Results 361-380 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I will ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to look at it.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is not covered in the Bill one way or the other. The staff have raised the question of payment of PRSI contributions by those over 65 in future, which will happen if the PRSI regulations are not amended in an appropriate fashion. Pension contributions arise too in the context of those discussions but this legislation does not deal with them.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: No.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Minister has the power to make the determination in the case of a dispute and the Minister would be obliged to follow the rules of natural justice and entertain any representations because he is vested with a legal power.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It does not, but it can be reasonably implied. We will look into it.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: These are technical amendments and are proposed because the schedule as drafted does not fully reflect the purpose of section 2(5) whose intention and meaning is that all persons who held an office post before 1 April 2004 will not fall within the category of new entrant. This would include persons appointed as attorneys general who were not Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas at the time...

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The revised text fully reflects all the circumstances intended to be covered by section 2(5) of the Bill. The Government amendment stems from the need to clarify the position of former Attorneys General who were not Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I wish to make a correction under Standing Order 121. Am I in order making such a request on Report Stage?

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In the new subsection (II) inserted in section 5 to insert "behalf of" after "on" and before "the Official Side". In the new subsection (2) inserted in section 5 regarding the title of the Act of 1919, the term "Prison Officer" should be plural.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Senators both for the discussion earlier in the week on Second Stage and for today's analysis of the Bill, which was searching, thorough and comprehensive. In its technical aspects the Bill is sufficiently robust to perform the required tasks. The wider questions raised confirm the wisdom of the Government in initiating the Bill in Seanad Éireann. I do not believe the type of...

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (26 Feb 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: That is my considered opinion having listened to the views of Senators today. Clearly the Minister for Finance and his Government colleagues have reflected on the commission report. The Minister made a decision on politicians and took a view. He decided to link us with the pension report notwithstanding the fact that it did not refer to us. I thank Senators for their contributions to the...

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion. (3 Mar 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am pleased to give the Minister for Education and Science's position on the motion. I will focus on the Government's commitment to the development of our higher education sector with a view to the realisation of the agenda set for the EU in the Lisbon strategy. This commitment also dovetails with the theme the Minister has chosen for our education Presidency, Building an Inclusive and...

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion. (3 Mar 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Learning is always difficult.

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion. (3 Mar 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: If Senator Brian Hayes wants to know, it is something to do with policy.

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is a waste of space.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I take this opportunity to outline the position regarding the development of hospital services at South Tipperary General Hospital.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The south Tipperary hospital agreement, which was signed in January 1996, paved the way for development——

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The south Tipperary hospital agreement, which was signed in January 1996, paved the way for development of hospital services in the region and the bringing together of surgery and medicine on a single site. The major capital development programme, to which the Deputy referred, to provide the infrastructure to facilitate the transfer of surgical services from Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, to...

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The integration of acute services on one site will greatly enhance the services available to patients in the region.

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2004)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This is not a parliamentary question but a——