Results 20,321-20,340 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed in each local authority, expressed as whole-time equivalents, as returned to his Department for the end of the years 2008 to 2010, inclusive, and to date in 2011 in tabular form. [37444/11]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed within his Department, expressed as whole-time equivalents, as returned to his Department for the end of 2008 to 2010, inclusive, and to date in 2011 in tabular form. [37481/11]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff employed within his Department expressed as whole-time equivalents as returned to his Department for the end of 2008, 2009 and 2010, and the figures available for 2011, in tabular form. [37486/11]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of staff employed within his Department expressed as whole-time equivalents as returned to his Department for the end of 2008, 2009 and 2010, and the figures available for 2011, in tabular form. [37479/11]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed within his Department expressed as whole time equivalents as returned to his Department for the end of 2008, 2009, 2010, and figures available for 2011 in tabular form. [37475/11]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 491: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed within her Department expressed as whole time equivalents as returned to her Department for the end of 2008, 2009, and 2010, and the figures available for 2011, in tabular form. [37477/11]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 580: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed within his Department expressed as whole time equivalents as returned to his Department for the end of 2008 to 2010, inclusive, and figures available for 2011, in tabular form. [37490/11]
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Former Supreme Court Judges Ronan Keane and Tom Finlay each get â¬133,443. Another Supreme Court judge, Anthony Hederman, gets a total annual pension of â¬152,806. I could go on, because the list is very lengthy. Turning to the Minister's announcement this evening about a reduction of 20% on public service pensions over â¬100,000, I wish to comment on the examples he has offered to the...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: A â¬150,000 pension will decrease to â¬131,240.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Let me say this clearly, because the Minister is not grasping it.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Those are the figures read by the Minister.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister clearly does not understand------
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----that these are not acceptable figures. The Minister comes in here and trumpets this change as if he was carrying out a revolutionary act. In fact, he has done the bare minimum. The truth is that he is not prepared to take on the big earners. He is not serious about taking on these big pension pots. He has conceded himself that pay caps can be introduced. He has conceded that there...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The challenge for the Minister now is to complete the task. There is no rhyme or reason for paying out the salaries that he proposes to any public servant. There is no moral or rational justification-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----for the Minister to continue with these big pension pay-outs. No amount of cosmetic manoeuvring or rhetoric on the Minister's part can disguise that. The Minister asks a reasonable question.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Thank you. Outside this rarified Chamber, I think people understand-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: ----- that there can be no argument for paying any public servant in excess of â¬100,000.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Anybody paid from the public purse should not be paid any more than â¬100,000.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: A Chathaoirligh, I would like to be able to speak without being badgered by the Government benches.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The story we are consistently told by those who defend excessive pay is that in order to get the quality personnel, be they political advisers, senior civil servants or others in the public sector, we must pay excessive salaries. The recent past demonstrates the folly of that argument. If we were to do a value for money audit of all those who are in very senior positions in the political...