Results 2,841-2,860 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Pension Provisions. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: Is the Minister aware that each year some well-placed individuals can receive a subsidy of €50,000 into their pensions from the taxpayer while under half of people in employment get nothing from the scheme? Does this tally with the Minister's idea of fairness in a tax relief scheme? It certainly does not tally with mine. During the course of the general election, proposals were made for a...

Pension Provisions. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: The then Minister for Social and Family Affairs outlined it.

Pension Provisions. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: Will the Government only introduce an SSIA-type scheme, which might offer some equity in pensions to people on low incomes, if savings can be found elsewhere? Will this scheme be put to the back of the queue and only funded if savings are found in other Government programmes?

Decentralisation Programme. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any of the proposed decentralisation moves affecting the Civil Service or the State agencies will be reconsidered over the course of the present term of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17746/07]

Decentralisation Programme. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: Does the Minister for Finance agree that it is both cynical and dishonest for Ministers who introduced this proposal to hide behind the implementation agency and pretend that all the difficulties being encountered in the movement of the various groups have nothing to do with them? Is it not the case that there is no system for people who work within State agencies to move voluntarily from...

Decentralisation Programme. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: There is nothing cynical about a Member of the Opposition saying he or she would like to see decentralisation in the community, but we have nothing but a Government full of cynicism and dishonesty, which will not produce a strategy to do it.

Decentralisation Programme. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: That is because people believe Governments honour their promises. The present Government does not, where decentralisation is concerned.

Decentralisation Programme. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: The onus is on politicians to come up with responses. One cannot play free and loose with people's lives in this way, be unanswerable in the House and pretend some agency is answerable.

Decentralisation Programme. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: It is the duty of politicians to solve these problems and the Minister has been deafeningly silent in coming up with any solution.

Tax Code. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: Will this review be completed in time for the 2008 budget so that we will see some of these proposals reflected in next year's Finance Bill? The Minister seems to be watering down expectations on the basis that most of the VAT concessions are already available if allowed for within certain contracts. Is the Minister considering green spot rating of products to allow for differential VAT...

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: Does the Minister agree this is a totally pathetic outturn from what was to be a very important element in getting value for money? That only seven reviews out of the requirement of 30 per year have been completed, in even the very unambitious programme the Minister published, is way behind schedule. The Minister read out the topics which I conservatively guess represent approximately one...

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: The testing of plant is hardly a mainstream concern of people worried about value for money.

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: The Minister should look at the answer he has given. It is ridiculous.

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: One cannot monitor plant testing.

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: The whole list is of that nature.

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: May I receive the reply to Question No. 82 as a written reply and move on to Question No. 83?

Carbon Budget. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: With regard to the carbon budget, will the Oireachtas be presented with choices in the same way as it is for the Estimates in the ordinary budget process whereby we can make decisions on various policy approaches? Will it be a dynamic process of this nature or will it record in a dead way what happened in the previous year?

Carbon Budget. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: The Minister for Finance will introduce this under the programme for Government. He cannot say it is the responsibility of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. It is his carbon budget.

Carbon Budget. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: It is suggested in the Programme for Government that the Minister for Finance will do it and not the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Carbon Budget. (26 Jun 2007)

Richard Bruton: It is not semantics.