Results 4,041-4,060 of 4,717 for speaker:Martin Mansergh
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: No.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: I wish to respond to three points. Senator Alex White is simply misreading the Bill. The Chief Parliamentary Counsel has been extraordinarily careful to use different terms in each of the tables in order to achieve the effect sought by the Government. Table No. 1 refers to officeholders such as Taoisigh, the Cathaoirleach, Secretaries General etc and remuneration refers to the way...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: I simply ask the Senator to refer to the budget tables.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: No, it is not.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: No.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: Of course I am standing up to defend the legislation. What else does the Senator think I am here for? The net effect on income is perfectly clear, if the Senator cares to study the supporting documentation. The actions of the Government over the past two years have been highly progressive. They have not been regressive. The Senator made reference-----
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: I have told the Senator that the net-----
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: I am giving the Senator the answer, which is that the total change in net income will be far higher at a higher level. I have nothing-----
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: That is the answer I am giving the Senator.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: I do not-----
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: Section 6 provides a limited power to the Minister for Finance to exempt or vary the reduction in pay rates provided for in the Bill in respect of a public servant or group or class of public servants where exceptional circumstances exist relating to a condition or aspect of employment and a substantial inequity would arise as a consequence or because of an arbitration award the Government...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: Public service pay rates and allowances normally are set out in departmental circulars. This constitutes a normal second part of notifying pay rates and will be done as part of the implementation of this Bill.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: To answer the last question first, its status is that it is a nationalised bank. It is not a public service body under section 1(g) or 1(h). It does not have a public service pension scheme. It does not need to be included for clarity's sake. Its employees are clearly not public servants and there are all sorts of reasons - I do not wish to repeat what I stated on Committee Stage -...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: Kiely's is in Tipperary.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: Notwithstanding the fact that this issue is not at the heart of this Bill, I am aware of the problem. Officials from one of the companies named by the Senator discussed the matter in some detail with me. In the spirit of Christmas, I will treat what he said as a pre-finance Bill submission and it will be considered on its merits in that context.
- Seanad: National Monuments (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: I can think of no more appropriate subject to be taking on the Adjournment three days short of the winter solstice.
- Seanad: National Monuments (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: The remains of the passage tomb at Knockroe lie in an agricultural landscape close to the Lingaun River and the boundary between counties Kilkenny and Tipperary. Its present appearance belies its importance. Known locally as the Coshel, it has long been regarded locally as a place of significance, its mysterious past and its relationship to a wider symbolic landscape accepted as an integral...
- Seanad: National Monuments (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: I will accept the correction. The monument consists of a denuded round cairn approximately 20 m in diameter that incorporates the remains of two passage tombs. The west tomb is relatively simple in plan, with a passage widening into a terminal chamber, the overall structure measuring approximately 4.5 m from entrance to backstone. The east tomb has a more complex, quasi-cruciform plan and...
- Seanad: Garda Stations (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: I am glad to be able to give Senator Donohoe the absolute assurance he is seeking. I would like to thank him for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Fitzgibbon Street station has a long and proud record of service to the people of north inner-city Dublin. It is to be refurbished to allow it maintain that record into the...
- Seanad: Garda Stations (18 Dec 2009)
Martin Mansergh: Before concluding, having been in this House practically every week since we resumed in September and sometimes several times a week, I take this opportunity to thank the Cathaoirleach and all Members for their courtesy and co-operation, and all members of staff for their support. I wish everyone a happy Christmas and a successful new year.