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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (3 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The table below reflects the dates of appointment by Government of Secretaries General in Government Departments. Department Name Date of appointment as Secretary General Extension Agriculture, Food and the Marine Brendan Gleeson 02-Oct-18 n/a Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (3 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: As of 31 August 2023, the most recent available data, there are a total of 45,593 full-time equivalents (FTEs) employed in the Civil Service, of which 8,252 FTEs (18.1%) are employed in the grade of Assistant Principal or higher.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (3 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In relation to the civil service, for which my Department holds detailed data, the suggested minimum wage at €17 per hour based on the civil service 35 hour standard net working week equates to an annual salary of approximately €31,047. Detailed data on civil service staff indicates that approximately 15% of staff (FTE) in the civil service are on salary points less than this. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (3 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: Officials from my Department do not currently use the application in question to conduct official business. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), as with all enabling technologies, will be considered on a solution by solution basis. Any such considerations will be discussed and a risk assessment conducted as appropriate. My Department has issued guidance to all staff reminding them of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Budget 2024 (3 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government established the Shared Island Fund in Budget 2021, providing ring-fenced resourcing for delivery of the all-island investment commitments and objectives set out in the Programme for Government and the National Development Plan 2021-2030 (NDP). The Shared Island Fund aims to create a more prosperous, connected and sustainable island. Under the NDP it has a funding...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the National Shared Services Office that pension increases on foot of pay awards on 1 February, 2022 and that of 1 October, 2022 backdated to 2 February, 2022, and the 1 March, 2023 pay increase have been paid in cases where retirees were on pay scale points. OPW pensioners are often on off scale points and not linked to Civil Service pay scales which means they have to be...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The National Development Plan 2021-2030 committed my Department to reviewing certain elements of the Public Spending Code to improve the Government’s understanding of the relationship and impacts of investment decisions on the wider environment and climate. As part of this programme of works, my officials worked with the OECD, funded by the EU Commission through DG REFORM’s...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: On 27 June Government agreed to progress the establishment of the Senior Posts Remuneration Committee on a statutory basis, in line with the recommendations of the Report of the Independent Review Panel on senior public service recruitment and pay determination processes. This Committee, on its establishment, will advise on remuneration arrangements for senior posts in the public service and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (27 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: You will be aware that the Civil Service Mobility scheme was rolled out by grade over a number of years, and is currently available for over 34,000 general service staff members (Clerical Officer up to Assistant Secretary) who are interested in moving to a different Civil Service organisation and/or geographical location. The scheme provides staff members with an opportunity to broaden their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (26 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: There has been no direct contacts between my Department and the current or previous owners of the lands at Castletown. Engagement with the owners of the land is a matter for the Office of Public Works.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (26 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works sought approval to purchase the lands at Castletown in September 2022 as the lands were placed for sale on the open market. Sanction was provided; however, the OPW were ultimately unsuccessful in acquiring the lands following the conclusion of a private treaty sale process.

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

Paschal Donohoe: Since 2019, the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform has been reporting the level of expenditure with a probable climate impact annually in the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services (REV). The classification of such expenditure is validated and updated every year before being published in the REV. Building on the progress made in relation to capital expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reports (26 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) is a cross-Departmental network of Civil Service economists and policy analysts working directly for their respective Departments. IGEES consists of persons recruited through the IGEES recruitment stream and other Civil Servants in policy analysis roles, who, through the use of data and analytical work, support evidence-informed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (26 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that the cost of a report from a consultancy company is completely dependent on the nature of the report commissioned. It is therefore not possible to provide an average cost that is in any way meaningful. To illustrate the point, the table attached sets out a list of all studies, research and reports externally commissioned by my Department since 2020, which was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waste Management (26 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no role in relation to Transfrontier Shipments (TFS). The National TFS Office in Dublin City Council is the competent authority for the enforcement and administration of the Waste Shipment Regulation, so the Deputy may wish to put a relevant Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (26 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The independent Report completed recently on the Grading of these two Secretary General posts recommends that: · the Secretary General post in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth be set at Secretary General Level II, and · the Secretary General post in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage be set at Secretary General Level I....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments (26 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Year Title of Bill Title of Regulatory Impact Assessment 2020 Appropriation Bill RIA not required 2021 Appropriation Bill RIA not required 2021 Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (21 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that there have been no such instances with regard to any of the bodies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works submitted a business case regarding the proposed purchase of lands adjacent to Castletown House in 2021. Queries were raised and the OPW subsequently revised the business case accordingly. Sanction for the purchase of the lands was provided on the basis of the revised business case.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Proofing (21 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: While the development of sector-specific policy proposals and assessment of the likely equality impacts of these are a matter for the Department with responsibility for a given area, the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform is leading the development of a range of initiatives to enhance the level of transparency and accountability about the use of public funds through the...