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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: The Minister is a member of the Cabinet.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: The Minister has not done so.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: Was it used to write down debt?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: It is the duty of Government and it is the job the Minister has.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: Not irrespective of cost.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: The Minister accepted an amendment on the day that he did that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: That did not come from us.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress in negotiations on pay equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29055/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: On this question on pay equality for new entrants, the Minister said on 17 May that negotiations had begun and that there was a further meeting intended for June. Did that meeting take place? Is agreement close on the matter? Will the Minister assure the House that this remains a priority for Government, that it will not fall off the radar and that it will be provided for within the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: I welcome the fact that it is a priority. I note that the Minister did not specifically state that he honoured the commitment he gave me in May that he, on behalf of the Government, would meet the unions in June to advance this matter. I am well aware of the report that followed the amendment as proposed by Fianna Fáil on the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: Of course the Minister has the responsibility to ensure that the requirements of competing interests are met in how he presents a budget that this House might support. There is no problem whatsoever with that and there are underlying issues associated with that budget which we spoke about three years ago that we would expect to see as part of that. I simply say to the Minister that when...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: I thank the Minister for his response and his efforts to bring some light to the darkness that is contained within what has been already outlined. I take in good faith the commitments that have been made by Government in the Project Ireland 2040 document that has been produced and much talked about in recent months with regard to the extra allocations that are provided for, notwithstanding...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: I welcome that final sentence that the Minister has committed to and would expect that his colleagues in Cabinet would be forthcoming with that information at the earliest possible opportunity. Notwithstanding my recognition of the need to have multi-annual funding envelopes for various Departments and commitments, I am well aware of Fianna Fáil's commitment to the disability sector and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: The Minister was glad two thirds were done before he arrived.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: We paid the political price. They need not tell me anything about that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: Is the Minister not damn glad two thirds of it was done before he was there?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: No recognition of the programme that changed it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: I insist on it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: Exactly. The Minister gave me a commitment to the previous response that he has not adhered to.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Summer Economic Statement (3 Jul 2018)
Barry Cowen: That is fine.