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Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Senator Ruane for her contribution. I have addressed points relating to covered and non-covered public servants, the confines of the agreement and the historical background. I do not propose to repeat myself. I note the Senator's comments but I do not agree with them. I will leave it at that.

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Senator, but will not be accepting the amendment for a number of reasons. First, it presupposes that there will be people who are outside the agreement but, as I have already said, we hope everyone will be covered by it. Further, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform engages with the Workplace Relations Commission and all of the bodies established under statute, not to...

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I meant to say that the number of people who have voted for the agreement would disprove that argument. The union membership see that the merit in the agreement far outweighs any potential negative. At no stage was there an attempt by the Government to usurp the role of the unions. We respect them and the mandate of the public services committee, which is overwhelmingly in favour of the...

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Senators and officials for facilitating the swift passage of the Bill. As I said on a previous day, it is important as we are trying to get this done before 1 January 2018 so people can get paid. I request the co-operation of the Seanad, pursuant to Article 25.2.2° of the Constitution, in requesting the President to sign the Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017 on a...

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I acknowledge the contributions made, particularly by Senators with a genuine concern, as we all have. Nobody has a monopoly on this. The matters mentioned have been raised with all Members of the Oireachtas but we must act within the confines of the amount of money available to us. I acknowledge the role of the public servants who drafted the Bill and the lead Minister, Deputy Donohoe,...

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Members for facilitating the Bill. This Bill seeks to implement the provisions agreed in the Public Service Stability Agreement, PSSA, 2018-2020, of earlier this year. As such, it continues the pay restoration that began two years ago with the Lansdowne Road agreement and with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest, FEMPI, Act 2015. This Bill provides a roadmap...

Seanad: Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the comments of the Senators present. It is worth noting the small number of Senators who showed an interest in this significant Bill. The unwinding of the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation, FEMPI, in such an orderly way affects every parish, community and public servant. I thank the Senators who have stayed for the debate. Senator Michael McDowell...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (12 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: 392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to agricultural advisers and consultants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52802/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (12 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: 489. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available under the CLÁR capital investment programme in 2018; if so, when it will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52758/17]

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: And people like Deputy Paul Murphy.

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 7:In page 13, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following:“(2) In the case of a public servant who is an employee or officer of the Central Bank of Ireland, a reference in subsection (1)to the “Minister” shall be construed as a reference to the “Central Bank Commission”.”. This is a technical amendment. It grants the Minister...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: We want to see an orderly unwinding of the emergency position in which the country found itself and to which many Deputies have referred. We want to do this as much as everybody else and nobody has a monopoly of those concerns. We want to do it in an orderly fashion that is affordable and manageable. We want to do it in discussion and dialogue with the representatives of the public...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Deputy Healy for putting forward the amendment. It would effectively reduce the Minister's current obligations to the Oireachtas. Section 12(2) of the FEMPI Act 2013 which, in turn, replaced subsection 13 of the FEMPI Act 2009, obliges the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to carry out an annual review of the operation, effectiveness and impact of the FEMPI Acts. In...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I again thank Deputy Healy. The response I gave to the House was a response to the amendment as tabled. A number of amendments on Committee Stage cover many of the issues raised. I want to show respect to the House and the Deputies who have raised those issues, and deal with them in the order in which the amendments will be discussed which is what the Ceann Comhairle has asked us to do. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a permanent speech and language therapist in place in the schools for the deaf in Dublin; and the reason a school (details supplied) does not have a permanent speech and language therapist. [51527/17]

Legal Proceedings against Members of Dáil Éireann: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy is going to add something anyway.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the public service stability agreement and on behalf-----

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: No. The Ceann Comhairle has already clarified that.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: I did not think I had to. The public service stability agreement is a welcome initiative because it starts and paves the way for the continuing unwinding of what has been a very difficult journey for our public servants, especially from 2009 to 2013. As Deputy Mattie McGrath noted, we had no choice but to introduce what were financial emergency measures. Deputy Calleary and others have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (28 Nov 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next round of recruitment from the Garda panels that have been created will take place; the number of persons that will be taken from the panel at a time; the timeframe on the frequency with which persons will be drawn from the panel (details supplied). [50524/17]