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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Circulars (9 Sep 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...shall exceed the pensionable remuneration of the old position. It should be noted that it is the pension which is abated and not the salary in the new position. Prior to the 2012 Act, pension abatement applied only where an individual was re-employed in the same sector. The 2012 Act extended abatement such that an individual in receipt of a public service pension is subject to abatement...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Decentralisation Programme (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...under the remit of my department, and is administered through HR Shared Services, National Shared Services Office, offers an opportunity for staff members in all generalist grades from CO to PO, to apply for a mobility move through an open and transparent system. The establishment of the scheme fulfils one of the requirements of Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan and Action 14 of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...goals and includes a specific objective of developing Dublin Airport as a secondary hub airport with the necessary capacity to connect key existing and emerging global markets. In 2023, daa applied for planning permission for a suite of infrastructure projects at Dublin Airport. The proposed investment is an opportunity to ensure Dublin Airport can continue to develop as a leading...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ..., by the public service employer, subject to an individual meeting eligibility criteria. The occupational supplementary pension is not paid automatically; the public service pensioner must apply for an occupational supplementary pension. The public service pensioner must have reached minimum pension age in accordance with their pension scheme rules and be in receipt of their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware the Civil Service Mobility offers an opportunity for staff members to apply for Mobility (i.e. transfer) through a list-based and advertisement-based system. It is an open and transparent scheme offering equal opportunities for Mobility to all general service staff members. The List Based Mobility Scheme is open to permanent Civil Servants (Clerical Officer,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Communications (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...as a central facility for all contracting authorities to electronically advertise public procurement opportunities and award notices. eTenders can be used by any member of the public interested in applying for public contracts or who are currently service providers for public contracts. While the service contract for eTenders is managed, and the platform is administered, by the OGP,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (25 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...) they may be entitled to an occupational supplementary pension subject to meeting certain criteria. The occupational supplementary pension is not paid automatically; the public service pensioner must apply for an occupational supplementary pension. The public service pensioner must have reached minimum pension age in accordance with their pension scheme rules and be in receipt of their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: 'Shorter Working Year' schemes across the public service enable individual public service employees to apply for special periods of unpaid leave, such as that which may coincide with school holidays in the summer months (term time) or indeed another period during the year. The rules of these schemes may provide that while such a period of special leave will reckon for the purposes of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: 'Shorter Working Year' schemes across the public service enable individual public service employees to apply for special periods of unpaid leave, such as that which may coincide with school holidays in the summer months (term time) or indeed another period during the year. The rules of these schemes may provide that while such a period of special leave will reckon for the purposes of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (15 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...criteria. This supplementary pension is designed to give eligible members not in receipt of the contributory state pensions or other relevant social welfare supports pension benefits equivalent to those they would have received if integration had not applied to their occupational pension. The occupational supplementary pension is not paid automatically; the public service pensioner must...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (14 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...up to 1200 CC, 1201 to 1500 CC and 1501 CC and over. In recognition of Government commitments under CAP 21 in relation electric vehicles (EVs), it was decided to recoup EVs at the same rate as that applying to internal combustion engines (ICE) vehicles with engine capacities of 1201 cc to 1500 cc. Moving from the 1200 cc category at 2017 rates to 1201 cc to 1500 cc category at 2022 rates...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Employment Rights (14 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...that they are not aware of any cases of bogus self-employment from 2020 to 1 May 2024 across any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agencies under the aegis of my Department. This also applies to cases before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...a sustainable and orderly way and in a climate of industrial peace. I do not envisage a role for broad based pay caps in the civil service at this time. The Public Service Agreement 2024-2026 applies to all civil servants and provides for increases of 10.25% over a two and a half year period. This is made up of general round increases totalling 9.25%, as well as a provision for a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...process, reduce waste, cut costs, and deliver projects to a higher quality. Acknowledging the transformative role it can play, in January 2024, I introduced BIM requirements into the CWMF. This requirement now applies to public work projects with a capital value of over €100 million. Over the next four years, these requirements will be extended to cover all public works projects....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Elections (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...stand for local election. Civil servants in clerical grades and certain non-industrial civil servants are free to engage in politics and may stand for local election. Eligible civil servants are expected to apply to their Department/Office for permission to engage in politics and may, at the discretion of their Department/Office, have their application refused where any conflict of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...general return to the workplace. Special Leave with Pay for COVID-19 is not intended to replace sick leave in the Public Service, nor was it designed to address long COVID. Special leave with pay currently applies for the duration of the HSE recommended ‘stay at home period’ following a positive COVID-19 test result. This applies for the duration in place at the time of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...role, my Department does not directly provide services to the public. Hence, questions about specific aspects of service delivery, its related costs or your specific question regarding the cost of applying a 10% increase to the amount under the various agreements should be directed to the relevant Ministers.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: .... These entitlements depend on a range of factors including which scheme an individual is a member of. The value attaching to these terms will vary case by case depending on the specific circumstances applying at retirement e.g. length of service. Some of the key legislation which sets out the terms of pension benefits for Officeholders and TDs are: The Ministerial and Parliamentary...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...around the revision of means tests are a matter, in the first instance, for each of the relevant Ministers. I am aware that revisions have been made to means tests in recent years by a number of Ministers, such as increases in the income and capital disregards applied in some tests. These have generally been made in the context of the annual budgetary process. Any proposals by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...and measures on service delivery transformation that the parties have committed to working together to achieve. The agreement also reaffirms the extensive provisions of previous agreements, as they apply to the transformation of public services, so that they can continue to provide a framework to enable the sustained transformation of public services. In 2023, “Better Public...