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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Sure, but that is the reason why, Deputy. I take his point regarding the delays. The delay the Deputy has referred to in his constituency sounds extraordinarily long. That is the reason we have made the additional resources available to An Bord Pleanála. The number of staff it has is being increased considerably. It did so last year and it will do so again this year. It is also the...

Appropriation Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...as opposed to the other Departments the Deputy has just listed, because it is possible that a number of other Departments could make a request to use that fund during the year. There has been a long-standing tradition, as the Deputy has just said, that we never comment on its use. It is the only money on which the Dáil makes a decision in respect of which we ask the Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...they allow the public sector to avail of private sector expertise and innovation and the private partner assumes responsibility for a considerable portion of the risk. The contracts tend to be long term arrangements, typically spanning 25 years or more. A senior-level Inter-Departmental / Agency Group was established to review Ireland's experience of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...staff, is used for the Civil and Public Service Mediation Service. There are no external mediators currently on the panel. The mediators on the panel are volunteers and remain on the panel as long as they are available to carry out mediations. The panel is subject to constant change. The Civil and Public Service Mediation Service does not utilise paid external mediators.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to public expenditure policy is set out in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy (MTES). The objectives of the MTES are twofold, to ensure that the level of core expenditure growth is sustainable long-term and that investment in expenditure protects and delivers improvements to public services. This framework must be responsive to the economic landscape and is reviewed annually as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Single Scheme are clearly set out in law and were enacted on 28 July 2012. It was designed as a key reform initiative aimed at securing the provision of affordable occupational pensions into the long term future in the public service. Members of An Garda Síochána, firefighters, members of the Permanent Defence Force and Prison Officers are categorised as being members of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (26 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I will deal with each of them in turn. On Deputy Durkan's point, I took care with the words I used earlier in my first answer to him. I said projects would be moved along, but of course it is the case that many projects are not hitting the original timings that were anticipated for them. So many capital projects have been affected by where we have been with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (26 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...they allow the public sector to avail of private sector expertise and innovation and the private partner assumes responsibility for a considerable portion of the risk. The contracts tend to be long term arrangements, typically spanning 25 years or more. A senior-level Inter-Departmental / Agency Group was established to review Ireland's experience of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (26 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Project Ireland 2040 encompasses Ireland’s clear long-term strategy for capital investment as set out in the National Development Plan 2021 – 2030 (NDP). The successful delivery of Project Ireland 2040 is an essential element in securing Ireland’s economic, social and environmental sustainability over the next two decades. This government’s €165 billion...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (26 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Strategy (MTES) published in the Summer Economic Statement in 2021. The objectives of the strategy are twofold, to ensure that the level of core expenditure growth is sustainable over the long-term and that investment in expenditure protects and delivers improvements to public services. The framework under which the MTES is implemented must be responsive to the economic landscape and is...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...in our efforts. SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC SPENDING A Cheann Comhairle, budget reform remains central to public expenditure management and is a key part of the work of my Department. Performance, equality, green and well-being budgeting, along with the spending review, are examples of how this work will be done. The paper on the well-being impacts of this budget will follow shortly. Our...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...is to help us do better in building more homes. I also want to turn briefly to the National Training Fund. It plays a vital funding role in how we future-proof the skills needs of the labour market and ensure workers can readily access lifelong learning opportunities. I am keen to ensure the fund is used in an effective and sustainable way. It is in surplus because of the combination of...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...for Social Protection, will work with the Minister to provide a payment, where necessary, through the Department of Social Protection, with the details to follow. It is also important that we begin to address the long-term sustainability challenges faced by our pensions system. Earlier this year, the Government decided against increasing the pension age but instead decided to take a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...in our society by the Government. Budget 2024 will see further growth in capital investment and public services. However, in framing this, the Government is well aware that the economy is at full employment and we must begin the smooth back to 5% expenditure targets to ensure long-run sustainability.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...must be responsive to the economic landscape and is, therefore, part of the whole-of-year budget process. While the expenditure strategy was developed, it was designed against the backdrop of a long-term inflation rate trend of 2%. With a rate of 8.1% in 2022 and an expected rate of 4.9% for 2023, adjustments were made to the strategy in those years to respond to the economic landscape...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (29 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to public expenditure policy is set out in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy (MTES). The objectives of the MTES are twofold: to ensure that the level of core expenditure growth is sustainable long-term, and that investment in expenditure protects and delivers improvements to public services. This framework must be responsive to the economic landscape and is reviewed annually as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...projects.The Public Spending Code for capital investment was reviewed and revised in 2019. The key strategic aim of the review was to ensure greater Value for Money for public investment. While many long-standing arrangements for capital project management remained unchanged, the new arrangements sharpened the focus on risk and cost management, reduced the compliance burden on low-risk...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to public expenditure policy is set out in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy (MTES). The objectives of the MTES are twofold, to ensure that the level of core expenditure growth is sustainable long-term and that investment in expenditure protects and delivers improvements to public services. This framework must be responsive to the economic landscape and is reviewed annually as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (22 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to public expenditure policy is set out in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy (MTES). The objectives of the MTES are twofold, to ensure that the level of core expenditure growth is sustainable long-term and that investment in expenditure protects and delivers improvements to public services. This framework must be responsive to the economic landscape and is reviewed annually as part of...