Results 13,561-13,580 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: That has nothing to do with this Bill.
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy is aware, I announced on 4th April 2012 that the Government has decided to hold a competition for the next National Lottery licence. Since April, my Department has carried out a considerable amount of preparatory work for the competition. It will be necessary to revise the National Lottery Act which was enacted in 1986. My Department is currently carrying out the necessary...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question one chairperson appointed by me to a State Board has appeared before the relevant Joint Oireachtas Committee. On 22 November 2011, I re-appointed Mr. Donal Connell as Chairman and Director of An Post National Lottery Company with effect from 6 November 2011 until 28 February 2012. Mr. Connell appeared before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the following appointments were made to bodies under the aegis of my Department. An Post National Lottery Name of Appointee Date Appointed Mr. Donal Connell - ChairmanMr Peter Quinn â Director re-appointedFebruary 29th 2012.16 February 2012 The position to which Mr. Connell was re-appointed by me as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform was not...
- Written Answers — Oireachtas Members' Salaries: Oireachtas Members' Salaries (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 195 and 196 together. Section 483 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, provides for a gift on an annual basis to be made to the Minister for Finance to be applied for any purpose for or towards the cost of which public moneys are provided. Gifts are accepted by the Minister for Finance and facilitated and managed by the Department of Public Expenditure and...
- Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I have not received a request to meet with the Postmasters Union.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should note that summary information on Public Service Numbers is available on my Department's website http://databank.per.gov.ie/ The latest available data on Public Service numbers, with covers the period 2009 to the end of the first quarter 2012 will be forwarded to the Deputy as requested. Ireland is committed under the EU-IMF programme to reducing the overall size of the...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Allowances: Ministerial Allowances (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Ministers and Ministers of State are entitled to the same allowances as Members of the Oireachtas with some exceptions. As the Deputy will be aware, the legislation providing for Oireachtas expense allowances is exempt from taxation under section 836 of the Taxes Consolidation Act which was inserted into the this Act by section 3(7) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Agency staff are employed from time to time in the public sector to meet particular service needs. In general, the agency will be retained on a specific contract by the public service body to carry out the tasks required. In the light of that contract, the staff involved will be recruited and paid by the agency in the normal way. In short, the staff are legally employees of that company...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: In replying, I will refer to the number of civil service pensioners. The number of pensioners in each sector of the public service is a matter for each sector. The number of civil service pensioners in the requested pension bands is as follows: Table - Distribution of main scheme civil service pensions Bands Total Less than â¬10,000 5,155 â¬10,000- â¬20,000 2,550 â¬20,001-...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: With regard to the agencies and bodies within the remit of my Department the following outlines who has the power to enter or search a premises and whether a search warrant is required. The Information Commissioner may enter a premises occupied by a Public Body and require it to provide any information required during the course of an investigation or review. The Commissioner for...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question regarding the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in the public sector over recent years I can supply the Deputy with information in respect of offices and bodies under the aegis of my Department only. It would be a matter for other departments to answer in respect of the offices and bodies under their...
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: He is an extraordinary man.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: You were with them at that stage, Mattie.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Mattie is having a crisis of conscience.
- Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (18 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I am aware that public procurement can be an important source of business for Irish small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Current guidelines (Circular 10/10) issued by my Department require public bodies to promote participation of SMEs in the award of public contracts. The guidance also highlights practices that are to be avoided because they can unjustifiably hinder small businesses in...
- Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (18 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The rules on awarding public contracts have provisions which allow the specification of social criteria, such as the requirement for employment of long term unemployed, as a condition in the performance of the contract. Any such provision must be compatible with EU law, i.e. they must be made known to all interested parties and must not restrict participation by contractors from other Member...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Expenditure: Ministerial Expenditure (18 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy will be aware my Department was only established in 2011 and would therefore not have any such records.
- Written Answers — Capital Expenditure: Capital Expenditure (18 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The information sought by the Deputy is published in the annual Revised Book of Estimates and is also available in the statistical databank on my Department's website at http://databank.per.gov.ie/. Over the past decade many of the economy's key infrastructural deficits were addressed through a large capital investment of over â¬60 billion in infrastructure through Exchequer capital...
- Written Answers — Capital Expenditure: Capital Expenditure (18 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: In November of last year I published the "Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Medium Term Exchequer Framework" which outlined the five year Exchequer Capital Framework out to 2016. This Framework was published following a Government wide review of the public capital programme led by my Department. The Framework sets out a significant programme of Exchequer investment over the...