Results 661-680 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: I will soothe him this time rather than upset him.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: It could be that Cinderellas go to the British Virgin Islands. That could be the problem. It may be what is responsible because, of course, they all have tax connections in this country. I do not understand what the Minister of State is getting at——

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State said he is dealing with people who are coming into the permanent Civil Service but on a probationary basis. He is also implying that he is dealing with civil servants on contract who are unestablished. Deputy Bruton's amendment concerns a person who is employed by a Minister as an adviser on contract in that provision is being made for him or her to be in an...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State's recollection is entirely faulty.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State's recollection is entirely faulty. He does not know what he is talking about.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State does not know about the Bill and does not remember what he is talking about.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: I want the Minister of State to withdraw that statement because it is factually wrong.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: If he examines the record of the House, the Minister of State will note that it is factually wrong.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: In a recent court judgment, a judge in this State expressed extreme alarm and concern that a €62 million asset, owned and paid for by the taxpayer, was given to a company with a share capital of €127 and which had its original incarnation in the British Virgin Islands.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: The judge was precise, unlike the Minister of State who has not got a clue about the matter.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, between lines 47 and 48, to insert the following: "(2) No disciplinary measure may be taken under this Act against a civil servant who in good faith reports a suspicion of illegality or other wrong-doing to a body or person having a legal function in respect of such illegality or other wrong-doing". This amendment deals with the question of the position of...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State, not for the first time, is a profound disappointment. Does he even know when the Government claimed to accept the notion of a whistleblowers' charter? At the beginning of this Dáil, the Labour Party succeeded in having the Bill reintroduced in the Government's legislative programme but that was the last the House heard of it, which is unfortunate. The Morris tribunal...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: No he did not.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: Was the Minister of State listening at all? He said the exact opposite.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: He said it had been reviewed already.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: Prior to the judge's report.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: Are the gardaí not civil servants?

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: Are gardaí not public servants?

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: The judge stated that needs to be reviewed. The Taoiseach said it has been reviewed already.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State is allowing an incredible loss of public confidence in our democracy. It is also a terrible waste of money because when wrongdoing in the public service festers, it poisons activity and often results in another tribunal at huge public cost. The unwillingness of the Minister of State's party to accept a reform that exists in most European countries is disappointing. When...