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Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: He must be joking.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I want to request the Tánaiste’s help in clearing up the confusion that has arisen among public sector workers regarding their allowances. The Tánaiste will be aware that on 19 September the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, who had targeted savings of €75 million in abolishing 1,100 allowances, announced he could only find one allowance for existing workers...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The confusion is in the mind of public sector workers, not just mine.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: We are talking about now.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Sorry, but the Tánaiste did not answer my principle question which was about savings. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform set out saying he was going to save €75 million but then found on 19 September he could only save €3.5 million. Obviously, he now has found extra allowances. How much in savings does the Minister expect to make as a result of these newly...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Weetabix.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: What progress has been made on the solas Bill?

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: A selective interpretation.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Surprise, surprise.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: He is taking his time.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Forget about the history; action is needed now.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Performance Management and Development System (10 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will subject the reformed Performance Management and Development System within the Civil Service to ongoing external monitoring and review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43411/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I could not agree more.

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The pension time bomb has never ticked more loudly. A recent unpublished report commissioned by the Government indicates that the gap between future social welfare liabilities, of which pensions are a large part, and the revenue to fund them stands at a staggering €324 billion. The time was never less appropriate for people to make provision for themselves. We are living through the...

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Despite the changes the Minister has outlined, which are welcome as far as they go, the problem remains that at least four out of every five defined benefit pension schemes are technically insolvent and a number are in imminent danger of closing down. I do not understand why he stated "The existence of the standard is not the central issue in whether a scheme is properly funded because the...

Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: On the Government's commitment to transfer responsibility for accommodation under the rent allowance scheme from the Department of Social Protection to local authorities-----

Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I am referring to a firm Government commitment. Will legislation be required to implement it? Is the Taoiseach optimistic that the Government will meet the timetable it has set for doing so, namely, 1 January 2013?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that community and adult education has a strong role to play within the new education and training authority SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43076/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether primary level children should be given the opportunity to learn foreign languages; the steps he has taken to improve the learning and teaching of foreign languages both at primary and post primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43082/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Redundancy Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Willie O'Dea: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will honour the commitment he made, when he met with representatives of the former workers of St. Enda's Sports Complex, Limerick, on 21 of March 2012, to resolve the issue of the outstanding redundancy payments owed to the former workers by his Department as a result of a Labour Court recommendation of 19 May 2011; if he will honour the...