Results 23,981-24,000 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: It is not at all helpful. It had been my intention to propose a recommittal to Committee Stage at another date. The Minister is now merely discussing a procedural matter which shows no consideration for the importance of this legislation or the fact that people have received no notice of many substantial amendments. This is a shoddy and unprofessional way to conduct business in this House....
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: Six substitute amendments were published last night.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: A number of these are substitute amendments.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: No, a number of the Minister's amendments are substitute amendments.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: An 11-page amendment that was published last night. It states this amendment is in substitution for amendment No. 153 on the principal list dated 30 September 2005. Six of the amendments published are substitute amendments.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: Surely there is something substantive in the Minister's 11-page amendment to Part 15, which is a substitute amendment to an amendment published on 30 September 2005?
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: I will not take up too much time.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: All we have is the printed material before us. The 17-page document we received last night contains six amendments in the Minister's name, all of which state they are substitute amendments to the Minister's amendments tabled last week. What are we to make of this?
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: That is of no help. It is just procedural.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: Although this issue did not arise on Committee Stage, it is an important point. What grade is the position of commissioner? Why will no open competition be held for the post? Has the Minister sought legal advice on this arrangement? It is peculiar, to say the least, that the Minister will appoint someone to a position as important as this. Surely the appointment should be handled by the Local...
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: At what point will a public competition be held?
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister be precise?
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept it is bad practice for him to hold the power to appoint someone to a senior Civil Service position such as assistant secretary and to make such appointments behind closed doors without holding an open competition? What is the view of the trade unions representing senior management in the public service on this approach to doing business? While I accept one could argue...
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: What is the appropriate term of office?
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: Is three years a sufficient transition period?
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister intend to hold a public competition after three years?
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: Surely the Minister does not want positions to be filled by appointees.
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: Will that occur after three or seven years?
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: Will it be after three or seven years?
- Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report Stage. (5 Oct 2005)
Róisín Shortall: One way around this problem would be to offer the appointee a three year contract which the Minister could extend at his discretion.