Results 28,641-28,660 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton
- Government Pay Awards. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: The Irish Congress of Trade Unions, IBEC and so on do not normally negotiate Ministers' pay, so it is up to the Minister to decide what is to be done. With whom will the Government sit down and negotiate? Will representatives of the Government sit down with David Begg? Will they negotiate will all three pillars within the social partnership? Will the Minister clarify what the policy is?
- Government Pay Awards. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: Why not just surrender them?
- Government Pay Awards. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: Who will the Minister discuss it with?
- Government Pay Awards. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: Hear, hear.
- Government Pay Awards. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: Is it the Government's position that, in future, the setting of ministerial pay will be a matter for the social partners or will it continue to be a decision by the Government and an order of the House? If the latter remains to be the case, it is up to the Ministers to decide not to take it. It is not up to Mr. David Begg, Mr. Turlough O'Sullivan or anyone else sitting around the table, as...
- Government Pay Awards. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: That is a question.
- Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: Is the ostrich the bird that sticks its head in the sand and ignores what is going on around it? What progress has there been with regard to State agencies after four years? It is virtually zero. Is it not the case that ICTU has indicated that if there is no review of decentralisation in the context of the OECD report its unions will not co-operate with the transfer of State agencies? The...
- Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: I asked a supplementary question.
- Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: Of State agencies.
- Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: The Minister is responsible for this programme and so is his Government. He cannot outsource it to an implementation commission and then tell us that if that group is happy then so is he. The Minister's predecessor said there would be delivery of decentralisation within three years or, if not, Ministers would deserve to be sacked. They are not sacked, the programme has not been delivered...
- Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: That is the problem. The Minister outsources programmes and then ignores his responsibilities.
- Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: The Minister refuses to act.
- Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: The Minister refuses to take any responsibility in this House.
- Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: The planning of decentralisation wasââ
- Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: The Minister is rolling his eyes when he should be rolling his head.
- Fiscal Policy. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: I know the Minister for Finance is eager to see the delivery of the NDP in full, in budget and on time. Does the Minister believe the â¬2.2 billion allocation for public private partnership projects for 2009 will be delivered in budget and on time? Does the Minister share the view of the Comptroller and Auditor General that there needs to be more transparency in this process, especially...
- Fiscal Policy. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: Are we on schedule to deliver â¬2.2 billion next year?
- Public Service Reform. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: The question was whether any of the OECD's recommendations have been ruled in or out. The Minister has not answered the question. Instead of reading the question, the officials who draft the replies simply seem to offer a response to another question.
- Public Service Reform. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: Ministers and Secretaries General will be loath to agree to a pay settlement linked to performance. The Minister will encourage change in that regard. Will he also encourage change in the Estimates process, which has come under criticism from the OECD and elsewhere? Last week, unfortunately, he indicated that he had no intention of introducing such change. Will the decentralisation...
- Departmental Strategy Statements. (4 Jun 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has issued new policy directives since taking up his post as Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22278/08]