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- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: -----have €5.72 billion per annum or almost €300,000 each per year?
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: Why are such people not being targeted in this Bill?
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: Why? Because people who are absolutely wealthy and who have huge incomes-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: ----- as well as those who have huge assets are being left off scot-free by the Government and a Labour Party Minister. The effect of this Bill-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: I am keeping to it.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: The effect of this Bill and this section is that throughout the public service, ordinary workers' pay and conditions will be undermined. Moreover, as I indicated, private-sector workers also will lose their jobs. A recent report by the Nevin Economic Research Institute showed that taking €1 billion out of the economy through this measure will save at most €250 million but will...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: Members only got one twist and were denied the opportunity to speak.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: Last week, the Minister of State, Deputy Costello, told Members that Ireland was the seventh richest country in the world.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: There is no point in having one story tonight when the Government had a different story last week
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: First, I wish to put on record my protest at the absolute affront to democracy that is being perpetrated in the House today and since last Thursday. The Bill is a very important one that attacks public sector workers and circumscribes the right to free association.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: The Bill is unconstitutional and it is also in conflict with-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: -----international human rights legislation. The Bill was published last Thursday and amendments had to be tabled within 24 hours. A total of 51 amendments have been ruled out of order, many of them for no good reason. The manner in which the Bill is being rammed through the House with a guillotine is an affront to democracy. Deputy Joe Higgins can speak for himself. He tabled an...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: On a point of order-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: -----I wish to call a quorum.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: On a point of order, this Bill was published last Thursday.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: So do I.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: There were 24 hours-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: -----to submit amendments.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: Three quarters of those amendments are being ruled out of order. It is absolutely outrageous.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Séamus Healy: It is an affront to democracy and the House. The Minister had the affrontery to cut the pensions of pensioners-----