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- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: They did so. I am asking-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I understand.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: We are not. When there is little time - my office received a letter just a few hours ago stating what was out of order - I ask that the Ceann Comhairle's office to provide an explanation as to why certain amendments are ruled out of order.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: My request is that we get the explanation when we receive the ruling.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I had a discussion.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I asked them.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: That is the debt-to-GDP ratio.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: How can the Minister lecture us about not giving people enough time to speak when he is using the guillotine?
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: That is an outrageous accusation.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: It does not.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: It is not.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: This will be my only chance to speak and I will speak to section 2(b). We can all throw blame back and forth with regard to messing in the process, but the Minister has been around long enough to know exactly what is going on with regard to stifling debate on this with the guillotine and the lack of a technical appendix. The Minister is a student of history and political ideology. He...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: There is nothing about which I have to make up my mind. The Minister should listen to what I am saying. What I am saying is-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: No. The Minister can be disingenuous and wilfully misunderstand if he likes, but the message is quite simple and public servants understand it. If ultimately public sector wages must fall it should only be in the context of protections for those who get pushed into poverty and arrears. It is unreasonable in my opinion to ask people to take cuts to their pay when there is so much waste...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: It is in the legislation.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: It is in the legislation.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I will finish on this point and I appreciate the indulgence of the Ceann Comhairle. Some people are-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: I have read the Bill in great detail. Will the Minister explain why pensioners will be hit at €32,500? I understand the pension is half of the final wage but if we are considering a reasonable wage or income at which people should take a hit there are two completely separate rules, one for people working and earning €65,000 and one for people who have worked and are...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 May 2013)
Stephen Donnelly: It is not nebulous.