Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the items listed in the legislative programme for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41414/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware that the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015 is currently at Committee Stage.

With regard to the Government's legislative programme for the Autumn Session 2017, my Department has two Bills on the priority list for publication:

- Appropriation Bill 2017; and

- Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017.

The latter Bill is the result of merging the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2017 and the Public Service Additional Superannuation Contribution Bill 2017, both of which were on the priority list for publication.

My Department also has two other pieces of planned legislation:

- Data Sharing and Governance Bill; and

- Public Service Management (Amendment) and Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill.