Results 16,681-16,700 of 33,987 for speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Properties (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that I do not hold the title to the referred piece of land. I am also advised that NAMA holds no interest in the identified land either. Considering that neither myself nor a body under my aegis has any legal interest in the referred land it would not be appropriate for me to comment further.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: S128F of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides for the Key Employee Engagement Programme (KEEP) which came into effect on 1 January 2018. The aim of the incentive is to support SMEs in Ireland in competing with larger enterprises to recruit and retain key employees, by way of a targeted share option programme. Revenue advise me that details of the numbers availing of this programme...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Bank has advised my Department that it was notified by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority ("Danish FSA") on 7 March 2018 that it (Danish FSA) had ordered Alpha Insurance A/S (“Alpha”) to cease writing new business including renewal of existing contracts and business with immediate effect. The Central Bank was further notified on 9 May 2018 by the Danish FSA...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: This issue relates to a claim by community employment supervisors and assistant supervisorswho 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 which was reconvened to examine...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Expenditure (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I can confirm the totals costs incurred by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on security and maintenance on vacant former Garda Stations for the period from 1/1/2018 to 31/12/2018 was €343,956.43 These costs include any maintenance or other actions considered by OPW as being necessary to protect the structure and value of the property asset and/or for health and safety reasons. A...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The former Garda Station at Tubbermore Road, Dalkey, Co. Dublin is in the full ownership of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland (CPW).

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The OPW is in the process of developing a Masterplan for the Custom House in association with Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government that is wide ranging and comprehensive and will include the following issues among others: - Wider Role of the Custom House within Dublin City. - The existing operational Visitor Centre will be enhanced as part of this process. - Additional office...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Regulations (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The eIDAS Regulation (910/2014) on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market sets out to harmonise digital interoperability within the EU. The electronic identification framework consists of a national access point called an eIDAS Node which allows EU and Irish citizens to use their notified eIDs to access public services. My...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Renewal Plan (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Civil Service Renewal Plan was launched in October 2014 which committed to a significant programme of reform across the Civil Service. The plan included 25 headline actions with each of the actions at various stages of implementation and delivery. The implementation of the Civil Service Renewal Plan has been carried out on a phased basis: the first phase of implementation focused on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, general selection competitions within the Irish Civil Service take place by way of; - competitions confined to civil servants in individual departments (Internal promotion) or - from competitions open to civil servants from all departments (Interdepartmental promotion) or - from open competitions for all eligible candidates including members of the public....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Circular 05/2010: Force Majeure and Other Urgent Family Reasons Leave does not make specific reference to domestic violence, however paragraph 13 states An officer may be granted special leave without pay- ........ (b) for up to 2 months to deal with other urgent domestic affairs. The policy does not give specific examples of ‘other urgent domestic affairs’. This means the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have administrative responsibility for the Civil Service Pension Schemes and exercise a central policy/authorisation role in relation to all other public service pension schemes. Insofar as pension increases are concerned, the main function of my Department is to determine, subject to appropriate Ministerial and Government approval, the pensions increase policy to apply, and to issue...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Further to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 14 February 2019, I have outlined the relevant information in the following table. In doing so, I would like to highlight to the Deputy that the figures I provided in my original reply were inclusive of VAT. Service Total Cost Cost Excluding VAT VAT Expenses External expertise and support on Public Service Reform €36,900.00...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Electronic Commerce (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Although my Department is not participating in a digital signatures working group, nor am I aware of the existence of such a group, there has been some work carried out by my Department in this regard last year. In February 2018, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) within my Department surveyed the current digital signatures, public key infrastructure and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Interdepartmental Working Groups (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Due to the nature of the role of my Department, particularly in relation to the wide programme of management and reform of the Civil and Public Service, it either leads or is represented on a very large number of cross-departmental and other structures. This includes, for example, Working Groups, Interdepartmental Committees, Networks, Advisory Groups / Boards and Programme Boards. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will appreciate that the terms of occupational pension schemes (including public service pension schemes) are separate and distinct from the conditions laid down by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the State Pension (contributory). For example, it is a fundamental feature of occupational pension schemes and of the regulatory framework...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme Implementation (26 Mar 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. Decisions on how and where those allocations are invested by Departments are a matter, in the first instance, for my ministerial colleagues.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Accountability (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: There are no current plans to discontinue the Civil Service Accountability Board. The terms of reference of the Board are published on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at . Work is underway on a new Civil Service Renewal plan that will include the areas that fall under the terms of reference of the Accountability Board.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Accountability (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Civil Service Accountability Board has met four times to date in Q2 and Q3 2015 and Q2 and Q4 2016. The minutes of the Board’s meetings and the 2016 Annual Report of the Board is available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at .

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: A hallmark of Our Public Service 2020, the new framework for innovation and development in the Public Service which I launched at end 2017, is the strengthened model of governance put in place to oversee implementation of the programme’s actions. This notably involves the establishment of a Public Service Leadership Board (PSLB), made up of representative Secretaries General of...