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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The tables give a breakdown of the number of employees in each salary band as of the most recently processed payroll (16 February 2012). 0-10k 11-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 0 97 265 304 144 120 36 70-80 80-90 90-100 100-115 115-125 125-150 150+ 150 48 67 26 0 33 9 Salary payments for locally-engaged staff in missions abroad are administered locally and it is not possible to...

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This is February 2012 and 18,000 householders in this city are having difficulty having their refuse collected. A problem has arisen following the arrangements made by the management of Dublin City Council. That is the problem that needs to be resolved. Deputy Higgins should take his head out of the archives and get real about-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----the problems people have in the here and now. There is a problem in Dublin city in the here and now, and that is the problem the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is dealing with.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the problem the Government is dealing with. We have stated the approach we are taking and that is what we will concentrate on getting resolved so that the people in this city can have their waste collected with a reasonable arrangement in place for the collection of the charges that apply to it.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 5, Finance Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed) and No. 12 - statements on the action plan for jobs. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on the resumed Second Stage of No. 5 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 1.15 p.m. today; and the following arrangements shall apply to No. 12: opening...

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Finance Bill provides that there will be no increases in income tax for working people this year for the first time in a number of years and provides for changes in capital taxation - the kinds of changes that Sinn Féin and Deputy Higgins call for in theory and then oppose in practice.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Finance Bill, which provides incentives for the creation of jobs-----

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----to address the needs of the 440,000 people who are out of work and is now being opposed by the same people-----

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----has already been debated on Second Stage since Tuesday. We propose to conclude the Second Stage debate today in accordance with the arrangements I have proposed. Regarding Committee Stage, as I understand it, the committee itself normally makes arrangements for the timetabling of the handling of the Bill. I know that in the past there were arrangements where time was allocated for...

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We are a democratic institution - the committee decides.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The civil registration amendment Bill is on the C list. The heads are being drafted and it is expected to be published later this year.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is expected that the fiscal responsibility Bill will be taken later this session. There are two Bills relating to the European Financial Stability Facility. I will introduce a European Communities (Amendment) Bill. The heads of this Bill have been approved by the Government and it will be introduced this session. A separate and related Bill will be introduced by the Minister for Finance.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It will be towards the end of the session. The Bill from the Department of Finance will follow it. The Attorney General has yet to present her advice on the treaty and the conclusion of the European summit in January.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I join Deputy O'Dea in welcoming the conviction yesterday. We all recall with horror when Shane Geoghegan was killed. I welcome the conviction yesterday. It does not bring back Shane and that is the awful sentence that families must live with after something like this occurs. The Garda Commissioner has expressed his satisfaction that the existing legislation is adequate. The adequacy of...

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The betting (amendment) Bill is being worked upon as a priority and we expect to publish it this session. I do not have a date for the second matter raised by Deputy Durkan. Preliminary work is under way on the Criminal Justice (Victims Rights) Bill but it is impossible to indicate a publication date at this stage. The final Bill Deputy Durkan referred to is expected later this year.

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The EPA report underscores and supports the urgency and priority that the Government is giving to issues of water pollution. Certainly, the Government will not shirk its responsibility in bringing forward legislation. When statutory instruments, to which the Deputy referred, are made they are laid before the House and it is then a matter for Members how they wish to deal with the secondary...

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The report of the Financial Services Ombudsman is being considered by the Minister for Finance. If he considers that legislative change is necessary then he will bring proposals to Government in that regard.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This is a matter for the management of Dublin City Council. The Taoiseach replied to questions on this a couple of days ago and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government responded to a Topical Issue debate on the subject the day before yesterday. The position is that there is a problem affecting approximately 18,000 of a total of 140,000 households in Dublin with a...

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not going to take any lecture from Deputy Ó Cuív on issues relating to pollution and waste. He spent the past few months going around the country encouraging people not to pay a modest charge for the registration of their septic tanks.

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The position is quite clear, as I have said. There is a transfer of waste collection services in Dublin from Dublin City Council to a private company. An issue arises that affects 18,000 of the 140,000 householders concerned. It is a problem and must be dealt with. The position of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is absolutely and clearly known to Dublin...