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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: This presentation of saying one thing-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: -----and doing the opposite.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: This capacity that Members in Fianna Fáil have had in the more than 20 years I have been a Member of this House to say one thing and vote in the opposite direction is a capacity now that, apparently, has been transferred by some form of political osmosis into the Green consciousness.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: Just as Deputy Gogarty can express support for this and vote the other way, it is the mirror image of what his colleagues in Cabinet are doing. They are calling for a general election while hanging on with their fingernails to being members of Cabinet and participating in discussions while also seeking to dissolve themselves from collective responsibility for any decision made by Cabinet.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: It is an interesting political high-wire routine. It is the type of politics that totally undermines the credibility of Members of this House. It is the type of politics that we look at from this side with despair because all too frequently the public thinks that we are as bad as the lot opposite us-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: -----when there is no valid comparison that can be made.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: I want to deal with one issue only and I will try to deal with it with some brevity. This legislation, based on the State being confronted by a financial emergency, seeks to bring about public sector wage decreases that affect the public sector across the board in a broad range of areas. In the context of dealing with the pension issue, there are also deductions for former public sector...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: There is a comparison here which I am going to make, and I will be brief on this.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: The Bill made provision that if there was a general deduction in public sector wages because of the State suffering a financial emergency, those deductions should apply to members of the Judiciary. There was a simple amendment that I sought to be included in the Constitution, and it reads as follows: The remuneration of a judge shall not be reduced during his continuance in office save where...

Handling of Criminal Matter in Longford: Statements (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: I wish to share time with Deputy James Bannon.

Handling of Criminal Matter in Longford: Statements (10 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: It is appropriate that we discuss the tragic events which occurred on 31 December last year, when Mr. Noel Keegan lost his life, and the report that has been produced by Judge Reilly. I want to start by expressing the condolences of the Fine Gael Party to Marie Keegan and her family on the very tragic loss they suffered. This is a loss that should never have occurred and the assault which...

Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: Can I ask the Taoiseach-----

Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about two matters of legislation. No. 90 on today's Order Paper is the Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2009. This is a Bill designed at a time of economic emergency to facilitate the Government to apply the same level of public service remuneration reductions to members of the Judiciary as have been applied to other people. It was published by...

Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: As the Green Party has given the Government some extra time in January, would the Taoiseach agree to take this Bill on board so that when a general election takes place on this simple and straightforward issue, about which there would be no public controversy - we can hold a referendum to coincide with the general election? This would ensure the Judiciary is not perceived as an elite apart...

Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: I am not asking the Taoiseach to hold a children's referendum on election day. I am asking about the judges referendum.

Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: Referenda refers to two, I am seeking one.

Written Answers — Migration Statistics: Migration Statistics (14 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 69: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated number of Irish citizens who emigrated from the State during 2009; the number of Irish citizens who returned to reside here in 2009 and the net emigration and immigration figure for that year; and to ask that the same information be furnished for the period 1 January 2010 to 30 November 2010. [47108/10]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (14 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail all FÁS courses which are currently taking place or which have taken place in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 since September 2008; in respect of each course, under whose aegis such course is or was held; and in respect of each course, if it is or was part time or full time, the number of...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (14 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail all moneys paid out in respect of FÁS courses held in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 from September 2008 to date in 2010; to whom such moneys were paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47116/10]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (14 Dec 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills whether she has any concerns about adults who have not been vetted attending FÁS courses in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 when pupils are attending the school and her policy applicable to such arrangements. [47117/10]