Written answers

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

 
  • Capital Programme
    6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department continues to review specific areas of infrastructural deficiency such as road, rail, water, housing,...
  • Flood Prevention Measures
    11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the rate of progress of improving flood defences following last year’s severe damage; and if he will make...
  • Departmental Reports
    12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address the issues raised in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report in respect of waste of public money; and if he...
  • Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
    13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase the social dividend and community benefit from spending on public procurement contracts, in view of the impending...
  • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
    14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the payment of bonuses and incentive pay at Irish Water and other semi-State agencies; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects members of the Irish diaspora to be appointed to strengthen State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to ensuring the reform of the public procurement under way here takes into account the local economic...
  • Croke Park Agreement Issues
    17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reverse the pay cuts for lower-paid public servants as promised under the Croke Park agreement. [42068/14]
  • Severe Weather Events Expenditure
    18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of funding approved for works by his Department arising out of the storms last January; the amount claimed to date by...
  • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
    19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to tackle low pay in the public service. [42003/14]
  • Departmental Staff Recruitment
    20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an annual breakdown of the fees paid to recruitment and employment agencies by his Department and those under his...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the details of average cuts paid by his Department and State agencies under his aegis to recruitment and temporary...
  • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
    22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to facilitate public sector workers on contracts of indefinite duration in progressing to more favourable permanent contracts....
  • Public Sector Reform Implementation
    23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on comments made by an official (details supplied) from his Department on 30 October 2014 that the idea of the sector being...
  • Public Service Contracts
    24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria and the measures undertaken for the awarding of public contracts, with regard to ensuring that indigenous Irish companies...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce stronger measures to prevent conflicts of interest, favouritism and corruption in public procurement contracts, in...
  • Public Sector Staff Redundancies
    26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has conducted an analysis of the costs and benefits of the voluntary redundancy scheme which operated in the public service in...
  • Office of Public Works Projects
    27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department has given permission to the Office of Public Works to prefund projects of a capital nature arising from the...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions his Department and the Office of Government Procurement intend to take to increase indigenous small and medium enterprises...
  • Public Sector Allowances Expenditure
    29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown by Department and allowance category of the savings in allowances in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Economic Data
    30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the impact of fiscal and economic constraints imposed throughout the...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the system of awarding public contracts allows indigenous Irish companies fair opportunity in the tender process;...
  • Civil Service Accountability
    32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work completed to date in implementing the recommendations of the Independent Panel on Strengthening Civil Service Accountability and...
  • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
    33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas of recruitment planned for the public service; the grades at which recruitment will take place; and if the local authorities...
  • Public Sector Reform Implementation
    34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Haddington Road agreement expires; if he has indicated to the public sector unions if and when talks on a successor agreement...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the provisions in public procurement contracts that preclude contractors from engaging in exploitative work practices....
  • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
    36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will require former senior public servants and executives of commercial semi-State companies to appear before Oireachtas committees...
  • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
    37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of his recent announcements in relation to budget 2015, his plans to restore public sector pay for those earning €35,000...

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