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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The information requested is available from my Departments website http://per.gov.ie. I would bring the Deputy's attention to circulars 28/2009 dated 22 December 2009 - Revisions of pay of Civil Servants: Application of pay adjustments in accordance with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 and circular 18/2010 dated 23 December 2010 - Reduction of 10% in...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Government is committed to a programme of public service reform and improvement. As part of the work in this area, we are looking at classifications and listings of State Agencies in order to produce more coherent and focused directories of services for citizens and the Oireachtas. Broadly the position is that there are firstly a number of offices of State which typically are staffed by...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Would you rather-----

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: We do not.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: It is not that I do not know.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: This is unbelievable.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: No.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: That is being looked at.

Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: There are a number of Deputies in Sweden too-----

Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: We have our own pirates.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Two inter-departmental groups were established in 2011, one to consider the best approach in achieving a part-sale of ESB, including energy policy, regulatory, legal, financial and economic considerations, and a second group to examine other possible disposal candidates in order to inform any further decisions that the Government may wish to make. Both of these groups reported in December,...

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Government intention in introducing the Jobs Initiative 2011 was to focus our now more limited resources on measures that offer the greatest potential for expansion and employment creation in the domestic economy. The Jobs Initiative 2011 is one element of a wider strategy to support economic activity. The aim is to target key sectors of the economy that can assist in getting people...

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The capital expenditure measures in the Jobs Initiative announced by the Minister for Finance last year applied to 2011 only. The aim of these measures was to accelerate capital works that are shovel ready, have a local focus and are labour intensive. Schools and secondary roads works were identified as being the most appropriate for such purposes, while also representing areas where...

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: As I have already informed this House, in our discussions during their recent mission, the Troika signalled that, in the context of the Government pursuing an ambitious programme of asset disposals, they would be prepared to agree to the retention by the Government of a sizeable amount of the proceeds generated from such disposals for reinvestment in job creation initiatives in the economy....

Written Answers — Public Sector Reform: Public Sector Reform (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: As announced in my address to Dáil Éireann on Expenditure Estimates 2012 on 5 December 2011, public service bodies have to achieve a reduction of 5% in the cost of allowances and premium payments in 2012. Because of the variances and complexities of allowances across the public service, Departments have been asked to forward information, including costs, in relation to each allowance and...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 provided for the establishment of Bord Telecom Éireann and An Post. The Act provided for both companies to accept into employment on the vesting day every person who immediately before the vesting day was a member of the staff of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs and was so designated by the Minister for employment by the companies....

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Why would he do that?

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Absolutely.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: They are a way of getting people into training and education.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Higgins does not believe in that