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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to advance the project to create a pedestrian bridge and cycleway to connect the Phoenix Park to the War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28579/18]

Tax Law Reform and Codification Advisory Committee Bill 2018: First Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: I move:That leave be granted to introduced a Bill entitled an Act to establish a permanent body to monitor, review and advise on the implementation, reform and codification of tax law; and to provide for connected matters. This statutory body would be tasked with monitoring, reviewing and advising the Minister for Finance on matters concerning the implementation and reform of tax law and...

Tax Law Reform and Codification Advisory Committee Bill 2018: First Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gender Balance (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a gender analysis of the various grades of staff in his Department and the Department of Finance at grades (details supplied); the existing gender pay gap; the way in which he plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29228/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gender Balance (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: I ask the Minister what is he doing to address the gender gap in his Department. The Civil Service has not only a gender pay gap but a gender promotion gap. I ask the Minister what proposals he has to provide for women's equality in all positions in the Department, which is dominated by men except at the lower grades.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gender Balance (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: While I appreciate the Minister's sentiments, 100 years after women got the vote one must say when one looks at the Department of Finance that the old cliché, "male, stale and pale" comes immediately to mind. Both Secretaries General of the Department - admirable persons, I am sure, in their own right - are men. As the Minister stated, when one adds up the totality of staff in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gender Balance (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: Taking the Department of Finance as being the leadership Department of the public service, as opposed to all Civil Service positions, would the Minister agree that women who have professional careers in the public service at all grades are paying a penalty in this day and age in their ability to get promotion, status and the pay that comes with promotion for taking time out to have children?...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the negotiations with regard to pay equalisation; the timeline for negotiations to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29010/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister indicate when he plans to roll out the supplementary pension, with regard to public service pensions.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: It is very simple. When does the Minister propose to proceed with the expansion of the age limit for employment in the public service? Many people want to retire early while there are others who want to stay on. The Minister indicated that he would raise the age of retirement and abolish the compulsory retirement age in line with many other countries. How has that work progressed? Am I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: When does the Minister propose to proceed with abolishing the compulsory retirement age in the public service?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to roll out the supplementary pension in respect of public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28991/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: This is a continuation of my previous comments. As the Minister indicated, there is a provision for people to stay on in the public service if their employers so wish. However, if someone decides to stay on, for example, an usher in the Houses, beyond the retirement age of 65 years, he or she will effectively be in a supplementary position. People are being advised that they will revert to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: Sorry. There was confusing correspondence on the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: If he wishes to answer me, that would be fine.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: Given the reference to supplementary pensions-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: -----and the fact that auto-enrolment was not mentioned, I believed this was about the Department of Finance's supplementary pension.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: They are related.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: I am asking these questions for a reason. It is clear that, at all levels in the public sector, a significant number of retirements are taking place. Many others are in the cohort approaching retirement age. People must make that decision some years, if not months, in advance and consult their families. Across the public service, people of considerable skill and experience would like to...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: I support the amendment. I wish to address my remarks to Fine Gael. I understand that in many ways Fine Gael is a farmers' party, in particular of big farmers. My understanding of farmers, both big and small, is that they are interested and dedicated to the preservation of the wildlife heritage of Ireland. In all the material and the various videos produced so far for the Government by...