Results 1,361-1,380 of 2,156 for speaker:Tom Parlon
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: This Bill represents a significant step forward in the way in which staff are managed in the Civil Service. The Bill amends section 15 of the 1956 Act to provide, for the first time, that disciplinary action can be taken in cases of under-performance. In addition, this section broadens the range of disciplinary sanctions that are currently available to managers under section 15 of the Act. As...
- Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: The Deputy must be joking.
- Liquor Licensing Laws: Motion. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: The Deputy has been gazumped. He is way behind the time.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: It would appear that the purpose of this amendment is to provide for a change in the name of the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2001. We approached the Attorney General's office on this matter and were advised that the citation used in section 1(4) of the Bill is correct. While it is the case that sections 9 and 10 of the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: The Deputies' proposals seek to introduce an additional system to monitor progress on the agenda for modernisation and human resource management across the Civil Service. As Deputy Bruton said, we had a substantial debate on the issue on Committee Stage at which time I said that we already have a comprehensive and elaborate structure for monitoring progress in these and other areas of the...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: Deputies Boyle and Bruton raised the issue of my experience in dealing with the Civil Service. The improvement in the service delivered by the Department of Agriculture and Food in the last six years has been magnificent. The civil servants now deal with individuals and they deliver a superb service. During the recent closing period for applications for the single farm payment, the offices...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: That has been my experience.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, lines 39 and 40, to delete "joint staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas" and substitute "staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission". Both amendments are technical and were put forward by the Office of the Attorney General. Section 6 of the Bill amends section 2(2) (d) and section 2(2)(e) of the 1956 Act to provide for the appropriate authority in...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: I move amendment No. 3: In page 8, lines 43 and 44, to delete "joint staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas" and substitute "staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission".
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: I move amendment No. 4: In page 9, lines 35 and 36, to delete "exercisable by the Government" and substitute "of the Government under subsection (1)". Amendment No. 4 is a technical amendment put forward by the Office of the Attorney General. Section 7 of the Bill amends the ten-year provisions contained in section 5 of the 1956 Act. The amendment to section 5(3) currently outlined in the...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: Deputy Burton has been very selective in some of the crises she recounted from last week's news. I hope she remembers the CSO figures on which she failed to remark which show that in the 12 months previous to last year, we created over 72,000 jobs. It was an average of 1,400 jobs per week and a very positive development. I wish the Deputy would be more balanced on some issues. Amendment No. 4...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: I move amendment No. 5: In page 10, to delete lines 9 to 19 and substitute the following: "5A.â(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a person may initially be appointed to be an established civil servant on the basis of a probationary contract. (2) Where a civil servant to whom subsection (1) refers completes the probationary period concerned to the satisfaction of the...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: That has nothing to do with the legislation. The Deputy should direct the matter to the appropriate person.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: It is not abolished. If the Deputy puts down a question, she will find out.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: Deputy Burton would prefer to make unsubstantiated claims in the House than put down a question to find out the facts for herself.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: One would not put a prison on a farm.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: Deputy Burton is the Labour Party spokesperson on finance. Why does she not table a question to the Minister for Finance? If the Deputy tables a question she will receive an answer.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: It is hardly appropriate to raise the matter on Report Stage of legislation.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)
Tom Parlon: I would have raised it in the appropriate manner a long time ago.