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- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: They certainly do, and they are to be commended on them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: They do outstanding work for the most part and must be commended. Mr. Watt correctly pointed out that the total spend in question is €4.7 million, with the numbers employed in the Civil Service at 35,000. On this basis, it is small beans. None the less, I will make a point about the work that is under way. A system such as this does civil servants a great disservice. Open to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Annex 2 refers to the common additional hours allowances, which are premium payments. They put the €4.7 million allowance figure into perspective, as we are looking at just over €7.4 million collected by 2,373 individuals for Saturday or Sunday work, on-call or call-out work. Will Mr. Watt give us a sense of who is in receipt of these payments, especially up along the ranks?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: That would be helpful.
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Do any of those payments relate to Secretaries General or assistant secretaries?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. Watt for putting that on the record. Will he give us that breakdown?
- Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I bag Farmleigh - I want to get in early.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The troika will conclude its review of the so-called bailout programme today and no doubt will give us a collective pat on the back and congratulate the Government on meeting its cutback targets. It thinks the Government is doing a great job because it is keeping it happy, but back at the ranch it is very different for citizens, particularly those who rely on the health service. Sinn...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I stand by my use of language.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have two questions for the Tanaiste. What is he going to do about the mobility allowance scheme and the fact that the State is operating outside the law? Second, what about the meeting the Minister had with NAMA on 20 April? The Minister has made it clear in an answer to parliamentary questions that at that meeting he discussed the issue of a primary health care centre in Balbriggan. We...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I would like an answer to the NAMA question.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: We are familiar with the allowance.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste is running down the clock.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about the Minister and NAMA?
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste deliberately ran down the clock.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is correct.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have asked reasonable questions.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: On the mobility allowance, in 2008 the State acknowledged that it was acting outside the law in having an upper age limit. Will the Tánaiste tell us if the Government proposes to rectify the situation? There is no question but that the State is acting outside the law. It must bring this scheme within it. I also ask the Tánaiste to answer my question on the meeting between the...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Tánaiste speak to the Minister about this matter? Did he tell the Tánaiste that he had met NAMA?