Results 21-40 of 122 for 5 million speaker:Brendan Howlin

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Brendan Howlin: In this supplementary question I wish to ask about the non-pay Vote. Something in the order of €60 million in non-pay additional funding seems to be very little in terms of the equipment requirements laid out, if we are going to do anything. The cost of the replacement of the two maritime aircraft would gobble up that amount. Would consideration be given to going down the road of...

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ...prioritisation of existing resources and additional funding arising from the introduction of a temporary levy on pension funds. The total additional current expenditure to specified areas of €29 million in 2011 was to be funded by reallocations of €18 million from within existing current resources and €11 million from the introduction of the levy on pension funds in 2011. In a full...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (8 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...to us since 4 April? For clarification, does the title "strategic communications unit" exist anymore or has it been abolished? Is there a strategic communications unit currently? On the €5 million, the Taoiseach says half the sum will simply be rebated to the Exchequer and not reallocated within his Department. Is that right? What is the employment framework number for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (29 Jan 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...Works Management Framework (CWMF) was introduced on a phased basis from 2007 and became mandatory for all contracting authorities through the issue of Department of Finance Circular 06/10 on 5 May 2010.  The documents are updated and augmented where appropriate to respond to new developments in the industry and changes in the regulatory environment. A number of standard CWMF...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Brendan Howlin: A further €5 million will be allocated to extend the reach of the books-to-rent programme in primary schools. Justice We will be providing additional funding to the Department of Justice and Equality to increase staff for the Garda vetting service. Also in the justice sector, it is expected that the new court of appeal and the legal services regulatory authority will be established...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2015-2017: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (28 Jan 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...when the previous budget was published. That is understandable to everybody present. In October 2013, when we published the expected expenditure profiles of 2014, I was expecting to face into 2015 with demands for further budgetary reductions of €1.3 billion. Instead of that, we had no reductions and an increase in expenditure. That was because of the really good progress the...

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...the grand sum of €4 a week but only for the richest half of the working population. I hope it is clear that this bad idea should not manifest itself in the budget. Fianna Fail's view is that instead the 5% rate of the universal social charge, USC, should be lowered. Again, it would be a regressive measure, albeit marginally less so than the Taoiseach's proposal. It would benefit...

Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (21 Nov 2013)

Brendan Howlin: ...Departments. My Department is working with all Departments and offices to monitor all current and capital spending on a monthly basis. At the end of October, net voted expenditure was €844 million within profile. That means it was less than we expected to spend by the end of last month. This highlights that, notwithstanding pressures in some areas, the aggregate expenditure is...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (11 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ...works contracts. The advertising requirements for public works contracts are determined by the value of the contract under national guidelines and EU Directives. All public works contracts above 50,000 euro must be advertised on the national public procurement website www.etenders.gov.ie (eTenders). EU rules require that public works contracts above 5 euro million must also be...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The table below sets out the difference between the net current and capital expenditure positions extracted from the Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012 – 2014, published on 5 December 2011 and the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2012, published on 23 February 2012. The overall change is a reduction of €1.38 million or 0.003%. The individual changes to Departmental...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (21 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...made by my colleague, Deputy Burton, that this should be embedded in capital funding for the arts because it is an area that has been lacking in capital funding, although we put in a rolling €5 million per annum for arts centres and so on. Is it is intended to keep that €50 million? The Taoiseach indicated it was being left in place. What specifically will it be paid out...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Croke Park Agreement Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Brendan Howlin: ...a decision to publish the Estimates, which are based on the implementation of the LRC recommendations, because that is what we hoped to do. We had to have some basis for apportioning the €300 million and I wanted the Estimates out because they had been delayed. There are agencies that need funding and, therefore, we need to pass the formal Votes. Obviously, if there is a...

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (7 Mar 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ...award notices on eTenders and the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU) for those contracts whose values exceed the EU thresholds. The current EU threshold for public works contracts is above €5 million; and for supplies and services above €130,000/€200,000 (Government Departments and Offices/Local and Regional Authorities and public bodies outside the Utilities sector). The majority...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Allowances Review (10 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I have stated publicly that if I was starting again I would not set out the estimate of €75 million. The genesis of the figure is simple, however. The total for all allowances, including the big chunk that is core pay, is €1.5 billion and 5% of this total is €75 million. I believed we could set out a target of this nature. I did not put it into the budget arithmetic and...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...Capabilities and Operational Outputs, which is the main defence spend after stripping out pensions and so on, was €896,187,000. Of this, €720,212,000 related to current expenditure and €175,975,000 related to capital. Over the year, we are to see a vast increase of 1%. After all the talk we had, there will be an increase of 1%. That covers 9,072 associated public...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: ...Taoiseach's reply is profoundly disappointing. Our corporation tax receipts are nearly €1 billion higher this November than they were last November. The overall corporation tax take is €170 million higher than Revenue planned for this year. This is happening when war is raging across the Middle East and when famine is taking hold across Africa. As we know, Ireland is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Health Services Expenditure (19 Jan 2016)

Brendan Howlin: ...process and that is self-evident. I do not believe either that every issue in the health service is to be met by more cash. For example, under the Haddington Road agreement, we deployed an additional 5 million hours from all levels of staff - from porters to consultant hospital doctors - to deliver better services. While everybody, understandably, focuses on health failures, there is...

Adjournment Debate Matters (6 Mar 2008)

Brendan Howlin: ...swimmers, at the National Aquatic Centre; (4) Deputy Emmet Stagg — the failure of the HSE to include for approval phase 3C of Naas General Hospital as one of the projects to be funded in 2008; (5) Deputy Charles Flanagan — the need to advance changes and improvements to the role of the victim in the criminal justice process; and (6) Deputy Pat Breen — the need for the €39 million...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: ...As a country, we pledged to provide 0.7% of national income in overseas development aid. In truth, we are not making much progress on that target. The Government claimed on budget day that an extra €10 million was provided for overseas development aid. It turns out, however, that this was just the minimum we had to provide to the EU development budget as part of our required...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (11 Feb 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...Sometimes it does not progress quickly and we must slow the pace. We are consolidating a range of services while continuing to provide them across the public service. The incremental budget in 2015 reflects the migration of payroll services to the centre. Some €5 million of the increase is mirrored in the budget reductions in the originating Vote. As it migrates into a shared...