Results 23,541-23,560 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy is going to learn one thing about me, that is, when I am ready to make a decision I will make it. Nobody will force me into making a decision before I am ready. As I said, I have not got the recommendations and therefore I cannot answer the question at this time. Therefore, the Deputy cannot say whether or not I am going to, because I have not said so. The Deputy will have to...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I know but I just keep repeating myself. The situation is that I will get a-----
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not. The Deputy has twigged that at last. I have not got the proposals.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, of course. Is the Deputy aware of how much has the price of fuel increased since the beginning of the year?
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I have not got the report from the group, so I cannot make a decision on something I do not have.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I still have not got the report.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: As of today, I have not got the report.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I will have it before the end of the month.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I keep telling the Deputy that I am not going to make decisions, on the hoof, on something I do not have here in the House.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I cannot give the Deputy a "Yes" or "No" answer.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not know at this point in time.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy is incorrect. Just because I do not know something today does not mean that I will not know about it next week. The Deputy is presuming that I will not know it next week. As of now, however, since I do not have the proposals, I cannot make a decision on them.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: That is something about which the Deputy will have to wait and find out in ten days' time.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Those who have dealt with me in the past will know that I am very concerned about these issues. The Labour Party thinks it has a monopoly on bleeding hearts, but I can assure the Deputy that I am as concerned about it as she is.
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I will do my job as a Minister.
- Response to Industrial Action. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The overall response to the industrial action is being managed centrally by the Department of Finance with input from all Government Departments, including the Department, and other public service sectors. The industrial action is being closely monitored in the Department on a daily basis and the Department's management is maintaining contacts with the unions concerned to ensure, insofar as...
- Response to Industrial Action. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Members experience delays across a range of services. These delays cause grief for people and are a huge challenge in any system. In my previous Department, I tried to minimise delays in making decisions across the range of the operation of the Department and discovered, as the Deputy suggested, that the number of queries decreased the more we reduced the list or queue. This led to even...
- Response to Industrial Action. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Generally, where the industrial action has discommoded people, the unions have taken a responsible attitude and recognised that the people served by my Department are the most vulnerable. We will continue to work to try and minimise the disruption to people, but this is also contingent on getting co-operation from the staff and unions, something which has been given. Low level action has...
- Pension Provisions. (20 Apr 2010)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Under the Pensions Act, defined benefit pension schemes must meet a minimum funding standard which requires that schemes maintain sufficient assets to enable them discharge their accrued liabilities in the event of the scheme winding up. Where schemes do not satisfy the funding standard, the sponsors or trustees must submit a funding proposal to the Pensions Board to restore full funding...