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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Project Ireland 2040 (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government has committed to €165 billion in capital investment through the National Development Plan (NDP) published in 2021. As set out in the Summer Economic Statement (SES) 2023, an additional €2.25 billion of capital funding was made available to be allocated in the 2024 to 2026 period. This funding will facilitate the progression of important projects and enable more...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government’s approach to public expenditure policy is set out in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy (MTES). This framework must be responsive to the economic landscape and is reviewed annually as part of the whole of year budget process including the Summer Economic Statement and the Estimates process. As part of the Government’s fiscal strategy REV 2024 allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (23 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department previously provided grant funding to Benefacts between the period 2015-2022. As DPENDR does not have a policy role in relation to the non-profit sector, the original basis for the provision of grant funding was to identify/stimulate the demand for data on the non-profit sector within Government Departments/public organisations, In 2020, on foot of a review, which found...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Analysis on the cost of mandatory retirement age (MRA) increases for Gardaí was undertaken by my Department. This analysis used anonymised individual data records. The extent to which an increased MRA represents a cost or a saving incorporates many factors including the individual's rank, current MRA, pension scheme membership and terms applicable (arising from their recruitment date),...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (16 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Government has a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Print and Design. 53 suppliers are members of this DPS.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (11 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that a deferred reply will be issued to him in respect of this Parliamentary Question, in line with Standing Order 51(1)(b)

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (11 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised of the following by the Office of Public Works (OPW). In 2022, the Government approved the provision of modular houses as part of its plans to address the need to develop capacity for accommodating Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is the lead Department for the modular homes programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (10 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Government Procurement has a multi-supplier Framework for the Provision of Security Services. The arrangement's scope does not provide for steward services. There are twenty two (22) service providers appointed to the arrangement, listed below. - Ailesbury Services - Bidvest (ROI) Noonan - Blackberry Computing Ltd t/a Goldeneye Security - Cairborne Trading Ltd t/a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (10 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Office of Public Works that the conditions attached to the An Bord Pleanála planning decision are currently being reviewed. Arising from this review, the programme and costings will be updated.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: It is a parliamentary democracy.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Starting in 1995, successive iterations of the European Union’s cross-border PEACE programmes had by the end of 2020 committed some €2.3 billion in support of shared peace and prosperity on the island of Ireland. For the current 2021-27 EU programming period, the new PEACEPLUS programme is now investing a further €1.145 billion across Northern Ireland and the border...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Assets (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Estates of those who have died intestate and without known next of kin vest in the Minister as Ultimate Intestate Successor under Section 73 of the Succession Act, 1965. Where an estate falls to the State under Section 73, it is administered by the Chief State Solicitor under the direction of the Attorney General. The proceeds of such estates are remitted to the Intestate Estates Funds...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Official Travel (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The information is set out in the following table. St Patrick's Day Travel Minister 695.43 Private Secretary 448.73 Special Adviser 744.31 Total 1,888.47 Please see the total travel costs associated with visits I made abroad as Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Ireland is to receive €914m in grants over the lifetime of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). To access this funding, Ireland has developed the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). The RRF is a performance-based instrument with payment contingent on the satisfactory achievement of milestones and targets. Following the submission of the modified plan,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: It is the responsibility of each contracting authority to outline green and sustainable requirements, and to ensure a contractor meets those obligations. The Department does not have an oversight or governance role and therefore cannot provide specific details regarding any contracting authority.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: It is the responsibility of each contracting authority to ensure that their procurement process is compliant with EU legislation. The Department does not have an oversight or governance role.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Advertising (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform has conducted one public awareness campaign in the last year. The campaign ran in April/May 2023 and flagged upcoming changes to the national tendering platform eTenders. The goal of that campaign was to ensure that no business missed out on public procurement opportunities due to changes to the eTenders platform. As part of this, a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: Last Wednesday, March 27, I agreed revised capital allocations totalling €2.25 billion out to 2026. The National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-30 published in October 2021 set out €165 billion of funding to support capital projects across the country. As set out in the Summer Economic Statement (SES) 2023, an additional €2.25 billion was made available to be allocated in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy mentions in her question, my Department undertook a review of the statutory framework for Ethics in public life, in furtherance of our commitment in the 2020 Programme for Government to “reform and consolidate the Ethics in Public Office Legislation”. This Review was completed in December 2022 and its Report was submitted to Government. The Government agreed to the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: The review of the FOI regime is nearing completion. The review process has been an open and collaborative one, taking in the views of a wide range of stakeholders. It commenced with a scoping process which sought the views of stakeholders across all sectors in setting the direction of the review. Approximately 1,200 responses were received at this stage of the process from individuals,...