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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: As somebody who sat in a room with 30 or 40 school principals and 30 or 40 school chairpersons in the region from the Liffey to Arklow, I can tell Mr. Watt that they cannot find Irish teachers, science teachers, continental language teachers, design and communication graphics, DCG, teachers and technical drawing-type teachers. It is getting ever harder to get them. When a school gets one,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It is because the same salary is being paid. Somebody who came up from the country, for example, might want, as he or she gets older and his or her parents are getting older, to be a bit closer to the parents in Limerick, Longford, Mayo or wherever. All of sudden, the teacher realises that he or she could have a much larger take-home pay at the end of every week or month. I am not asking...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: We had it here previously. The average AIB salary is €55,000. At Facebook, it is €153,000, including share options. Those people, if they are lucky to work for Facebook or Google, are welcome to it. Do not get me wrong. They pay plenty of income tax etc. and contribute to the economy. It just means that with the limited housing supply, they are taking the housing, driving...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I would ask that these be looked at between Mr. Watt, his colleagues in the Department of Education and Skills, and the Department of Justice and Equality for gardaí, and so on. I doubt many entry-level gardaí can afford to live in Dublin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: If they have broadband, that will be good, but one cannot do that for teachers and nurses. I accept that point. I have not mentioned public procurement but I want to make the point. There may be a great deal of good public procurement going on that we do not hear about because it is fine. I refer to projects such as broadband, the national children's hospital, which I will not go over,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I acknowledge all that. I wish Mr. Watt well in his role.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I would ask Mr. Watt perhaps to be here a bit more often in the future.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: That is why it was my closing remark.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: He is here for now anyway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: Even if Mr. Watt could identify, from the Department's large database, all the public service numbers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion (3 Dec 2019)
Gerry Horkan: There are staff who retire early. There are staff who leave because they want to leave. Equally, there must have been somebody fired or dismissed, and there are figures for that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Deputy Leader, Senator Noone, for outlining today's Order of Business. I wish to raise a couple of points, one on the town and village renewal programme. In response to a parliamentary question from Deputy Calleary, the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Ring, stated that last year, 224 projects were successful and 66 were unsuccessful. This year,156 projects...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Leyden as well.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: That is what I am saying. He spoke as well.
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive statement. I will try not to repeat all the wonderful aspects that the Minister of State outlined about the Bill and only say that Fianna Fáil welcomes the Bill. The Minister of State acknowledged there have been significant issues with the Tax Appeals Commission - mainly the lengthy backlog and the number of cases that are before it....
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: The Minister of State read it out beautifully.
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It has not been circulated. The Minister of State read it but we did not get a copy of it.
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: It was comprehensive.
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: We must pass the legislation first.
- Seanad: Finance Bill (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (28 Nov 2019)
Gerry Horkan: That is not relevant to this legislation, although I take the point.