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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (14 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of contracts of indefinite duration that have been sought and the number granted in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in the public sector under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38951/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (14 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole, including State agencies and other bodies under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38952/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on discussions he and his officials have had with senior executives of Allied Irish Banks regarding the outsourcing of security, cleaning, buildings and other services and customer and staff support official roles to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38942/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on discussions he and his officials have had with senior executives of Allied Irish Banks regarding talks with SIPTU on the outsourcing of work to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38943/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the terms and conditions of employment and pensions continuing without detriment for staff transferred from Allied Irish Banks to a company (details supplied). [38944/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the possible increased security risks associated with outsourcing security services from direct employment by banks to indirectly employed staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38945/14]

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: Desperation.

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: No.

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: Teachers have been trained.

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole including State agencies and other public bodies (details supplied) under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38303/14]

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: I want to ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of temporary contracts in place for the public sector as a whole.

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: There has been a very debilitating tendency over recent years, accelerated during the period of austerity, for decent jobs with pay, pension and security for low-income and middle-income workers to be replaced with temporary, low-paid and insecure types of employment. If I understand the Minister, a quarter of his departmental staff are temporary, which is extraordinary. This is carried to...

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: It is extraordinary that some of the most powerful, wealthy and profitable companies operating in this country have the gall to advertise for JobBridge candidates. Tesco tried to get 200 people last year for its Christmas work under the guise of training. It is a scam designed to massage the official unemployment figures and is a gross abuse of young people and workers who are being...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pensions Levy (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Minister would get many billions if he introduced a progressive tax on super wealth and a financial transaction tax and if he made major corporations pay something approaching a fair rate of tax rather than allow them to bask in the type of tax shelter they have here. The will to do that is not there. We have had much talk of recovery and much propaganda from Government sources. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pensions Levy (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: One of the Minister's colleagues, Patricia King, was on the radio this morning outlining in a very articulate manner the nature of many of those jobs - low-paid, insecure and exploitative. The fact is that the Government has continued the policies of its predecessor, which was the decision that working people and the poor would pay for the price to ensure that the major bondholders and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: This year alone the Government will pay €8 billion in interest alone on the national debt. A significant portion of this is for the bad debts that were made good for speculators, bankers and bondholders.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: A significant other part is on the loans taken in as a result of the crash caused by the bankers and bondholders. In effect, a significant amount of this €8 billion payment is directly attributable to those who crashed the economy. The same bondholders speculating in property are again taking from the taxpayer. That is a direct transfer from working people - in this case low-paid...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pensions Levy (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a reversal of the pension levy for public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38321/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pensions Levy (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: When will the Minister reverse the pension levy for middle and low-income public sector workers, as we now enter the sixth year of austerity?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Higgins: 3. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a reversal of the reductions in public sector pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38320/14]