Ireland 2040. As the Deputy knows, we are normally far below profile at the start of the year and we end up being above profile at the end of the year. That has been the case for capital spending since...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance and for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: These are not negotiations. There are other things we are involved in that are negotiations but this is not one. This is all about doing an early draft of figures, sharing that draft with us and then the Commission completing its work. It is not a negotiation in the way that policy matters are negotiated. As to whether there will be a consequence, that is a matter for the Commission. It...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance and for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Commission is asking us questions about the economy and we are giving it numbers in respect of it. It would not be helpful for me to try to speculate on how the process might conclude.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance and for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Apr 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Michael McGrath raised this matter with me towards the end of last year. I indicated that when I did the summer economic statement, which we will deal with some months from now, I would provide a five-year framework setting out how we think the economy will perform. That is what I will do. The so-called fiscal space is replete with potential for errors and misunderstandings....