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Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the name, position and a breakdown of the retirement packages for all local authority city and county managers eligible to retire before the end of February 2012. [33996/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of his existing and parliamentary staff employed prior to the February 2011 elections but awarded salary increases following the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which he received an application from New Ross Town Council to fill a full-time traffic warden position; the date on which he granted the position; if the position is permanent; and if not for what period is the contract. [34624/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the correct procedure a local authority must follow when seeking to fill a traffic warden position. [34625/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of his existing and parliamentary staff employed prior to the February 2011 elections but awarded salary increases following the election that exceed their...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if when a garda takes up a new post within the public sector on retirement from An Garda Síochána they must rescind their Garda pension until such time as they retire from their new position; and if not, the pension arrangements for such a person. [34629/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 474: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of his existing and parliamentary staff employed prior to the February 2011 elections but awarded salary increases following the election that exceed their applicable pay...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 516: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of his existing and parliamentary staff employed prior to the February 2011 elections but awarded salary increases following the election that exceed...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 548: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of her constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of her existing and parliamentary staff employed prior to the February 2011 elections but awarded salary increases following the election that exceed their...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 611: To ask the Minister for Health the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of his existing and parliamentary staff who were employed prior to the February 2011 elections but were awarded salary increases following the election that exceeded their...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 657: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of his existing and parliamentary staff employed prior to the February 2011 elections but awarded salary increases following the election that exceed...

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (16 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: This plan as announced will do two things. It will lock this State into growth stagnation and will also condemn this State to many more years of very high levels of unemployment. The Minister's Government, and I have heard his arguments about fiscal rectitude and balancing the books, much like the previous one, fundamentally misunderstands the critical role of capital investment and...

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (16 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----vital primary care centres will be provided. That is a long-standing and overdue commitment. From the point of view of health service users the capital programme is critically undermined by the savage spending cuts that continue to be imposed. For example, the HSE is retreating from care of the elderly as shown by the closure of care homes in Abbeyleix, Dublin and Athlone in the past...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (16 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he intends to forward funding to local authority higher education grant departments to enable the latter to pay out awarded student contribution fees to universities. [34857/11]

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Later today the Government is set to announce the slashing of a further 14,500 staff from the public service. Has the Tánaiste, or the Government, given any consideration to the impact these cuts will have on frontline services which, as we speak, are already under immense pressure? Has the Tánaiste considered that his agenda, rather than delivering public service reform, will create a...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: At the same time, the Government refuses to call for accountability at the very highest levels of the Civil Service and insists in continuing with the appointment of the outgoing Secretary General of the Department of Finance, Mr. Kevin Cardiff, to the European Court of Auditors.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand the Tánaiste's party has gone so far as to ask one of its elected officials to be silent in her criticism of that matter. How does the Tánaiste square that circle? Public service reform is not about slashing numbers in the service. More important, what has the Tánaiste to say to citizens who rely on public services and who do not, at this time, receive the services they...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I, too, believe in public services and have the utmost respect for public servants. I also believe in the accountability of public services and the Civil Service at the highest leadership levels. I put the matter of his proposed appointment to the European Court of Auditors directly to the outgoing Secretary General from the Department of Finance, and he answered my question although the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It might fit the Tánaiste better to demonstrate respect to the ordinary citizens of this State who rely on public services.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Those public services require to be staffed adequately. The Tánaiste told me he has considered the consequences of the loss of a further 14,500 jobs. Those consequences will be diminished services that may be less efficient and may cause more hardship for citizens. How can a quality service be delivered to our people when there is to be such an exodus from the service? The Government's...