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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 24 and 32 together. My Department has no current contracts with the company in question. For the most part, the bodies under the aegis of the Department hold no current contracts with this company, with the exception of the Institute of Public Administration (IPA).  The IPA holds a contract in respect of maintenance for their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, on 5 December 2017, the Government agreed that the compulsory retirement age of most public servants recruited before 1 April 2004 should be increased to age 70.  Primary legislation is required for this change to be implemented. The Attorney General’s Office was requested to prioritise the drafting of the necessary legislation so that the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Development Plan explicitly addresses the need to improve management of capital spend, including the challenges referenced such as maintenance of assets, drawing in particular on the 2017 PIMA report. These actions are in train; in particular, a Project Ireland 2040 Delivery Board has been formed, consisting of Secretaries General from the main capital spending Departments, to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to PQ 7028/18 answered on 13 February 2018. Currently there are no plans to undertake an investigation into this area.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Gender Proofing of Policies (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In recent years, significant reforms have been implemented to Ireland’s budgetary framework to embed sound expenditure management practice that maintains a focus on the results being achieved across the public service and the extent to which public spending is delivering on key policy objectives. Performance budgeting is a key element of this suite of expenditure reform measures that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 (PSSA), provided that an examination of remaining salary scale issues in respect of post January 2011 recruits at entry grades would be undertaken within 12 months of the commencement of the Agreement. Additionally, as the Deputy is aware, this Government accepted an amendment at Section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset I would like to restate the Irish Government's firm commitment to the successful implementation of the current PEACE and INTERREG Programmes and to successor programmes post-2020. As part of the contingency planning undertaken by the Government prior to the Brexit referendum, my Department identified the risks to these EU-funded programmes in the event of the UK voting to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Proofing of Budgets (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The ongoing work regarding Equality Budgeting in Ireland follows the Programme for a Partnership Government commitment to ‘develop the process of budget and policy proofing as a means of advancing equality, reducing poverty and strengthening economic and social rights’. The National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 also contains a related commitment. The elements that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Shared Services (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: PeoplePoint is the Civil Service HR and pensions shared service centre – it is a processing centre for HR and pensions administration on behalf of 35,400 Civil Service customers. In 2017, PeoplePoint, now called HR Shared Services, completed in excess of 231,000 HR and pensions transactions and received over 86,000 calls and 4 million website visits. PeoplePoint applies Government HR...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Functions (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the Minister and Secretaries Act 1924, as amended, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland (Board of Commissioners) and its powers, duties and functions are assigned to, and administered by, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform as the responsible head of the Board of the Commissioners to Dáil Éireann. The Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 designates the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Europe 2020 strategy document sets out specific targets under a range of objectives including employment, research and development (R&D), climate change and energy, education, and poverty and social exclusion. The Irish targets under Europe 2020 with regard to social inclusion are to reduce: - consistent poverty to 4% by 2016 (interim target) and to 2% or less by 2020, from a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Table 3 on Page 22 of the Summer Economic Statement (SES) 2017 set out an amount of €3.2 billion in respect of the estimated net fiscal space for 2019. In arriving at this net amount, the fiscal space impact of certain pre-committed voted expenditure was deducted from the gross fiscal space. The nominal amounts relating to these pre-commitments were set out in Table 1.3 on Page 9 of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of the 2018 Stability Programme Update (SPU), my Department forecast growth in the overall pay bill (private and public combined) of 5.7 per cent in 2018. This is made up of growth in average pay of 2.6 per cent, with the remainder due to growth in the number of employees. Pay bill growth is projected to average 5.1 per cent per annum thereafter, with average pay expected to grow at...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, the European Commission’s proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 was published on 2 May 2018. I welcome the publication of the proposals which marks the start of an important debate on the future of the EU Budget. The proposals are detailed and will require careful examination over the coming period, particularly as further...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Costs (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: I note that the specific case which the Deputy mentions refers is a business owner seeking motor insurance at a competitive rate. The Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment on or review any particular case, but I will focus my reply on the Deputy's question on the steps taken within my remit to address the issue of insurance costs. As Minister for Finance,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Dog Breeding Industry (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 9 of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 provides that each local authority must maintain a register of dog breeding establishments located in its area of responsibility. The Act also places an obligation on any person seeking to operate a dog breeding establishment to have the premises included on the register. However, Revenue does not have any role to play under the Dog...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Coverage (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Finance, I am responsible for the development of the legal framework governing financial regulation. Neither I nor the Central Bank of Ireland can interfere in the provision or pricing of insurance products, as these matters are of a commercial nature, and are determined by insurance companies based on an assessment of the risks they are willing to accept. This position is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: In March the Commission published two proposed Directives in relation to the taxation of digital economy. The first proposal is a ‘temporary’ solution of a 3% levy on turnover from certain digital service activities. The thresholds for application of a global turnover of €750 million and EU turnover of at least €50 million. The second, "comprehensive solution"...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Of the seventeen Bodies under the aegis of my Department, I am informed that in the location listed by the Deputy there are seven people employed at Assistant Principal level of which one will be due to retire in the coming year.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (17 May 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: Of the seventeen Bodies under the aegis of my Department, I am informed that in the location listed by the Deputy there are seven people employed at Assistant Principal level.