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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...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies Data (19 Jan 2016)

Brendan Howlin: ...a result of these measures, there were 170 fewer State Bodies at the end of 2014 than in 2011, with a further 11 due to go.  The current position, as of January 2016, is that there are 176 fewer bodies, with a further 5 outstanding. The Report also shows that recurring annual savings of over €15 million were accruing to Central Government, with a further...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...of statutory instruments and the publication and periodic review of An Caighdeán Oifigiúil. Deputies will also recall the recently passed Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Act 2015, under which the method of appointing the Clerks and Clerk-Assistants of the Dáil and Seanad was revised. They will also be aware of the recent announcement of an open...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: .... When we came into office, reform of the public service was a key component of our strategy to meet the enormous challenges we faced. Collective agreements implemented by the Government provide for 15 million additional working hours by public and civil servants, helping the Government to provide additional services to citizens with fewer staff. Under those agreements, we have seen...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...three years. Depending on a number of factors, as members know because we have reached a deficit of less than 3% of GDP, we are exiting the corrective arm of the Stability and Growth Pact in 2015. Next year we enter into a different economic paradigm, which is the preventative arm of the Stability and Growth Pact. The budget was cast on the basis that we would have to meet this new...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...workers three, reductions in pay since the outbreak of the financial crisis. Moreover, under the collective agreements necessitated by our need to cope with the exigencies of the past few years, they are now working 15 million additional hours and providing additional services with 10% fewer staff. Under those same agreements, they have also seen overtime and other payments reduced, while...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I am particularly pleased to be able to announce over €15 million in new funding to facilitate the full participation of children with disabilities in this scheme. We are also introducing a range of quality measures for early education, including audits, inspections and training, and restoring capitation levels in the sector. To support parents in low-paid employment, we are going...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Brendan Howlin: I am also pleased to announce that we are increasing the fuel allowance by €2.50 per week to €22.50. This increase will benefit people dependant on long-term social welfare payments and those unable to provide for their own heating needs. A shared prosperity is one where every person, regardless of income, feels the benefit of our new recovery. To complement the changes in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (16 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...- Consultancy & Other Services 337 337 61 61 (276) B.6 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer 1,534 391  1,925 896 104  1,000 (925) B.7 - Reform Agenda 1,347 1,347 648 648 (699) B.8 - Employee Assistance Officer Shared Service 605 605 607 607 2 B.9 - Statute Law Revision Programme 190 190 145 145 (45) Total (2,820) An amount of...

Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (7 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2006 and section 9 of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2009, which was laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on 2 July 2015.Under section 5 of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003-2013, the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission is funded on the basis of a three-year statutory cycle. Its current...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jul 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...analysis. The following table shows spending in the categories of Domestic Subsistence, Foreign Subsistence and Motor Travel for 2012 and also shows the amount equivalent to a reduction of 2.5%, 5% and 10% on these figures. The Deputy may wish to note that certain changes in subsistence arrangements come into effect from 1 July 2015. In summary, these arrangements provide...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (26 May 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...for OGP operations, but the Office covers the policy aspects.  The categories are listed below. 1. Professional Services  2. Facilities Management 3. Utilities 4. ICT & Office Equipment 5. Marketing, Print, Stationary 6. Travel & HR Services 7. Fleet & Plant 8. Managed Services 9. Plant Hire 10. Minor Builds & Civil's 11. Med. Professional...

Spring Economic Statement (28 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: Including these additional allocations, general Government expenditure, excluding debt interest, is forecast now at just 32% of GDP or 37.5% of GNP. As a proportion of the overall economy, Government spending is back now to roughly the size it was in 2001. Post-2016, the no-policy-change position outlined in the documentation before the Members is an annual increase of €300...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions Data (21 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Acts laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas in June 2014, the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR) was estimated to save in the region of €125 million annually. Public service pensions awarded to or in respect of persons retiring or reaching preserved pension age from 1 March 2012 onwards are based on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pensions Levy Yield (16 Apr 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...service Pension-related Deduction (PRD), which was introduced in March 2009 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 is provisionally estimated to have yielded €891 million in 2014.  This estimated total does not include non-Exchequer PRD receipts, as arising for example in the local government sector. PRD is a progressively structured...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Easter Rising Commemorations (25 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...and park at Rathfarnham Permanent exhibition on the life of P.H. Pearse in the exhibition area of the museum to be launched in 2016 Arbour Hill Presentation works to the site (complete in 2015) Garden of Remembrance Universal Access works (complete in 2015) Conservation works at the Children of Lir statue (complete in 2015) Pearse Cottage Provision, by Údarás na Gaeltachta,...

Estimates for Public Services 2015 (5 Mar 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...’s Establishment (Revised Estimate).That a sum not exceeding €3,444,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2015, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary General to the President, for certain other expenses of the President’s Establishment and for certain grants....

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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pensions Levy (11 Feb 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...was introduced in March 2009 under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009. The Exchequer yield from PRD since its inception up to 2014 is as follows. Year PRD Yield (€ million) 2009 837.419 2010 948.605 2011 960.224 2012 934.739 2013 925.986 2014 884.369 (provisional) Total 5,491.342 The amounts in the above table do not...