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- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: What does Sinn Féin want? It seems only to care about soundbites.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: Sinn Féin has nothing of substance to say in this debate or any other debate.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: I thank the Deputy. First of all, in relation to the issue of local authorities hiring staff-----
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----I am sure the Deputy is aware that his own county council in Galway, along with all the other county councils, have been sanctioned to hire more than 300 additional staff.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: It is up to the county manager to apply. Some 300 additional staff have been sanctioned to provide for the planning, building and development of new homes and houses in all counties throughout Ireland-----
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----as part of the Government's €3.5 billion investment in housing in this country. In case Deputy Fitzmaurice is not aware of the fact-----
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----I know from visiting Galway that Galway County Council has taken on more staff. Those extra staff are in addition to the 1,800 or so additional teachers and the 600 additional special needs assistants who have been taken on throughout the country. The Deputy's suggestion that a recovery dividend is not being paid in terms of additional staff is wrong. While it is a few counties away...
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: On the Lansdowne Road agreement and the emergency financial measures in the FEMPI legislation, the advice to the Minister, Deputy Howlin, has been that the FEMPI measures should be unwound as the Lansdowne Road deal comes to an end.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: As the House will be aware, a new deal is currently being negotiated and finalised with the trade unions. People on pensions in excess of €100,000 have rightly taken a pension deduction of 20% in the special levy on high level pensions. There is a significant deduction in existence at the moment, in respect of FEMPI, imposed on people who have very high pensions at more than...
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----who was paid out of public funds should earn a pension in excess of €100,000.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: However, the principal people in receipt of these sums are medical consultants who are very highly paid following a move initiated by the previous Government.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: I have said it publicly and I will say it again. We have been legally advised that now that the financial emergency is over, thankfully, the FEMPI legislation should be unwound in line with the restoration of, in particular, low-paid public servants' pay in respect of the cuts they took in terms of both actual cuts to their wages and additional levies in relation to pensions.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: The same applied to low earning retired civil servants on pensions. I have made a suggestion-----
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----to the people involved who are fortunate enough. Some of these former Ministers and taoisigh earn more than serving Ministers and taoisigh or almost as much nowadays.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: I think they should have the decency to offer-----
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----to refund that pension increase to the State.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: They should do it on a voluntary basis and they should acknowledge the strong level of pension they receive.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: I do not see why they would need it. It would be an honourable gesture-----
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: -----to the State they served.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
Joan Burton: The State now contributes significantly to their pensions and comfort in retirement. They should refrain from accepting it.