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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Building Regulations (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In July of this year, I announced the Government’s €2.25 billion Infrastructure Stimulus Package which will provide investment in a range of important and much-needed new projects. The stimulus package is additional to the investment outlined in the Exchequer Capital Framework, which was published last November, and will be largely predicated on using non-Exchequer sources of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Labour Court Recommendations (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In the particular case referred to by the Deputy, it is the position that while the consultation process by the Department of Education and Skills and my Department is still ongoing, the matter is expected to be concluded in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: My Department is in the process of reforming sick leave provisions for the public service. We will implement our changes over the coming months. In this context, we will consider the ability of public servants to claim loss of earnings against a third party in the event of a personal injury claim.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: My Department does not maintain a central database of such payments. Accordingly, I have copied the question to all Departments for reply directly to the Deputy. In respect of my own Department, and the Offices and Agencies under the remit of my Department, no such payments have been made during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Grades (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Information on general service grades is available from my Department's website, www.per.gov.ie. I wish to bring the Deputy’s attention to Circular 28/2009 dated 22 December 2009 - Revisions of pay of Civil Servants: Application of pay adjustments in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 at...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 3 of 13 June 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Training (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was established in July 2011 and approximately €55,000 was spent on training and educational requirements of staff in the period between July and December 2011. The training and development budget for 2012 is €174,000. To date, approximately €60,000 has been spent on the central training and education of staff with further...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Requests (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy is aware, under the Freedom of Information Acts the Information Commissioner is independent in the performance of her functions. My Department has been informed by the Office of the Information Commissioner that at the end of August 2012, there were 209 applications for review awaiting decision in the Office, including 16 applications which were received in 2009 and which...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Language Centre (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: My Department is still in deliberations regarding the future direction of the Civil Service Language Centre. As such, no further details beyond those provided in answer to Question No. 245 of 26 June 2012 are available at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Gaeleagras Status (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: My Department is still in deliberations regarding the mandate of Gaeleagras. As such, no further details beyond those provided in answer to Question No. 246 of 26 June 2012 are available at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The following is the position in respect of the number and percentage of women and men on State boards under the aegis of my Department: Public Appointments Service Dates Number Males % Males Number Females % Females October 2004-October 2007 4 44% 5 56% February 2008-February 2011 6 67% 3 33% September 2011- Date* 4 50% 4 50% There is one vacancy on the Board, as a Board Member (male)...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies Abolition (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question No. 281 of Thursday, 19 July 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Increment Payments (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Exchequer pay bill is a function of employee numbers, salary points and the mix and range of salary points which vary from year to year. The detailed data necessary to undertake an exercise to determine the estimated impact on the Exchequer Pay Bill across the public service from a revision of the current relativities to December 2004 (pre Buckley Report) levels is not available to my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The regular preparation and publication of actuarial assessments of public service pension costs is an important part of policy formulation. In this regard, I believe work should begin as soon as possible on a new actuarial assessment of public service pension costs, taking account of the recent significant changes in public service pay, pensions and numbers. Using the analysis in the 2009...

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (19 Jul 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The House will be aware from previous statements that I have made that a target of €3 billion has been agreed for the State asset disposal programme and we have indicated to the EU/ECB/IMF Troika that we expect transactions to commence in 2013. In dealing with the Troika on this matter, it has been the Government's consistent position that funds released from the disposals would be used to...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Brendan Howlin: As part of the Croke Park Agreement management and staff representatives have agreed to work together to deliver increased productivity and maximise efficiencies in the delivery of public services. It is estimated that the cost of sick leave across the public service is over €500m. The State is no longer in a financial position to be able to sustain the cost of the existing sick leave...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (19 Jul 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Public servants serving before April 2004 are generally not "new entrants" under the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act and most have a compulsory retirement age of 65. Other than certain uniformed groups, public servants recruited since then do not have a compulsory retirement age. Public servants may retire earlier than this age, for example, on medical grounds,...

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (19 Jul 2012)

Brendan Howlin: There are no allowances paid to civil and public servants for eating their lunch at their desks. I understand that in line with the private sector an eating on site allowance of €1.90 per day may be paid to staff employed on outdoor duties such as construction work.

Written Answers — Political Funding: Political Funding (19 Jul 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 28686 [No. 3] of 13 June 2012.

Written Answers — Croke Park Agreement: Croke Park Agreement (19 Jul 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 is a key strategic framework which is enabling the Government to significantly reduce public service costs and to fundamentally reform the way the public service works with the co-operation of staff. The Implementation Body for the Agreement has published two annual reports to date. Both of these reports show clearly that the Agreement is delivering on...