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Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: On a point of order, what the Taoiseach is saying is incorrect. The last emergency measure applied to people who had public service pensions and this Bill does not.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: I am mystified by the dedication of €56 million to short FÁS course which the budget documents describe as ten to 20 week courses. As has been said by many other speakers, the short courses in FÁS, some of which, as Deputy Shortall said, are actually only of two to three weeks' duration, are of seriously limited value except where they are provided as part of an arrangement with an...

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: This is a complicated Bill and many who work in the public service are concerned about its vague nature when it comes to pension arrangements. Will the Minister for Finance offer a briefing to Opposition Deputies and has he received the advice of the Attorney General? Reducing the salary and conditions public servants is a complex issue in the context of Irish law.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: This is very important. This is the first time in the history of the State that the Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance has cut the wages and entitlements of public servants.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: We have no information about the impact of the legal structure under which this is proposed. There is no information and very little time. Will the officials of the Minister's Department provide a briefing to Opposition spokespersons on the genuine complexities of this Bill? People all over Ireland are worried sick this weekend about their jobs, their pay, their conditions and the pensions....

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It is very thin in this case.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: That is the point about rushed legislation; there is no opportunity to consider it.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It is a standard feature of all budgets.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Poverty-proofed.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It has not been circulated.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister is there.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: There is no time.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Minister for Finance, who is seated next to the Tánaiste, should answer the question.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Proposed legislation, the local government (Dublin mayor) Bill, is to provide for an election in Dublin next year. The election of a Dublin mayor will cost a great deal of money at a time when the country does not have any. Payments to widows are being cut yet the Green Party proposes a vanity project that will cost money.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: The Green Party will get its answer should the election proceed. Widows should not be having their pension cut to pay for a vanity project which the country cannot afford. Will the Bill and the election of a Dublin mayor proceed and, if so, what is the timeframe?

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: In that case, we will have another elected office costing €500,000. Has the Minister lost his reason entirely?

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Widows are having their pensions cut to pay for-----

Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: It is crazy.

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to reopen the Garda investigation into the 1970 murder of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if new evidence has emerged in regard to the case; if a review of the original garda investigation is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46191/09]

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (10 Dec 2009)

Joan Burton: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the continuing unsuitable use of St. Patrick's Institution to detain children, he will issue an order under Section 11(2) of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 to remove the current exclusion from the general power of the Ombudsman to receive individual complaints in relation to St. Patrick's; and if he...