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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: We got no answer from the Minister of State.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: We received the speech of the Minister of State, Deputy Carey. There is a gross inconsistency in the cases of people on very high pay although I do not in any way impugn the integrity of judges. However, if one looks at the third page of the Minister of State's speech, he states, concerning to whom the pay cut will apply: "In order to pin down this issue, therefore, the Minister for Finance...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Sorry?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I did not hear the Minister of State.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: He contradicted them.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: What exactly does that mean? That is not sufficient.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: May I come in briefly?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of clarification of the point made by the Minister of State, Deputy Carey, under section 6 of the Bill the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, is now stating that any individual not subject to the pension levy will not now be subject to the pay cut.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I support this amendment. Professor Honohan, the Governor of the Central Bank, yesterday appeared before the Joint Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs, whose Chairman, Deputy Moynihan, is in the Chamber. At the meeting, I asked him a number of questions, one of which was specifically about Anglo Irish Bank. I asked whether Anglo Irish Bank was of systemic importance in the Irish...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am trying to bring-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Exactly. I am trying to give context to the debate and underpin it with thought. I support this amendment, which should apply to both Anglo Irish Bank and NAMA. We are told NAMA should be self-financing. We should not be paying exorbitant salaries which will take away from the bottom line. Those working for the agency should be paid reasonable salaries. There should be consistency...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister of State is taking a trip down memory lane.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Everyone is in agreement that there is an anomaly whereby judges who are on high pay fall outside the normal rules that apply to civil and public servants. I refer to Article 35.5 of the Constitution, which states, "The remuneration of a judge shall not be reduced during his continuance in office." We all want an independent Judiciary. Deputy Shatter, who is an authority in this area, asked...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: To follow on, when the pension levy was introduced the Government saw fit to exempt the lower income groups within the public sector. What has changed? If I allow the Government some latitude, it clearly saw this would have a penal impact on a lower-paid group within the public sector. However, this budget will apply a pay cut to the first euro earned by every person in the public sector,...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: On a point of order, with regard to the work these women and men do in the House, it should be acknowledged with gratitude that Members have in-house staff doing these jobs.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister of State should deal with the point in hand.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: We would like to hear from the Minister of State.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Your mentor, Mr. Haughey, was the architect of the period 1980-87.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Absolutely not.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (15 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of serving gardaí in the Limerick operational district at all levels; the number of applications for retirement made by gardaí to date in 2009 within the Limerick district; the number of retirements anticipated in 2010 in tabular form; the impact this will have on the operations of An Garda Síochána in...