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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In my role as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at a Departmental level. Responsibility for the management of individual projects rests with the relevant sponsoring Department or Agency. Government has agreed to reallocate €75 million, from within the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Construction of the River Mall (Templemore) Flood Relief Scheme is currently ongoing. To date, approximately 35% of the works have been completed, which include 450 m of new channel excavation, 4 field bridges completed at various locations with another bridge substantially complete, and demolition and site clearance of a commercial property on the Richmond Road. Liaison is ongoing with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In accordance the National Lottery Act 2013, the following sectoral areas are funded under the Good Cause provision of the Act: a) sport and recreation; b) national culture and heritage (including the Irish language); c) health of the community; d) youth, welfare and amenities; f) natural environment; The Act also provides that the proceeds may be applied to such other purposes, if any, as...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My Government colleagues and I have examined all projects and programmes across government in order to meet the funding pressures accruing on the National Children’s Hospital project. This has allowed us to reschedule €75 million from projects such as in the case of the A5 Motorway in Northern Ireland, which is paused due to external issues; and to re-profile the delivery of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As Deputies will be aware 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 discussion at the Community Sector High Level Forum...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Meetings (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have taken the Deputy’s question as referring to designated public officials as defined under the Regulation of Lobbying Act, 2015 – in other words, to include both myself as well as designated public officials within my Department. As the Deputy would expect, the National Broadband Plan (NBP) has been the subject of ongoing engagement with the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Decentralisation Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Decentralisation Programme announced in December 2003 involved the potential relocation of over 10,000 civil and public service jobs to 53 locations in 25 counties. It was a Government decision in 2011 that the Decentralisation Programme be cancelled in light of the budgetary and staffing outlook at that time. Up to that date, about a third of the target...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Professional added year's schemes, in both the Civil Service and State-Sponsored Bodies, apply to pensionable employees appointed to a professional, technical or specialist post where the essential requirements specified in the competition (e.g. qualifications/experience/minimum entry age) result in all candidates from the competition being over the age of 25 on appointment. 1. Professional...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Nursing Staff Remuneration (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The indicative estimates of the net additional costs associated with Labour Court Recommendation LCR 21900 are as follows: 2019: €10m - €15m 2020: €30m - €35m These estimates include the cost of the potential movement of staff to the new Enhanced Nursing Practice salary scale and other elements of the Recommendation such as the extension of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 and 184 together. It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to the €1,000 increase in 2017 applicable to public servants on annualised basic salaries up to €65,000 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015. This increase which, under FEMPI 2015, was to take effect from 1 September 2017, was advanced to 1 April...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised that local flooding issues are a matter in the first instance, for each local Authority to investigate and address, and local authorities may carry out flood mitigation works using their own resources. The OPW operates the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme to provide funding to local Authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or studies to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that procurement by my Department is governed by EU Directives on procurement and follows the Office of Government Procurement 'Public Procurement Guidelines for Goods and Services'. My Department does not undertake procurement processes for public works contracts. The Office of Public Works will respond directly to the Deputy in respect of their contracts. I...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The first full assessment of the cost overrun and the reasons for it was received by my Department in the form of a report from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board submitted by the Department of Health on the 19 November. My Department reviewed the report and met with the Department of Health to discuss it on the 23 November and made a formal submission to me on 26 November.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: All directors appointed to State corporate bodies or to State companies have a range of specific legal responsibilities, in terms of common law, statutory and fiduciary duties to the State body or company; and this applies equally to nominee directors such as civil servants who sit on State boards. It should be noted that State bodies may be established as statutory bodies under their own...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tender Process (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of the ongoing reform of Ireland’s capital management systems, the Office of Government Procurement is conducting a review of construction procurement strategy and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is reviewing the Public Spending Code. The purpose of these reviews is to strengthen the existing guidance to better align with the realities of project delivery and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The River Slaney (Enniscorthy) Flood Relief Scheme is at an advanced stage of planning and design, and it is hoped to proceed to formal Exhibition as required under the Arterial Drainage Acts (ADA) in March/April this year. Following this, if the scheme proposals are generally well received, the design will be finalised and all required documentation will be submitted to the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Arising from the Government decision of Tuesday 12thFebruary 2019 in relation to capital reallocations related to the cost overrun on the National Childrens hospital, the Office of Public Works is reviewing the most appropriate means of achieving the required capital savings of €3 million in the flood risk management area. Expenditure on any particular project or programme in any year...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (19 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: My response to PQ No. 206/19 set out that the details sought by the Deputy are not available centrally. The management of individual contracts is a matter for the relevant contracting authorities and my Department does not have a central coordination role in relation to contracts entered into by all state authorities.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Ihope the Deputy is aware that the Revenue Commissioners are completely independent of the Government and the Department of Finance. We do not play a role in directing Revenue on how to interpret law.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Revenue Commissioners have concerns on how law is implemented and interpreted in this area. As the House well knows, how the Revenue Commissioners decide to apply that law is their prerogative.