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Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Shout me down.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy wants to overturn the Government and overturn the leadership of the trade union movement. Is it not great to be so perfect and that he is better than all? Let me quote from-----

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy is much better at ranting as if he were on the back of a lorry than listening.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Labour Court stated that these new arrangements, in the context of an entitlement over a four year period, are both reasonable and modest relative to sick pay arrangements applicable in other employments. The trade union movement is engaging with this and it understands these changes are necessary. They are part of a negotiating process involving the representatives of workers....

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, line 11, after "SECTORS);" to insert the following:"TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATIONS CONCERNING SICK LEAVE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE;".I understand that amendments Nos. 1 and 16 and amendments Nos. 2 and 3 to amendment No. 16 are being taken together.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: It is all the time I spent in the Chair. Forgive me. These amendments relate to the insertion of a new Part 7A concerning sick leave remuneration into the principal Act, as we have discussed at some length. The amendment provides for the insertion of a new sentence into the Long Title to reflect that fact. As the Long Title suggests, the Bill amends the 2004 recruitment Act to provide...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: That is also standard.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Why?

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: It is a social welfare issue.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I am happy to do that.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: I am happy to deal with it. There were four substantial points made by Deputy Fleming and I will deal with those in sequence. We debated the regulation issue earlier. Deputy Fleming has tabled an amendment to it. I have before me as many pieces of paper as Deputy Fleming. I am trying to find the note on Deputy Fleming's amendment on the regulation. The Deputy proposes the insertion of a...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Fleming made the point about the juxtaposition of reduced formal payment and the interaction it has with social welfare payments, especially for people of low pay when they get to a half-pay rate and the impact that has on the family income generally. It primarily is a matter for social welfare provision because what is being done here does not alter the current position. The...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: There is a floor.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: One cannot go below half pay.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: On the first point made by the Deputy with regard to pregnancy-related illness, I will consider it in the context of the regulations. It depends on what emerges from the discussions regarding the Labour Court because that is the net issue at which they are looking. However, the Deputy makes a good case and I will consider it in the context of the regulations. Members can have a discussion...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: However, I will check because that is a reasonable point. The Deputy's final question was on what happens when one has exhausted one's three months and one goes onto temporary rehabilitation pay, that is, what does it mean and how will that be calculated. If standard sick leave limits or the critical illness provisions or both are exhausted and there is a realistic prospect that the...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy has raised a number of issues, which I will try to deal with sequentially as I did with Deputy Fleming. I do not have numbers. I have a table with costings on a sectoral basis which I will provide to the Deputy. The last full year for which sick leave statistics have been gathered is 2012. I have before me a table which sets out the reporting of sick leave or absenteeism over...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: The figure for Defence is €1.1 million; the certified leave figure is €7.8 million. The total cost in the Defence sector is €8.9 million. The total percentage of days lost in the defence sector is 2.65%. In the education sector, self-certified sick leave for teachers is €6.4 million. The figure for certified illness is €54.9 million, making a total of...

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.