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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform acts as the competent authority for the confirmation of flood relief schemes submitted under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995 as amended. The process for examining the schemes submitted to my Department is set out under the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Arterial Drainage) Regulations 2019. In line...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Development Plan 2021 – 2030 (NDP) published in October 2021 provides a detailed and positive vision for Ireland over the next 10 years, and delivers total public investment of €165 billion over the period 2021-2030. In 2023, over €12 billion will be made available from the Exchequer for investment in public capital projects. As Minister for Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Evaluations of Government expenditure are a vital component of the public expenditure management framework, and are central to ensuring and demonstrating the appropriate use of public money. As with other business, evaluations are planned and conducted by individual Government Departments dealing with policies which fall under their Departmental remit. One of the main initiatives by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In Budget 2024, additional capital of €900 million was allocated for 2024. This will bring total capital investment in 2024 to €12.6 billion. Additional capital expenditure of €250 million is also being made available for 2024 from windfall exchequer receipts, to be allocated to critical infrastructure projects that are at an advanced stage as well as to the existing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Budgetary and expenditure reform is a key feature of public expenditure management and is progressed in a number of ways including through regular engagement across Departments on cross cutting issues and through the public service reform programme. The promotion of innovation may be seen within the overall context of budgetary reform through a range of initiatives including: •...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: With regard to the availability of necessary expertise within the Public Service, I would make the point that Better Public Services 2030, which is the Government’s Public Service Transformation Strategy, includes Workforce of the Future as one of its three pillars. This reflects a strong commitment to growing capability across the Public Service to ensure that our workforce has the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The mission of my Department, as set out in its Statement of Strategy 2023-25, is to drive the delivery of better public services, living standards and infrastructure for the people of Ireland. In this context, my Department works closely with all Departments in seeking to enable and support them in the delivery of better public services, including in the implementation of Better Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Ireland is expected to receive €914m in grants over the lifetime of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). In order to access this funding, Ireland has developed the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). The RRF is a performance-based instrument with payment contingent on the satisfactory achievement of milestones and targets. The NRRP is based on sixteen...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I have asked Officials in my Department to examine any administrative and legislative measures which may be taken to ensure that the confirmation process under the Arterial Drainage Act (as amended) is carried out it in as effective and timely a manner as possible. It is important to acknowledge that the purpose of the Regulations is to transpose the provisions of EU law, giving further...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has committed €165 billion funding for capital investment, as set out in the NDP 2021-30 published in October 2021. This expenditure was considered and agreed in order to support those sectors that would be key in delivering the ten National Strategic Outcomes (NSOs) identified in the National Planning Framework (NPF). The NDP contains expenditure commitments for a range...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware my Department are now engaged in formal negotiations, under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission, on the potential of a successor agreement to Building Momentum. A range of issues are being discussed as part of this and it would be inappropriate for me to comment on the specifics at this time. In relation to the current appraisal categories, since...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department previously provided grant funding to Benefacts between the period 2015-2022. The project was funded as a pathfinder initiative in the area of data analytics on the non-profit sector. Benefacts was initially co-funded with philanthropy, however, in latter years the Department had been providing the majority of funding to the entity. In 2019, my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The DCEDIY Vote Section includes 2 Assistant Principals and 1 Higher Executive Officer. In addition there is one Principal Officer who is responsible for both the DCEDIY Vote Section as well as another Vote Section. These roles are focused on agreeing, monitoring, reporting and sanctioning expenditure in relation to the DCEDIY Vote which includes expenditure on integration. These posts are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The table separately details requests that were refused as records were not held in my Department which were transferred to other FOI Bodies where to the knowledge of my Department records would be likely to be held. The Deputy may wish to note that a number of FOI requests for 2023 are currently in the decision making...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not incurred any costs of the nature specified from 2016 to-date.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Communications (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that I met with the Hope and Courage Collective in February, 2023 to discuss the work of their organisation. There were no fees paid in respect of this meeting. Neither my Department nor any of the bodies under its aegis have had any engagement of the nature specified with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue from 2020 to-date.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Civil Service Grievance Procedure (Circular 11/2001) outlines the procedure to manage complaints of individual members of staff within the scope of the procedure, which are not appropriate for discussion under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme. The procedure has two stages; the first involves efforts to resolve the matter informally. If a grievance is not resolved informally,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reports (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In responding to the Deputy's question I am referring to the Civil & Public Service Mediation Service (CPSMS) as this has been the context of the other question raised. In that case, there were no reports from Personnel Officers or from Mediation Officers made to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Deliver and Reform in 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Civil & Public Service Mediation Service (CPSMS) have a panel of volunteer mediators who are serving Civil and Public Servants. The Civil and Public Service Mediation Service do not recruit external mediators. Mr. Joe McDermot is the Civil Service Mediator under the Grievance Procedure 11/2001. Mr. McDermot’s appointment was made in consultation with the General Council...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: A panel of mediators, drawn from existing Public Service staff, is used for the Civil and Public Service Mediation Service. There are no external mediators currently on the panel. The mediators on the panel are volunteers and remain on the panel as long as they are available to carry out mediations. The panel is subject to constant change. The Civil and Public Service Mediation Service...

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