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Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Mar 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Deputy Gogarty gave us a description of it.

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Mar 2009)

Arthur Morgan: My amendment is slightly different in that it proposes to insert the following: The income of any senior manager or any employee of a financial institution that is availing of funds under the National Pension Reserve Fund shall not be greater than that of an Irish Government Minister. I am sure many people know that our Ministers and Deputies are far too highly paid. In light of the...

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Mar 2009)

Arthur Morgan: He said "popular".

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Mar 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I ask the Minister to listen to what is being said in the House, particularly to what Deputy Burton said some moments ago. It may not be what I am looking for but she suggested ministerial level pay or something slightly above that, as proposed by the other amendment before the House, or perhaps something marginally above that again. I am prepared to compromise and the Minister has heard the...

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Mar 2009)

Arthur Morgan: It was not much worse.

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (4 Mar 2009)

Arthur Morgan: There is a public expectation that the issue of the banks will be put on a proper footing now, once and for all. That expectation extends to proper regulation being put in place which will oversee these banks and which will ensure the carry-on in which they were engaging will end once and for all. The sackings the public expected have not happened. Those who have left have gone, I...

Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I wish to begin by expressing my opposition and the opposition of my party to this legislation. I appreciate it is largely a technical Bill but it is what it enables that causes me concern. We have opposed the recapitalisation of AIB and Bank of Ireland because the Government is effectively handing over to the banks €7 billion worth of taxpayers' money without seeing sufficient material...

Public Finances: Motion (3 Mar 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Those in the party are only republicans in very small writing. I thank the Labour Party for sharing time with me. Sinn Féin supports this Fine Gael Party motion. Who does not know that we need a new budget as our public finances deteriorate daily? Who does not understand that the absence of effective strategies for job creation, taxation and public finances actively make a difficult...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children with special educational needs who will be without a special needs teacher due to recent cutbacks in that area. [7857/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the savings he anticipates from cutting back on special needs teachers. [7858/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (26 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Deputies drawing down a ministerial pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8060/09]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (25 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has had discussions with officials of the Department of Finance or with the Garda Commissioner with a view to making additional resources available to the fraud squad in view of the many banking scandals that have recently come to light. [7573/09]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: The Minister for Finance.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I am addressing amendment No. 14, in particular. If the House goes full term on this occasion, to 2012, I might begin to get my head around how these amendments are measured or deemed to be in or out. Amendment No. 12 has been ruled out of order, although it appears that it would be of substantial benefit, rather than a cost to the State. In it I was trying to deal with regulations to cap...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Yes, and it does not apply in this case, or else the Minister would be calling this a pay cut. It is one or the other, as Deputy Burton stated.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Amendment No. 50 aims to address our public finance deficit on the basis of fairness and equality which does not involve imposing an unfair burden on low-income workers. Every contribution from this side of the House has been about reasonableness and fairness. Deputy Barrett is correct that it is simply a matter of tweaking of rather than major surgery to the legislation. It is unfortunate...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: It certainly gives us an insight.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 14: In page 7, to delete lines 3 to 9.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, line 18, after "Finance" to insert "on behalf of the Oireachtas". I am disappointed that amendment No. 3 was disallowed because bank executives and chief executives of State bodies need to be reined in and the amendment would have gone some way toward achieving that. The purpose of amendment No. 4 is to try to focus the Minister for Finance somewhat on the...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2009)

Arthur Morgan: As I said, I tabled this amendment to try to get the Minister to focus his mind on this House. I regret it if I did not make that point sufficiently clear. That is the purpose of this amendment. I do not intend to spend much more time dealing with it. I wanted to make the point that the Minister needs to be encouraged to face this House now and again. He needs to listen carefully to what...