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National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: I certainly agree with Deputy John Deasy on the need for balanced regional development, about which there is no question and for which I have always fought. As a member of Dublin County Council, for example, I noted the problems faced in Dublin involving too much pressure on services, including transport services, and inadequate infrastructure which did not benefit from proper investment....

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Deputy is not supposed to say he is scared.

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: Maybe he will make more sense this time.

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: This country has had an unhappy experience with so-called public private partnership. Deputy Boyd Barrett outlined the experience of communities in Dublin which were left high and dry by developers who were supposed to redevelop their areas with the councils. When I was a member of the Committee of Public Accounts some years ago, the Comptroller and Auditor General was highly critical of...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: I move amendment No. 15:In page 40, line 20, after "State" to insert "with emphasis on the provision of necessary, publicly owned infrastructure".

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: There are only ten minutes left in it, so we will have to come back after 9 p.m., unfortunately.

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: We wish to excise from this Bill further interference from the bureaucracy of the European Union with regard to how issues like social housing should be addressed by excluding this stricture the Government puts in the Bill in regard to borrowing for social housing. What is wrong with borrowing money to build homes for people who desperately need them? In particular, what is wrong with that...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: It is complete nonsense. What is wrong with the pension fund being used for desperately needed social housing when it would produce a stream of income? If one wants to use the Minister of State's term, it is a commercial employment of the fund. Rents would come back from the part of it that was rented and mortgages would come back from the affordable homes sector. It is so obvious. Why...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [29685/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the present situation of the sale of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage loan book; if he will stop the sale of any further performing mortgage loans; and the restrictions he will place on any new owners of these mortgage loans. [30220/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30401/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30399/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 219. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30403/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public sector workers who are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in her Department. [30405/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 290. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30395/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 319. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30397/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30400/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 367. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30398/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Sector Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30394/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public sector workers who are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in her Department. [30404/14]