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Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: It is more than that.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Mattie, you were part of ruining the country.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (28 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Mr Peter Sutherland has been in receipt of a Ministerial Pension since 16th of July 2001. As per the table. Financial Year Gross Pension paid by PMG 2011 €49,403 * 2010 €52,632 2009 €52,632 2008 €51,537 2007 €49,790 2006 €47,243 2005 €44,079 2004 €43,782 2003 €38,542 2002 €51,949...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Agencies (28 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy is aware it would not be appropriate for me to comment in advance of the Budget on possible Budget decisions.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Government is committed to reducing public service numbers to 282,500 by the end of 2014 as part of its Reform Agenda. The overriding objective is to have a more customer focused, leaner, more efficient and better integrated public service which delivers maximum value for money. The moratorium on recruitment will continue until such time that the targets agreed in the Programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (28 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 and 119 together. The PEACE III Programme (2007-2013) is a €333m cross-border programme co-funded by the European Union. Its aim is to promote reconciliation and to help to build a more peaceful and stable society in Northern Ireland and the border region of Ireland. PEACE III is managed by the Special EU Programmes Body and is subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Adviser Pay (28 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I have appointed two special advisers in my Department as follows: Name Title Current Salary (per annum) Anne Byrne Special Adviser (D/PER) €86,604 Rónán O’Brien Special Adviser (D/PER) €114,000

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The appointment of Mercer in June 2012 to examine pay levels across banking institutions is a matter for the Minister for Finance. Pay rates in the public service were reduced by up to 30% and a progressive pension related reduction (averaging approximately 7%) applied through the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts of 2009-2011. The rates of reduction applied to senior...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy is aware, as part of the Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012-2014 , published by my Department on 5 December 2011, I set out expenditure ceilings for all Departments. These ceilings act as an upper limit on expenditure and ensure Departments seek to maximise efficiency gains in all areas. In order to facilitate Departments in driving these efficiency gains, and to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Agencies (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question No. 16 answered on Wednesday 21 November, 2012 regarding progress on the agency rationalisation measures contained in the Public Service Reform Plan. With regard to the position of the staff members of the agencies involved, one of the guiding principles which inform the Government's approach to agency rationalisation is respect for staff...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Agencies (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: No new State agencies, forums or task forces have been established by my Department in 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Statement (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: As stated in my reply to the Deputy on 20 November, 2012, I will be making a statement to the House on Wednesday, 5 December, pertaining to the 2013 expenditure estimates, while my colleague Minister Noonan will make a separate financial statement on the same day. At this stage, it is anticipated that Minister Noonan will deliver his financial statement after which I will be announcing the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the following table outlines the number of staff in my Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of my Department whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of 400,000 and above, between 300,000 to 399,999, between 200,000 to 299,999 and between 150,000 to 199,000; and a breakdown of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: No staff in my Department or in any body under the remit of my Department are in receipt of an annual salary of more than 200,000.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: There are no plans to make provision under the next National Lottery licence regime for the funding of specific organisations. It is the intention that under the next licence, money raised by the National Lottery for good causes will continue to be applied for the following purposes: sport and other recreation, national culture and heritage (including the Irish language), the arts, health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy raised a question regarding the difference between the Civil Service and the public service. Civil servants - "servant" is a lovely word - are those who work in government, while the term "public servant" refers to everybody else who is employed in the public service, including gardaí, teachers, nurses and doctors. Our ambition in the programme is to build an integrated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The agreement is a fantastic enabler of change. The Deputy will remember the old days when moving people to a better office meant paying them a movement allowance and one would have a work-to-rule and God knows what else. All of that has been blown away. We are moving people up to 45 km from their base and thousands of public servants have been moved on that basis. We have also changed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The medium-term fiscal plan we have published provides for a flat projection if there is no policy change. The policy change will come in the budget. We will spell out the impact we expect that to have on the multi-annual financial framework, including the projection for jobs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The budget is the platform for certain instruments to be announced. We are very limited in the number of instruments we can adopt. I do not want to make more of it than it deserves. The publication that used to be known as the pre-budget statement is now known as the medium-term financial framework.