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Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (24 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I refer to my reply to Questions Nos. 274, 288 and 289 of 11 January 2012.

Written Answers — EU-IMF Programme: EU-IMF Programme (24 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 to 273, inclusive and 275 to 277, inclusive, together. As is clear from the Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012-2014 published on 5 December last, the Capital Infrastructure Plan published on 10 November 2011, the Implementation Body publication of the Public Service Agreement Progress Report on the 17 November 2011, and the Public Service Reform Plan ...

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (24 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In the first instance, responsibility for operational planning in the context of reducing resources rests with the relevant Public Service body and its parent Department. Public Service organisations must fully use all mechanisms set out in Public Service Reform Plan for discharging work including reorganisation and redeployment of staff. Only after this will the issue of recruitment for...

Written Answers — Exchequer Savings: Exchequer Savings (24 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Under the general rule of State indemnity the State carries its own insurance , i.e. a commitment is made to protect against losses, should any loss or damage arise where the State was negligent. For the following areas of risk: · Personal injury to employees of the State; · Personal injury to third parties (the public) · Third party property damage - including claims arising from road...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (24 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: My Department has not approved any contracts for posts in the public service providing for a salary in excess of €200,000 since my announcement in June 2011 of the introduction of this general pay ceiling. With regard to CEO posts in Commercial State Companies, no contracts have been approved with a salary in excess of €250,000 other than the post of CEO, ESB. The new salary level of...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: This is a matter primarily for my colleague the Minister for Finance. However, I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the telephonist service in Revenue's Athlone office was provided on a temporary agency basis by the National Council for the Blind following the retirement of a Revenue employee in 2005. However, the telephone system for the Westmeath-Offaly district needed to be...

Written Answers — Public Service Agreements: Public Service Agreements (25 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Public Service Agreement 2010 – 2014 provides for redeployment of staff within and across each sector of the Public Service including the local government sector. The Agreement sets out the detailed arrangements that apply. The Agreement provides that redeployment in the local government sector "will generally take precedence over recruitment (including fixed term employees),...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: This is a Second Stage speech.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Mattie is off.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Mattie McGrath is a clown.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: This is the national Parliament.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: They have base motives.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Mattie McGrath should stop shouting people down.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Why would he do that?

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Absolutely.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: They are a way of getting people into training and education.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Higgins does not believe in that

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Two inter-departmental groups were established in 2011, one to consider the best approach in achieving a part-sale of ESB, including energy policy, regulatory, legal, financial and economic considerations, and a second group to examine other possible disposal candidates in order to inform any further decisions that the Government may wish to make. Both of these groups reported in December,...

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Government intention in introducing the Jobs Initiative 2011 was to focus our now more limited resources on measures that offer the greatest potential for expansion and employment creation in the domestic economy. The Jobs Initiative 2011 is one element of a wider strategy to support economic activity. The aim is to target key sectors of the economy that can assist in getting people...

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The capital expenditure measures in the Jobs Initiative announced by the Minister for Finance last year applied to 2011 only. The aim of these measures was to accelerate capital works that are shovel ready, have a local focus and are labour intensive. Schools and secondary roads works were identified as being the most appropriate for such purposes, while also representing areas where...