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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The details requested by the Deputy in respect of the period 2018 to date are set out in the table below. Year Number of staff who took sick leave 2018 90 2019 108 2020 64 2021 38 2022 80 2023 (to date) 33

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: No bullying allegations have been made by staff of the Department in the past five years.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: No employees of the Department were dismissed in the past ten years. However, during the period in question, four employees were not retained following completion of their probationary contracts.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: An ongoing joint project between the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform is ‘Strengthening Policy Development and Strategic Foresight’which was initiated to enhance overall policy development and strategic foresight capabilities across the Civil and Public Service. A range of meetings between different groups have taken...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (18 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The main responsibility for the public service modernisation, development and reform functions is vested in the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. The Public Service Reform Plan aims to make the work of the public service more transparent, decision-making more accountable and service delivery more effective. From its inception in 2011 two reform plans have been...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Cabinet Committee on Housing last met on 2nd of March. This Committee works to ensure a coordinated approach to the implementation of Housing for All. The next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Housing is scheduled for 17thof April.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Cabinet Committee on Housing last met on 2nd of March. This Committee works to ensure a coordinated approach to the implementation of Housing for All. The next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Housing is scheduled for 17thof April.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Social Media (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: It is not the practice to comment on the technical measures that are put in place to protect official devices and communications. The NCSC does issues guidance to Government Departments and office holders on the security of mobile devices. This guidance is based on risk assessments appropriate to the circumstances and is kept under continuous review by the NCSC. The Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: None of the companies in question have won contracts with the Department of the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Travel (28 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: St. Patrick's Day offers a unique opportunity to engage with the global Irish community and to promote Ireland’s economic and political interests overseas. My visit to Washington DC this year, from 14-19 March, also provided an opportunity to recognise the steadfast and invaluable support and engagement of the United States in the peace process over the decades, particularly this year...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Convention on the Constitution and the Citizens’ Assemblies to date have been established by Resolutions of the Houses of the Oireachtas and operated independently of the Government. Arrangements for payments to Chairpersons of the various Assemblies have been determined by resolutions of the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Chairperson of each of these bodies has been entitled to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The International Section of the Department supports my work at international level, beyond Europe, to promote Ireland’s foreign and economic policy objectives, and to develop and maintain strong bilateral and multilateral relations. Working closely with other departments, especially the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Section provides me with advice and briefing on bilateral...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Cabinet Committee on the Humanitarian Response to Ukraine last met on Thursday 23rd of February. The next meeting is scheduled for 30th of March. This Committee, which I chair, works to ensure a coordinated approach to the State’s humanitarian response for people arriving from Ukraine who have sought Temporary Protection here. The Government’s coordinated response to the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of the Taoiseach sought and received approval for virement in principle, in full compliance with the Public Financial Procedures, from the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery, and Reform in December to vire monies within non-pay administration subheads. Provisional sanction was also granted to vire surpluses associated with the Tribunal of Inquiry to offset the full...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of the Taoiseach does not oversee any capital projects and has no capital expenditure subhead in its estimates.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Records (21 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of the Taoiseach fully complies with its responsibilities under the National Archives Act 1986. This involves transfer of records for public inspection when they become thirty years old. Any records held by this Department relating to this subject matter up to and including 1992 will therefore, have already transferred to the National Archives in line with the Act. Any...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: A comprehensive evaluation of how the country managed COVID-19 will provide an opportunity to learn lessons from our experiences in dealing with a pandemic. It will include a review of the whole-of-government response to the pandemic and how we might do better and be in a stronger position if another pandemic or other similar type event were to occur. It will include a consideration of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Action Plan (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of the Taoiseach prepares quarterly progress reports on the implementation of measures committed to under Climate Action Plans. The reports provide a detailed breakdown of completed and delayed actions each quarter. Once approved by Government, they are published online for full transparency on climate action delivery. The most recently compiled progress report was published...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The Climate Action Unit is part of the Economic Division of the Department of the Taoiseach. It was established in 2019 to meet the challenges of climate change and drive the necessary transition to a climate-neutral economy. The Unit assists in coordinating a whole-of-government response to the climate crisis, including supporting the delivery of the Government’s climate commitments...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: A comprehensive evaluation of how the country managed COVID-19 will provide an opportunity to learn lessons from our experiences in dealing with a pandemic. It will include a review of the whole-of-government response to the pandemic and how we might do better and be in a stronger position if another pandemic or other similar type event were to occur. It will include a consideration of the...