Results 16,081-16,100 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I am not sure if there was a question asked, but there was a rant without giving data. The Deputy may talk about a wealth tax-----
- Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: -----a progressive tax system or something else. I will cost any proposal given to me, as I did last year. This means people cannot throw out the line that there are billions of euro available here and there.
- Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: A notion is peddled by some that there is a soft option and a rich cohort of people and that if we could only get to them, all our woes would be over. That is to peddle a falsehood.
- Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: It is for party political reasons that such a falsehood is peddled.
- Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I will certainly look at any suggestion from the Nevin institute or proposal from any quarter that-----
- Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I am giving the Deputies an open invitation. I will have any suggestion they present for taxation measures costed to see if it would have an impact in order that we can have as fair and balanced a journey as possible. We will have a difficult time balancing the income of the State to maintain decent levels of social provision.
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: My Department has access to detailed data on increments only in the Civil Service sector, for which I have direct responsibility. On increments generally, based on the information submitted to my Department on the total cost of increments in a full year in the various sectors, the full year cost of increments, excluding the local authority sector, is now estimated at no more than â¬180...
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Half of that this year.
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I appreciate what I believe is the Deputy's considered view. As I said, I will discuss anything to do with the area under my purview. Everything should be on the agenda for discussion at least. The Deputy is right on a number of points. Let me be clear. Various Labour Court determinations have stated that increments are part of basic pay - that is a fact. The Labour Court has determined...
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Civil servants.
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I will try to determine that figure and I will also look beyond the Civil Service to get the data, which are lodged in other Departments. I will ask for them.
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 and 5 together. I assume the Deputy is referring to section 1.16 of the Croke Park agreement in Question No. 2 which relates to the statutory requirement under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts of 2009 to review the operation, effectiveness and impact of the Acts on an annual basis before 30 June. The review also takes account of...
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy has to be clear about what she means. If she is talking about setting new pay scales into the future, it will obviously require legislation. However, it would be a different matter to interfere with existing pay rates because not only would it upset the Croke Park agreement, but it would also involve significant industrial relations issues. If the Deputy is talking about putting...
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: What is an excessive salary?
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: There is a specific question on this matter.
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I am going to deal with these matters specifically and would like time to deal with each of the questions Deputies submitted.
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Does the Deputy have any question, a Leas-Chathaoirligh?
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: A Leas-Chathaoirligh, it is not normal to pre-empt other Members' questions, especially when time is limited. However, I will respond to several of the questions raised by the Deputy. She is of the view that there should be a general salary cap of â¬100,000 across the public service. That would mean no doctor, researcher, academic or senior administrator would earn over â¬100,000. The...
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: What the Deputy is doing in her constant attacks on the public sector is ensuring there is a thriving private sector; she wants to destroy the basis of public sector provision of key services. I am not going to go down that road. We have a highly progressive taxation system. The marginal rate of taxation, including levies, for those earning over â¬100,000 is 62.5%. If we need to go...
- Public Sector Pay (4 Jul 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I made it clear that exceptions could be made in cases where the people recruited specifically could show me that their income in the place from which they had left to join the public service on a temporary contract was greater. The people to whom the Deputy referred have, by and large, taken substantial pay cuts in order to move into the public service. I instanced my own adviser in this...