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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8059/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8058/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8056/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8050/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of Civil Service pensions; the amounts paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8052/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied), if she will change the regulation which states that a person must pay at least one reckonable class A contribution on return to Ireland from an EU member state in view of the difficulties in finding employment albeit for one week, for people who otherwise have...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 344: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8053/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 371: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8055/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8051/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8049/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of civil servants employed in his Department who are also in receipt of a Civil Service pension; the amount paid to same in respect of their employment and in Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8054/09]

Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The Government is happy to regulate the small people but it will not go after big ones.

Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: The Government will regulate a newsagent but not a bank——

Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Not for the first time Deputy McManus's comments are music to my ears. The Employment Law Compliance Bill is on Second Stage and the Taoiseach is aware that the Committee of Public Accounts recently published a report on the board of FÁS recommending that it be slimmed down and the automatic right of employees' and employers' representatives to representation at board level be removed....

Industrial Relations (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2009: First Stage. (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2004; to provide for the composition and procedures of joint labour committees, to provide for the renewal of Employment Regulation Orders and to provide for connected matters.

Industrial Relations (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2009: First Stage. (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

National Minimum Wage. (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether the minimum wage should be increased, reduced or maintained at the same level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7745/09]

National Minimum Wage. (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I am asking this question at a time of rising unemployment. As the Minister of State knows, between 600 and 700 jobs are being lost in this country every day. More than 150,000 people have lost their jobs since the Tánaiste, Deputy Coughlan, became Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. It is reasonably estimated that at least 500,000 people will be on the dole by the end of the...

National Minimum Wage. (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I understand that.

National Minimum Wage. (24 Feb 2009)

Leo Varadkar: We need to get real. If the Labour Court follows the terms of the Act by taking into account issues like employment and competitiveness, the only conclusion it will be possible for the court to reach will be to recommend a major reduction in the minimum wage. We have been losing jobs by the second since our competitiveness fell off a cliff. That is where the economy is. If the Labour...