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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Offshore Exploration (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The remittance and royalties do not relate to the same financial year. Under Article X of a 1959 Oil Exploration Agreement the company is entitled to a remittance of the amount by which the total of tax, rent and royalty paid in any accounting period exceeds 40% of the "net income" as defined in that Article. The remittance amount of €2.603m, paid to the company in 2012 is based on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Party Leader’s Allowance is provided for in the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) Act, 1938, as amended by the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 2001. Under the legislation, the amounts paid to the parliamentary leader of a qualifying party are calculated on the following basis: TDs Non - Government Parties € Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Primary Care Centres (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: My Department has issued guidelines to assist State authorities in carrying out their responsibilities and functions regarding the assessment, approval, audit and procurement of PPP projects. It is a matter for each Minister as the sanctioning authority for projects to take all the relevant policy decisions about projects in accordance with these guidelines. The State Authorities (Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Agencies (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: No quasi-governmental organisations and/or agencies have been created by my Department since 9 March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (18 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In July 2012 the Government approved my proposals to reform Freedom of Information and extend the Act to all public bodies. I have submitted the detailed General Scheme of a Freedom of Information Reform Bill to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform for its views and recommendations. I believe that the Committee can on its own account and drawing on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (18 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In July 2012 the Government approved my proposals to reform Freedom of Information and extend the Act to all public bodies. I have submitted the detailed General Scheme of a Freedom of Information Reform Bill to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform for its views and recommendations. I believe that the Committee can on its own account and drawing on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy might take this matter up with the Minister for Health and the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. The demands on health have been very significant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: We have not concluded our discussions in respect of that. One of the things that will determine that will be the outturn figure for this year. The Deputy has seen the published figures for the end of September, which were significantly over budget. We need to bring that back in line before the end of the year. As I said in respect of the overall deficit target, the starting point will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The problem is that I have to make the decisions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: That is just not true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The increments value is €170 million. I have given the Deputy that figure. However, the pension deduction alone is €950 million. The pay cut would have also been €1 billion. That is almost €2 billion between those two elements set against €170 million in increments so the Deputy's figures just do not add up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Once a person gets an increment, that is part of his or her pay. The Deputy is not talking about increments unless he is talking about cutting pay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: That is true, but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In logic, it is not possible to equate an annual saving of €170 million to €2 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy could say we would get it over ten years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I have until 5.30 p.m., at which point I need to return to the office. I believe we have dealt with increments. The Deputy has the notion that we should stop increments for everyone. There is an issue of intergenerational solidarity. People on the top of the salary scale do not get further increments. That money is bagged, if one likes. It is an old idea that as one matures in one's job...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: We are making projections, particularly in regard to superannuation, and we are allocating them. With regard to the shared services issue, we are accelerating this project because we are bringing more than the human resource element into it next year and, therefore, expenditure will be greater than we anticipated on it. It would give clarity to do the exercise the Deputy asked for but I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Because one needs to have baseline figures to give an indicative view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy is reading from a document I do not have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: If one goes through each heading, we have to find €19 million.