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- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration (23 Oct 2012)
Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow for the registration here of an Irish citizen who has died abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45740/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (23 Oct 2012)
Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider future extending the dates for slurry spreading in view of the fact that the ongoing wet weather in October has increased the risk of environmental damage from the run off as farmers try to get spreading completed by month end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46292/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration (23 Oct 2012)
Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow for the registration here of an Irish citizen who has died abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45740/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (23 Oct 2012)
Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider future extending the dates for slurry spreading in view of the fact that the ongoing wet weather in October has increased the risk of environmental damage from the run off as farmers try to get spreading completed by month end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46292/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (23 Oct 2012)
Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider future extending the dates for slurry spreading in view of the fact that the ongoing wet weather in October has increased the risk of environmental damage from the run off as farmers try to get spreading completed by month end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46292/12]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: It takes longer to reach the next increment, if I can use that expression.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: After about two years of service, core pay only reaches €391.06, which is approximately equal to the national minimum wage.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: Approximately €5 million was paid out on Border duty allowance. I have some understanding of that allowance in the context of County Louth, where I was born and reared and which I represent as a Deputy. I am aware of the importance of that allowance to members of the Defence Forces in my own area. How long has the allowance been in place and is it the case that a member of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: The Border duty allowance for enlisted personnel is €96.23, which would amount to 15% to 20% of pay even for somebody in a middle grade. It represents a significant amount for a family. It is ironic that members of the Defence Forces are often required to accompany personnel of other emergency services who enjoy overtime and various other allowances. Mr. Howard shone a useful light...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: Is that the experience of RACO and PDFORRA? I assume they meet regularly with colleague organisations internationally.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: In regard to reorganisation and the challenges it presents to members of the Defence Forces and the system in general, have the representative groups identified additional personal costs for its members which are not catered for in existing pay structures?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: The Croke Park agreement restricts redeployment to a 45 km radius. That clearly does not apply to the Defence Forces given what we know about barracks closures and the obligation on personnel to move. It is right that the structure is based on strict discipline and order but it must impact on morale.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: Fatigue.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: As a Deputy who represents members of the Defence Forces, I am struck by Mr. Rooney’s reference to the reliance of personnel on family income supplement. The Oireachtas needs to reflect on that. If a decision was taken to remove the Border allowance or any other allowance that, in my opinion, forms part of core pay, does Mr. Rooney agree it would be a false economy because...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: I am asking for the view of PDFORRA because it deals with these matters on a daily basis.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: We have discussed the reorganisation and changing role of the Defence Forces. Do the representative organisations believe there is a compelling case for consolidating the allowances that have built up over the years into a reformed pay structure? I ask them to identify pitfalls for their members in such an approach.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: Nobody went AWOL.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: Nobody has gone AWOL or at least from the perspective of this allowance.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: There are many people under a great deal of pressure at present.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Gerald Nash: I, too, welcome the representatives of the representative organisations and Mr. Howard and his colleagues for this important discussion. It never ceases to amaze me the low level of pay enjoyed by privates in particular, and often how long it takes somebody to reach the middle of the scale. It is important to look at the discussions that we are having this morning on allowances in the...