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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have no plans to abolish existing public service pension schemes. In accordance with the policy adopted when the Single Pension Scheme (SPS) was introduced for new entrants to the public service from 1 January 2013 onwards, pre-existing pension schemes will continue to apply to public servants who are not members of the SPS. As the member may be aware, the SPS is a career average...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The eCohesion ICT system went live last year, March 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The eCohesion ICT system, a regulatory requirement for 2014 - 2020 ESIF, went live last year, March 2018. With regard to the Deputy's question on drawdown, I would like to reassure her that we have not lost any EU funding.  

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The eCohesion ICT system, a regulatory requirement for 2014 - 2020 ESIF, went live last year, March 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The eCohesion ICT system, a regulatory requirement for 2014 - 2020 ESIF, went live last year, March 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Following a tendering process organised by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), the contract was awarded to SugarCRM Inc., / Provident CRM Limited.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Programmes (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169, 175 and 176 together. Managing the delivery of public services within allocations and meeting our budgetary targets forms a key part of the responsibilities of every Minister and Department. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is in regular contact with all other Departments and Offices to ensure that expenditure is being managed within...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Competitiveness (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 172 together. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the significant public service reforms that this Government has undertaken in recent years continue to deliver improved services and value for money across a range of specific areas such as governance, accountability, procurement, shared services, organisational reform and property management. Two...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: House Sales (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of Budget 2019, I announced a significant increase in expenditure to the Serviced Site Fund (SSF) to enable the Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government to deliver additional affordable housing for low and middle income first time buyers. A total exchequer allocation of €275 million is being provided for the SSF from 2019 to 2021, plus a local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware from previous replies, in my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have overarching responsibility for workforce planning in, and recruitment to, the Civil Service. In Budget 2015, it was announced that there would be a targeted programme of recruitment into the Civil Service to address service needs and a shortfall in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Competitiveness (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy suggests, we live in a world that is uncertain and in which Ireland faces many challenges, including the international and global trading challenges to which his question refers. Central to the Government’s preparation for such challenges is the prudent management of the public finances in order to ensure that the economy remains competitive in the face of future economic...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The capital allocations made in the Revised Estimates of Public Services and the National Development Plan 2018-2027 were informed by the extensive evidence base collated and published on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's website in 2017 as part of the mid-term review of the previous capital plan.  This evidence base included a macroeconomic analysis, an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Preparations (5 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Central to the Government’s preparation for Brexit is the prudent management of the public finances so as to ensure the economy remains competitive in the face of future economic headwinds.  Dedicated measures to prepare for Brexit have been announced in Budgets 2017, 2018 and 2019, to ensure that Ireland is in the best possible position to respond to the challenges that Brexit...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Betting Regulations (28 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As I said, much work has already taken place regarding this issue. I thank the Deputy for acknowledging that. It is my intention to meet some representatives of the sector to have a discussion with them on the issue. I will not give a commitment at this point on how I will handle the tax strategy group papers because if I begin to pare out one sector or one issue from the entire process,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Betting Regulations (28 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is looking for certainty on behalf of businesses that want to be able to offer certainty to their employees or to those providing funding or lending to them. He is then asking a hypothetical question about what I might do. All I will commit to doing at this point is continuing work that is already under way. My officials and my Department have done a lot of work in this area....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Property Tax Review (28 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: A review of the local property tax, LPT, is being carried out by the Department of Finance in conjunction with the Departments of the Taoiseach, Housing, Planning and Local Government, Public Expenditure and Reform and the Revenue Commissioners. The terms of reference require that in conducting the review, the review group is to have regard to the principle of achieving relative stability in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Property Tax Review (28 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: What we have seen is a change in property prices. I am well aware of the consequences of all of that and of the concern it has caused for many regarding their future bills. The revaluation date is November. The bills are not due until next January. I will fulfil the commitment I have given to provide clarity and certainty on the matter. Regarding the impact it has had on local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Estimates Process (28 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The central scenario that is forecast in budget 2019, as prepared by my Department, is the assumption that the UK will make an orderly exit. This would involve a transition period being agreed that extends or replicates existing frameworks until the end of next year. In other words, it is assumed that the UK will remain in the Single Market and customs union during this period. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Estimates Process (28 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Three questions have been asked. As I have already said to Deputy Broughan, I am planning that there will be just one budget this year. That budget will be delivered in October of this year. We ended up moving to a very slight surplus of 0.1% last year. As I acknowledged at the time, that surplus was driven by corporation tax figures in November and December which came in even higher than...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Estimates Process (28 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I often compliment Deputy Boyd Barrett on the detail of the proposals he puts forward. I also argue that they would be disastrous.