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Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: The crux is that we are not sure whether that agreement exists. We are not sure whether consultation took place.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Why is the Minister of State reluctant to accept Deputy Bruton's proposal to refer the matter to the Seanad? It seems eminently sensible. We are prepared to facilitate re-examining these issues once we obtain further information in respect of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I, too, accept the thrust of the Minister of State's argument regarding amendment No. 14. The renegotiation and restructuring of the Civil Service-wide code of practice provides a good opportunity to explain the position with regard to civil servants who have been suspended or temporarily removed from the payroll. Are they subject to the same conditions as those who leave or retire from the...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Perhaps I should submit my questions in writing because I am not getting any answers. I will rephrase my last question for the Minister of State. Has any consideration been given in the review of the Civil Service code to extending from two years to five years the period after retirement, and now after dismissal from the Civil Service, after which people can enter employment in the private...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: We are very generous souls in this society.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: What about dismissal? Will the code apply to people who are dismissed from the Civil Service so that they must have a period away from related employment in the private sector? It is the same principle.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: It applies to the Bill in general. We are talking about mechanisms by which people can be dismissed from the Civil Service and I am asking if the provision in the code that applies to retirement also applies to people who are dismissed from the Civil Service.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Has any consideration been given to extending the period of prohibition from two years to five years?

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I support the amendment. It is important that a signal is sent out when the Bill is passed. Unfortunately, we see incidents of bullying with unacceptable frequency, with psychological bullying and intimidation where people feel their prospects of advancing in their careers are being hindered. It is important that a statement of this nature is included. Bullying is becoming especially...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I move amendment No. 18: In page 13, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "13.—The Minister shall present an annual report to the Houses of the Oireachtas indicating the number and proportion of civil servants with specialist, as opposed to generalist, duties and shall announce targets for the proportion of specialists to be employed by the end of the next calendar year.".

Order of Business. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Does the Government plan to introduce legislation to bring into force a European Union directive on strategic environmental assessments, which are supposed to supersede environmental impact assessments?

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I am conscious in seeking clarification and debating amendments that we are discussing an office the Minister of State holds outside the Chamber on behalf of the House which will be held ex officio by his successors. Having said that, perhaps the Minister of State can answer the question Deputy Howlin posed on the reasoning behind many of the changes under discussion. In his original...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I too have further questions, first about the consultation that has taken place. The Technical Group and my party are not directly represented on the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. Am I to take it from what the Minister of State said today that——

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Not directly.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: He has to, as he is our only conduit. No one in this House represents us. The Minister of State has indicated that the consultation in regard to these provisions has taken place with a member of the commission who has a representational role on behalf of the Government parties. Can he confirm if direct and wide ranging consultation has taken place with the commission itself? If it has not,...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I asked two specific questions neither of which were answered. One related to the degree of consultation that took place with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, and what is meant by direct consultation with the Ceann Comhairle and the Cathaoirleach, especially in regard to the position of the Captain of the Guard and the Superintendent. Does consultation mean that a decision is reached...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place to purchase a site and build a new permanent school for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo before September 2006. [19759/05]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she plans to end the practise of school buses carrying more passengers than can be seated. [19760/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 452: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the policy of clawing back moneys claimed by his Department on the estates of non-contributory pensioners has been in regulations since the Social Welfare Act 1993, the reason it has not been clearly set out in his Department's literature in the usual way and in accordance with the transparency rules outlined in Regulating...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason, in issued documentation to welfare recipients, the claw-back policy of moneys claimed by his Department on the estates of non-contributory pensioners was not advised to them. [19957/05]