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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: It is based on advice I get from my officials where we look at the funding made available to ELS in the previous year. Then there is our expectation and analysis regarding how this has changed. The main components we would look at in this context are where we are with demographics and what the demand for services will be. The key items we would look at for several of our larger Departments...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: That is a standard feature of the engagement we have on the level of the ELS. It is a standard feature. The change in the ELS that is made available to a Government Department is a core part of the budget negotiation process. It is no different from the engagement I have with any other Department. Many Departments, at the start of the process, make the case for a higher level of the ELS...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy did the novel thing of asking me not to interrupt before I had even done so or considered doing so. He did something that was not novel by accusing me of putting spin on something when, of course, he is attempting to do that himself. If he ever has the opportunity to be involved in an Estimates process, and I hope he has so that he has the opportunity to reconcile his rhetoric...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Hold on. The Deputy did not allow me to interrupt him so I am going to ask for the same courtesy, though in my case I did not even speak. What we attempt to do over a number of weeks is to close the gap. The Deputy made a point about the Supplementary Estimate. Of course I acknowledge that the funding needs and the funding challenge for the Department of Health was considerable. This...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: First, it is not up to the Deputy to decide if I am let respond or not. That is for the Chair. I would just make that very clear to him. I do not have to await his guidance as regards whether I come in or not. That is for Deputy Durkan.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is all too happy to interrupt when a point is made back to him.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: It is not a defensive point at all to remind the Deputy he is not the Chair. I am more than happy to do it. The Deputy made the point regarding facts and the need for facts. I am happy to lay out a few facts for the Deputy. It appears what he is trying to do is engender a sense of drama from documents that have already been shared with me, prepared for me and are already in the public...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Supplementary Estimates for 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The great thing is that people will indeed make up their own minds and the facts are the facts as I have described the Estimates process.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand from the clarification kindly provided by the Deputy this query relates to members of Interview/Selection Boards in the Public Appointments Service. The following rates are payable to members of Interview/Selection Boards in the Public Appointments Service. These rates have been in place since the 1st July 2013. Retired Public Servants (on pension): Grade ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (6 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: During 2023, the staff of my Department have worked collaboratively on a wide range of policies and initiatives to deliver on the strategic goals set out in the Department's new Statement of Strategy 2023-2025 to drive the delivery of better public services, living standards and infrastructure for the people of Ireland under three key strategic goals: Enhancing Governance; Building Capacity;...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: No.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: You are in the wrong party then.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I articulate my support for the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and for this motion as a Government colleague and as a TD for Dublin Central. Before I outline the reasons for my support for the Minister, I want to address what was a disgraceful and at times disturbing speech by the Leader of the Opposition. In her speech, she alleged that it was up to two weeks before Gaelscoil Choláiste...

Estimates for Public Services 2023 (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I move the following Supplementary Estimate: Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary Estimate) That a supplementary sum not exceeding €795,154,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2023, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Education, for certain services administered by that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (5 Dec 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. This remains the overarching policy document for the priorities to be delivered in the 2021 to 2030 period. From that total investment, between...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Managing expenditure within the voted allocations included in the annual Revised Estimates is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister. Monitoring of spending against profile and of progress on programmes and projects by each accounting officer is well established within each Department. The Fiscal Monitor is published each month by the Department of Finance setting out...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, I have overall policy responsibility in relation to public service occupational pension schemes payable to retired public servants. For all new entrants to the public service (including members of An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service) on or after 6 April 1995 (the date of introduction of full social insurance for public servants who now pay...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Communications (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Press Office in my department is responsible for the management of departmental social media accounts on the following platforms: XLinkedInYouTubeInstagram (not currently active)My department does not pay a subscription fee for any of these platforms. There is a departmental social media policy in place that is currently being reviewed. The current policy does not address...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (5 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that no money was spent on advertising on the website in question by my Department from 2019 to date. The Department keeps the suitability of any platform it uses for advertising under ongoing review.