Results 9,021-9,040 of 21,498 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the unions he plans meeting for talks on public sector pay. [18244/15]
- Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: My question concerns the unions which he plans to meet and those participating in the talks. I raise this issue with the Minister because I wish to know specifically what will be the nature and level of engagement with the unions of the Defence Forces, An Garda Síochána and the psychiatric nurses and those they represent.
- Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister might set out for us the modalities for those rounds of talks. It is logical that the first port of call be the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, but some bodies fall outside its umbrella. How does the Minister propose to co-ordinate and keep a level of coherence in the negotiations? Bear in mind those workers who are reliant on the family income supplement, FIS. Many of...
- Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister will appreciate that I was not inviting him to name individual officials, but it would be helpful for us to have a sense of who from within the system was charged with carrying forward the negotiations. That was my point. Perhaps the Minister might tell us how many officials will be involved. He stated that there would be 15 from his Department, but how many might be involved...
- Other Questions: Ministerial Pensions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the annual pension payments to former Ministers and taoisigh, sorted by payment, high to low, including the recipient's name. [18246/15]
- Other Questions: Ministerial Pensions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: So it seems.
- Other Questions: Ministerial Pensions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I assure the Minister that I will never win the lotto. I asked the Minister for a list, in tabular format, of the annual pension payments to former Ministers and Taoisigh, sorted from high to low, including the recipients' names. I do not know how he will deliver that response, but he might tell us whether he regards the payments as prudent, modest and sustainable.
- Other Questions: Ministerial Pensions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister might have time to read ten names or perhaps more.
- Other Questions: Ministerial Pensions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: And so it rolls.
- Other Questions: Ministerial Pensions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: This issue has been raised time and again since the beginning of this Dáil term by me and others. When the figures are put into the public domain, like I am sure others, I am struck by the contrast in the regard shown for the recipients of these payments which I acknowledge are lawfully due and made and low paid workers within the civil and public service. It is probably opportune that...
- Other Questions: Ministerial Pensions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the Minister is not asserting that, if we want quality people working throughout the system, the only place there is a need for what he calls quality is at the top of the tree. I am sure he will acknowledge that quality, ability and the capacity to live a decent basic lifestyle is something he wishes to afford to all public and civil servants. I have said this to him previously...
- Other Questions: Ministerial Pensions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: At every level.
- Other Questions: Ministerial Pensions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Then the Minister should deal with it in this round.
- Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to commence talks with unions on public sector pay. [18243/15]
- Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: This question returns to the issue of public sector pay and the Minister's plans to commence talks with the unions. He says this process is under way. Earlier I raised the issue of those groups that fall outside the ICTU umbrella. Is there a parallel process taking place and are officials talking to An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces and so on?
- Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister said earlier there will be no rowing back in respect of allowances and the reform of allowances. In respect of the issue of productivity and additional work hours, are these on the table and does the Minister envisage any review, reform or removal of the conditions imposed? In his thinking generally on the reinstatement of pay, will the Minister be looking for further...
- Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach should not start. What about people who cannot pay?
- Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Waffle.
- Topical Issues: English Language Training Organisations (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: There seems to be no end to this saga which has unfolded before our eyes. This morning a creditors meeting was held in the case involving the National College of Business Administration, NCBA. Astonishingly, it was revealed that the college had €5,000 in assets and €300,000 in debts at the time of its closure, this despite the fact that students had paid thousands of euro in...
- Topical Issues: English Language Training Organisations (12 May 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Minister for the clarification on the listing of courses. The people I have spoken to misunderstood or perhaps were overly impressed with that listing. Nonetheless, in her response, the Minister outlines the need for full adherence to immigration regulations and law, and we all agree on that. I detected a heavier emphasis on that than on the students who have been the casualty...