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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Supports (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation and its agencies have been working closely with the European Commission including DG Competition since November 2017 through the Irish/EU Technical Working Group on State Aid.  Through the mechanism of the Technical Working Group Ireland has fully utilised the provisions of the State aid framework to enable...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 Administration (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department publishes a major capital projects tracker on the website of the Department, which sets out details of the key projects and programmes being implemented under the NDP. The tracker currently focuses on projects and programmes with a value of greater than €20 million.  Therefore, while it does not provide an exhaustive list of all capital expenditure, the list of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Minor Works Scheme Applications (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has received no application from Mayo County Council for funding for works to construct a flood wall or to carry out remedial works on Sea Road, Belmullet. I am advised that localised flooding is a matter for the Local Authority in the first instance. However, it is open to the Local Authority to apply for OPW funding for viable flood mitigation measures...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (7 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have responsibility for non-pay terms and conditions in the Civil Service. Other Ministers have responsibility for such conditions in the various sectors of the wider public service. While I currently have no plans for the introduction of paid domestic violence leave in the Civil Service, there are a number of supports already in place to help...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Agencies Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The following table contains the information requested. Year Description Amount 2018 Switch Your Bank* (of which: YouTube)  *all recoupable from the banks** €402,210 (€8,896) 2019 Nil € 000 **The Switch Your Bank campaign is funded, in its entirety, by AIB and Permanent TSB, as part of a range of competition measures agreed with the European...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In 2018, my Department engaged Language Communications to promote the Switch Your Bank Campaign.  The cost was €402,210 and the Switch Your Bank campaign is funded, in its entirety, by AIB and Permanent TSB, as part of a range of competition measures agreed with the European Commission to raise awareness and promote customer switching of financial products. My...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (6 Mar 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.  Budget 2019 provided Revenue with the funding needed for 270 of the additional 600 staff to be recruited during 2019 to manage an orderly UK withdrawal. Following the Government decision to give greater priority to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I will draw the Deputy's attention to the contents of a document (details supplied).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Banking (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will appreciate that Government Departments and Offices in discharging their legal roles and responsibilities operate bank accounts with commercial banks to facilitate payments and receipts generated in the normal course of their activities. Such accounts are "public bank accounts" under Section 18 of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act, 1866 on the basis that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Banking (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The schedule attached to this reply sets out the details of public bank accounts for Irish Prison Service in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019 sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform since its establishment in July 2011. As can be seen from the schedule attached to this reply and reflecting the administrative structures in place in the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: There are no plans currently to carry out either geophysical or archaeological examinations at Kilmainham Gaol in respect of the Invincibles' burial place.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: A notification was issued to all Personnel Officers/HR managers in December 2014 advising them that current applications were being put on hold and that further applications for transfer of service under the Public Service Transfer Service and the IASS were not being accepted pending further details from the IASS. A formal notification was not issued to Personnel Officers/HR Managers in June 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have set out in the following table details of the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content by means of sidebar, above the line and pop website ads in 2018 and to date in 2019. Amount Spent on Social Media Year Campaign Platform Cost  2018 IGEES AP Recruitment  Competition  Facebook and LinkedIn (Pop Website Ads) €553.50...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table.To date in 2019, there has been no such expenditure. Year Company Amount Spent 2018 Mindshare Media Ireland Ltd. for MyGovID awareness campaign €76,948.91

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (6 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: An Office of Public Works (OPW) senior Property Manager has arranged to visit the site referred to by the Deputy during the second week of March.  Once the site visit is complete a decision will be made on the application to remove the burden.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In reply to Deputy Michael McGrath's question, the Central Bank has the power to stop any insurance company from issuing new products. It is well aware of this issue and I am confident that it will deal with any insurance policies being issued that does not have full consumer protection and a legal underpinning. Deputies Michael McGrath and Pearse Doherty asked about our assessment of...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank will have to be notified by an insurance company and my expectation is that it will publish some form of index or other publication detailing the companies that have not taken sufficient action. This is why we have a run off period of three years. If the Central Bank were to form the view that there is not adequate consumer awareness of this issue then a three year run off...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Assuming this provision is enacted, there will be no issue across this period in relation to claims or the operation of policies. The whole purpose of this section is to ensure the maintenance of the status quo. However, this section is somewhat different from others in the Bill in that it contains a time limit. I will take on board what Deputy Pearse Doherty said about consumer...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: There are two levels to this. Current EU directives do not permit duty free shops on the land frontier. Ireland may not, therefore, operate a duty free shop on a land frontier. This is why I told the Deputy that, if this scenario developed, it would do so at ports and airports under EU law. The next question relates to what the policy framework would be if we found ourselves in a...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes, that is my current position in light of the significant passenger traffic between the UK and Ireland. That is what I will plan to do, but I wish to indicate that this section will be subject to a commencement order.