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Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister is there.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: There is no time.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Finance, who is seated next to the Tánaiste, should answer the question.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Proposed legislation, the local government (Dublin mayor) Bill, is to provide for an election in Dublin next year. The election of a Dublin mayor will cost a great deal of money at a time when the country does not have any. Payments to widows are being cut yet the Green Party proposes a vanity project that will cost money.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Green Party will get its answer should the election proceed. Widows should not be having their pension cut to pay for a vanity project which the country cannot afford. Will the Bill and the election of a Dublin mayor proceed and, if so, what is the timeframe?

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: In that case, we will have another elected office costing €500,000. Has the Minister lost his reason entirely?

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Widows are having their pensions cut to pay for-----

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It is crazy.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: I am mystified by the dedication of €56 million to short FÁS course which the budget documents describe as ten to 20 week courses. As has been said by many other speakers, the short courses in FÁS, some of which, as Deputy Shortall said, are actually only of two to three weeks' duration, are of seriously limited value except where they are provided as part of an arrangement with an...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: That is not true.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: On a point of order, what the Taoiseach is saying is incorrect. The last emergency measure applied to people who had public service pensions and this Bill does not.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: On behalf of the Labour Party, I say we do not accept these items. We were informed the Government is preparing amendments to the emergency measures Bill which will decrease the deduction for the highest paid civil servants in the public service, bringing their deduction levels down while at the same time the Bill will provide for Ministers of State to get a 2% advantage. I understand the...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: -----with regard to that. This House is not a dictatorship. We need the information. Is the Government planning a sweetheart deal with the Ministers of State?

Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Will the Government reduce the deductions for the highest level of Secretaries General?

Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Is that true?

Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Will those amendments go into the Bill?

Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: We will see if their 10% cut is the same as the previous cut.

(15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: So we were right. When is a cut an increase? When it is expressed by the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, in the budget speech a cut is an increase.

(15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: They earn more than the Taoiseach. Are you expecting us to bleed for them?

(15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: We are talking about cleaners getting a 5% cut and the Minister is talking about people who earn more than the Taoiseach.