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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equal Opportunities Employment (10 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Different bodies take different approaches to gathering the information sought by the Deputy. In many organisations disability surveys are anonymous, so it is not possible to say what type of contract staff are on. It is not mandatory for staff to disclose if they have a disability. The material below sets out the information that is available. Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (10 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan 2021-30 (NDP), rests with the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regional Development (10 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Balanced regional development is a key priority of this Government and is at the heart of Project Ireland 2040. We are continuing to deliver and improve infrastructure in all regions in areas such as transport, broadband connectivity, housing and energy. These investments in public infrastructure projects will in turn have a positive effect in delivering employment opportunities and further...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: NextGenerationEU is the EU’s temporary recovery instrument to support Europe’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and build a greener, more digital and more resilient future. The centrepiece of NextGenerationEU is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) - an instrument that offers grants and loans to support reforms and investments in the EU Member States. RRF...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Government committed €165 billion towards capital investment through the National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-30 published in 2021. An additional €2.25 billion from the windfall tax receipts was made available to capital expenditure over the period 2024-26 in the Summer Economic Statement (SES) last year. This was to facilitate the progression of important projects and...

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

Paschal Donohoe: Well-targeted investment has the ability to be transformational for society and it is essential that the State gets value for money for the significantly increased capital budget under the National Development Plan. In order to do so, all Government Departments and agencies tasked with delivering these vital projects must have the capacity, capability and appropriate governance structures in...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, there was a Decentralisation Programme in operation from 2003 to 2011 with c.3,400 posts decentralised. The programme was cancelled by the Government in light of the budgetary and staffing outlook at that time. The Civil Service Mobility scheme which comes under the remit of my department, and is administered through HR Shared Services, National Shared...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, under the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004, the responsibility for recruitment in each sector of the Public Service is a matter for the relevant Minister. As Minister of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform I am directly responsible for the Civil Service. Section 33 of the 2004 Act established the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Arterial Drainage Act 1945 is one of the legislative mechanisms utilised by the Office of Public Works and Local Authorities in the delivery of flood relief schemes in the State. Flood schemes are also delivered via direct application to An Bord Pleanála under the Planning and Development Act 2000. The decision on which planning framework to utilise for a given scheme is a...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual sponsoring Department in each case. National Strategic Outcome (NSO)...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Single Public Service Pension Scheme is a statutory Public Service Career-Average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, established on 1 January 2013 under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. The Single Scheme was established to place publicly-funded retirement benefits on a more sustainable footing in the context of longer life expectancies. All new...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects or sectoral policy strategies, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP),...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects or sectoral policy strategies, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP),...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2025 (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 and 243 together. The budgetary approach taken in recent years has ensured that this Government could build on and improve day to day public services and key infrastructure requirements whilst also responding to economic shocks such as the global pandemic and the spike in inflation in order to minimise the fall-out for households and businesses. This...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Summer Economic Statement (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: In drafting the Summer Economic Statement (SES) my Department and the Department of Finance evaluate the economic landscape and assess the overall revenue and expenditure position in terms of adequacy and sustainability over the short to medium-term. On an ongoing basis, departmental profiles of expenditure are examined every month as part of the Exchequer issues and returns process while...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Artificial Intelligence (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Officials from my Department do not currently use the application, or any other AI, to conduct official business. If/when the application’s use is being considered it will be discussed and a risk assessment conducted as appropriate.

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

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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (9 Jul 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 254 together. The 2020 Programme for Government committed to “reform and consolidate the Ethics in Public Office Legislation” and, as the Deputy notes, my Department undertook a comprehensive review of the statutory framework as the first step in meeting this commitment. The Government subsequently agreed to the preparation of draft...

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

Paschal Donohoe: As set out below in detail, an occupational supplementary pension may be payable in circumstances where the Social Insurance benefit payable does not equate to the full rate of State Pension Contributory (SPC) or there is no social insurance benefit payable, subject to an individual meeting certain eligibility criteria. For all new entrants to the public service on or after 6 April 1995...

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

Paschal Donohoe: My Department does not hold the information requested by the Deputy. I believe that the information sought by the Deputy will be collated by the State Claims Agency that is within the remit of the National Treasury Management Agency for my colleague the Minister of Finance.