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Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In the timeframe allowed, it has not been possible to collate the information requested. However, as soon as the information for my Department and bodies under my aegis has been collated, it will be forwarded to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In the time allowed, it has not been possible to collate the information in respect of each organisation under the auspices of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The details in respect of my Department are outlined in the following table. Number of staffwho retired in 2011 Total cost of lump sums Estimated pension costs in 2012 (gross) 4 €510,277.60 €169,841

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: All background documents to the 2011 Comprehensive Review of Expenditure, including analyses carried out by the Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit (CEEU) of my Department, were published on the Department's website, www.per.gov.ie, on 6 December 2011. The CEEU has not issued any further publications since that date.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The following table details the budget and provisional outturn figures for my Department in 2011: Subhead Budget 2011 €'000 Provisional Outturn 2011 €'000 Salaries, Wages and Allowances 21,573 19,548 Travel and Subsistence 262 119 Incidental Expenses 152 216 Postal and Telecommunications Services 75 71 Office Machinery and Other Office Supplies 555 611 Office Premises Expenses 0...

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Data for the wider Civil and Public Service for retirees re-engaged on a short-term basis is not held centrally. In the time allowed, it has not been possible to collate the information requested. However, as soon as the information for the bodies under my aegis has been collated, it will be forwarded to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: There is no prohibition on civil or public servants who have retired under normal circumstances from applying for a publicly advertised public service post for which they are suitably qualified. However, restrictions on further public service appointments apply to staff who opted for early retirement under the Incentivised Scheme for Early Retirement (ISER) as set out in Department of Finance...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The terms of the proposed single public service pension scheme are set out in the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011, which was published last September. The Bill defines public service body as comprising the Civil Service, the Garda Síochána, the Permanent Defence Force, local authorities, the Health Service Executive, the Central Bank of Ireland (subject...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Section 46(1) of the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 provides that the Act does not apply to records relating to the proceedings in a court of law. I do not intend to amend the Act in this regard as to do so would interfere with and impact adversely on the independent role and functions of the Courts.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: We will see about that.

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: An Post National Lottery Company does not have any role in relation to how the surplus which it generates is spent. The surplus from the National Lottery is paid to the Exchequer in a number of instalments each year. This surplus is treated as an item of non-tax revenue to the Exchequer. It is not possible to indicate the amount or percentage of Lottery funding provided to any individual...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The recent referendum was required because of the special position of the judiciary under the Constitution. The same considerations do not apply to public and civil servants. Accordingly, as the Deputy will be aware, there have been considerable changes to public service pensions over the past number of years without recourse to referenda. In 2009 a Pension-Related Deduction (PRD) was...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 260 to 263, inclusive, together. Under a public works contract the contractual relationship is between the public body and the main contractor. A public body has no contractual ties with a subcontractor engaged by a main contractor. Any contractual relationship is exclusively a matter between the main contractor and its sub-contractor. Most private sector...

Written Answers — Oireachtas Officeholders' Remuneration: Oireachtas Officeholders' Remuneration (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Pay reductions for 2 Oireachtas Office holders were implemented on a voluntary basis with effect from 10 March 2011 by the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. Legislation to implement pay reductions for Office holders was enacted in December 2011 effective from 1 January 2012 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act, 2011 and provides for reductions in...

Written Answers — Oireachtas Members' Remuneration: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: No members of the current Oireachtas have made a request through my Department to reduce their remuneration to that of the average industrial wage.

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: It is a core principle of Government policy that a competitive process should always be used in the award of public works contracts. The advertising requirements for public works contracts are determined by the value of the contract under national guidelines and EU Directives. All public works contracts above 50,000 euro must be advertised on the national public procurement website...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy may be aware, the NewERA unit was established within the National Treasury Management Agency in July 2011 to reform the manner in which Government manages the commercial semi-State companies. NewERA will initially undertake the corporate governance function, from a shareholder perspective and reporting to relevant ministers, of ESB, Bord Gáis Éireann, EirGrid, Bord na Móna...

Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Pension-Related Deduction (PRD) was introduced with effect from 1 March 2009 via the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009. The Act was introduced in the context of the priority to be given to the stabilization of the public finances. The Act provided that savings accruing be remitted to the benefit of the Exchequer. The PRD rates and bands are: - First €...

Written Answers — Exchequer Statements: Exchequer Statements (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The monthly Exchequer Statement presents the cumulative receipts into and issues from the Exchequer Account for the year to date. The expenditure issues for voted expenditure are based on the estimated requirements of Departments and Offices from the Supply Account of the Paymaster General and are net of appropriations-in-aid and thus funded on a net basis from the Exchequer Account. These...

Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 274, 288 and 289 together. No specific financial provision is made to public service bodies in respect of increments as they are required to meet the cost within their overall pay allocations. Accordingly, as it is a matter for each public service body to manage the cost of increments on an individual basis within their individual pay allocations, details...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 275 to 277, inclusive, together. The provisional outturn data for lump sumps for 2011 is €600 million and the initial estimate of cost for 2012 is just over €600 million. Lump sum payments account for approximately 20% of the total pensions bill for these years. Data for earlier years is not available centrally. The cost of lump sums and the figures for...