Results 11,141-11,160 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Costs (10 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: It is not possible to predict legal costs with certainty in advance. However, the Department has made budgetary provision for the following: Account Code 2012 Budgetary Provision for the department Legal Expenses (lawyers’ fees incurred at Headquarters and at Missions abroad) €105,500 Settlement Costs to cover matters such as personal injuries awards (excluding...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I am happy to clear up any confusion in Deputy O’Dea’s mind.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The allowances we are referring to were agreed over the years. Many of them were agreed during the 14 years that Deputy O’Dea’s party was in government.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: This was a time when the style of public service management pursued by Fianna Fáil was to throw taxpayers’ money at any problem that arose.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, conducted an extensive review of allowances across the public sector. In many cases, these allowances were historically granted in lieu of pay increases and now form part of core pay. Cutting core pay is not compatible with the Croke Park agreement. What the agreement has demonstrated is there is more than one way to reduce the...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Savings of €3.1 billion have already been made.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Some €3.1 billion has already been saved on the public service pay bill.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: For the first time a Government is addressing the issue of allowances in the public service. Fianna Fáil had 14 years. During that 14 years, when many of those allowances could have been addressed, rationalised-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and consolidated into pay, Fianna Fáil only added to the problem.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I am answering the question.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Throughout that 14 years-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: -----Fianna Fáil invited them in, gave them a wink, talked about public service reform and wrote the cheque.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: That is why we have ended up with a large number of allowances which now have to be disaggregated.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Some of these allowances there is no case for, some of these allowances are perfectly in order and some of these allowances have effectively become part of core pay and must be disaggregated.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: For the first time, the Government is addressing the issue of allowances. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, has already made it clear that 180 of these allowances are to be discontinued for the future. He has asked Departments to examine existing allowances and to pursue these under the terms of the Croke Park agreement. This is part of an overall strategy of...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: When the Government was formed we committed ourselves to operating in a transparent way to ensure that all Ministers would be accountable to the House and, through the House, to the public. We introduced reform against a background of many years of complaints. There were inadequate procedures in place, so that if a Minister came in and did not give a full reply or if members of the...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I have no wish to add to the controversy of the past couple of days on the conduct of business in the Committee of Public Accounts, save to say that I appeal to all, including the Chairman of that committee, to ensure the committee is not used in a partisan way and that the traditions of the Committee of Public Accounts are used to deal with the matters of financial management with which the...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I hope that practice will be continued in future.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: It is not an attack at all.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: On accountability, as I have said, every Minister is accountable to this House. The Government has put in place new procedures to enhance that accountability.