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- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: That is quite different.
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: Yes.
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 9: In page 26, subsection (3), lines 2 to 8, to delete all words from and including "equal" in line 2 down to and including "accrued" in line 8 and substitute "no more than â¬60,000.".
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 10: In page 26, subsection (2), lines 30 to 41, to delete all words from and including "subject" in line 30 down to and including "office" in line 41 and substitute "subject to a cap of â¬60,000.".
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 11: In page 27, subsection (6), line 10, to delete "as a public servant" and substitute the following: "as a public servant, however, the combined pension earned may not exceed an annual pension payment of â¬60,000.".
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 12: In page 27, subsection (2)(a), to delete lines 33 to 26 and substitute "cap of â¬60,000, and".
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 13: In page 28, subsection (2)(a), lines 23 to 26, to delete all words from and including "maximum" in line 23 down to and including "and" in line 26 and substitute "cap of â¬60,000, and".
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 14: In page 29, subsection (2)(a), lines 47 and 48, to delete all words from and including "maximum" in line 47 down to and including "that" in line 48 where it secondly occurs and in page 30, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute "cap of â¬37,500, and".
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 15: In page 30, subsection (2)(a), lines 37 to 40, to delete all words from and including "maximum" in line 37 down to and including "and" in line 40 and substitute "cap of â¬60,000, and".
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: We have received many representations from trade unions and other groups on section 26. It is important that we highlight the concerns expressed to us. This section deals with those in the fast accrual group, namely, gardaÃ, prison officers and firefighters. As the Minister will be aware, those in this group are obliged, for practical reasons, to retire at an earlier age than others....
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I accept much of what the Minister said but the reality is that the workers involved and those in the trade unions are not in their view pushing for Rolls Royce pensions for those workers.
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I accept that.
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: To be fair to the trade unions involved, they have come up with what they feel are genuine alternatives. I outlined one of them. In fairness to the trade unions involved, they have engaged with the Department and lobbied the Minister strongly but it is not fair to say that they have not come forward with what they would consider as viable alternatives. They might not be acceptable to the...
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: Neither is SIPTU.
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 17: In page 46, lines 1 to 23, to delete subsections (3) and (4) and substitute the following: "(3) Pensions payable under the Scheme shall be indexed in line with the Consumer Price Index.". I will be brief because I am interested in the Minister's response. We support the move to index pensions in payment in line with the consumer price index, CPI. Our difficulty with...
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: Yearly.
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: The logic of Committee Stage-----
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: -----is that we can accept the principle and come back on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: I was making the point that when amendments are tabled on Committee Stage and if a Minister is of the view that there is some flaw in the amendment he might accept the logic of the amendment and it can be dealt with on Report Stage. If the concern is that we have not specified the "how", we will not press this amendment, and we will return on Report Stage with an amendment that will specify...
- Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
David Cullinane: We will see then if the Minister will accept it.