Results 61-80 of 31,184 for speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (1 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has committed €165 billion towards capital investment through the National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-30 published in 2021. An additional €2.25 billion of windfall corporate tax receipts has also been allocated from 2024 to 2026, to provide funding for critical infrastructure projects that are at an advanced stage as well as to the existing Climate Action Fund....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Oh my God. That is desperate.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Data and Telephony, which is voice over IP (VOIP), communication lines for the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Delivery Plan and Reform are fibre optic communication lines. There are a number of copper communication lines within my Department for facility related services, these facility services are provided by the Department of Finance as a shared arrangement and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Legislation to protect workers who raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace has been in place in Ireland for some time and this year will mark ten years since the Protected Disclosures Act was enacted in 2014. This legislation was further enhanced by the Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 2022 (the 2022 Act) which commenced in full on 1 January 2023. The 2022 Act broadens the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Elections (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I would like to highlight the provisions of the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour ('the Code') (part 2, sections 5.1 to 5.4 – ‘Civil Servants and Politics’) which states that: Civil servants above clerical level cannot stand for local election. Civil servants in clerical grades and certain non-industrial civil servants are free to engage in politics and may...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: European Union (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department from 20 February 2020 to date is set out in the table below. 2020 S.I. No. 367/2020 - Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (Disclosure to Prescribed Persons) Order 2020 2021 S.I. No. 376/2021 - European Union (Open Data and Re-use of Public Sector Information) Regulations 2021 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy should be made aware that my office received this correspondence on 18 April. A reply to this person has been issued. More generally, as the Deputy is aware, legislation to protect workers who raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace has been in place in Ireland for some time and this year will mark ten years since the Protected Disclosures Act was enacted in 2014....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Special Leave with Pay has been used in lieu of sick leave in the public service for self-isolation or a diagnosis of COVID-19 for all public service employees. It has been clear over this period, through the “Guidance and FAQs for Public Service Employers during COVID-19” document, that Special Leave with Pay is a temporary measure that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Single Public Service Pension Scheme is a statutory Public Service Career-Average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, established on 1 January 2013 under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. The Single Scheme was established to place publicly-funded retirement benefits on a more sustainable footing in the context of longer life expectancies. All new...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The community, voluntary, charity and social enterprise is a vibrant sector providing a wide range of services to citizens under service level agreements and grant in aid agreements across multiple Departments and agencies. Due to the nature of its role, my Department does not directly provide services to the public. Hence, questions about specific aspects of service delivery, its...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authorities (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department had no grant-aid returned or surrendered in 2022 and 2023. In 2024, €50,000 grant-aid was returned to this Department by Limerick City and County Council under the Public Service Innovation Fund.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (30 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Public Appointments Service have informed me that 84 appointments have been made in total with 5 of those assigned in 2024. 92% were internal appointments and 8% external. There are 51 remaining on panel. The Public Appointments Service advise that it is not possible to predict the number of appointments which will be made as this is dependent on receiving requests from clients.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (25 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Information on the pension entitlements of any individual is of a personal nature and details of an individual’s pension entitlements are not provided. Pension entitlements for Officeholders (including the position of Taoiseach) and TDs are set out in various pieces of legislation. These entitlements depend on a range of factors including which scheme an individual is a member of....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (24 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Legislation to protect workers who raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace has been in place in Ireland for some time and this year will mark ten years since the Protected Disclosures Act was enacted in 2014. This legislation was further enhanced by the Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 2022 (the 2022 Act) which commenced in full on 1 January 2023. The 2022 Act broadens the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (24 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department for 2022 and 2023 is set out in the table below. Year Total Spend on Advertising Spend on Local Media Advertising (Print) Spend on Local Media Advertising (Broadcast) Agency used to place advertising 2022 €12,306 €3,152 ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (24 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not had any engagement with, or provided any funding to, the organisation in question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: If it would not impact on him, I would hope that it would not actually make too much difference to him regardless of when we pass the legislation. In any event the news is good. We nearly have the legislation drafted and we are working away on it. It will definitely be passed this year. We are going to work hard to make sure it is passed by the summer.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not 100% sure. A moment ago he was not going to be affected by it and now he needs a circular-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Okay. Right. In any event we will not be able to deal with this via a circular. We need to change the legislation in relation to it, whether it be for the Deputy's constituent or for all of the people who are affected by it. There has been widespread welcome for what we are trying to do here, which is recognising that people can work for longer. They are fitter, healthier and they are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for his question. We have identified a number of constraints in delivery of the national development plan. To facilitate an exchange with the Deputy, I will pick two. First is the availability of the workers we need to translate spending plans into delivery of homes and projects and the labour and skills shortages in our economy. We are looking to address that through...