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- Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: The water services Bill will be introduced in this session. How it progresses is a matter for the Houses, so I cannot say when it will be concluded. It will be done as expeditiously as possible. I am particularly interested in the Construction Contracts Bill. I have asked the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, to take personal seizure of it, and he has done that. He has had wide...
- Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: The Legal Services Bill has been published. It is a broad-ranging Bill and will require extensive consultation with all interested parties. It is not scheduled for next week. Members would like an opportunity to read it in detail. It will be scheduled for Second Stage as soon as an appropriate slot is available.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Issues relating to FÃS are a matter in the first instance for the Minister for Education and Skills. My Department has received no proposal from the Department of Education and Skills in relation to a voluntary redundancy scheme in FÃS.
- Written Answers — Public Service Agreements: Public Service Agreements (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Under the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 , detailed action plans have been developed across each sector of the public service to underpin the change and reform process envisaged by the Agreement. The Action Plans were first developed in October 2010 and subsequently revised in January 2011. Public service bodies in each sector were required to prepare their first detailed report on the...
- Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: In relation to absenteeism across the public service each of the sectors has its own policy in place. In the Civil Service, the area for which I have direct responsibility, the policy for sick leave is governed by a number of Circulars which are published on the Personnel Code and available on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform website. The procedures were recently updated and...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: The Commission on Public Service Pensions examined the issue of compulsory membership in its Final Report on Public Service Pensions in 2000. It did not recommend any change in the rules providing for automatic membership of the spouses' and children's schemes, nor in the refund arrangements for membership contributions. Public service spouses' and children's schemes are structured on a...
- Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: The presidential election will be before the budget.
- Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Yes.
- Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Several Ministers will be present.
- Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: It is about looking after everyone.
- Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: We look forward to Deputy Doherty's suggestions.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should listen to the Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Is Deputy O'Dea still fighting for the Independents?
- Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Hear, hear.
- Written Answers — Civil Service Staff: Civil Service Staff (11 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: As part of the reform of the public service, the Government is committed to the introduction of new skills and talent across all Departments. In the Programme for Government we have said that appointments at Principal Officer level and above will be open to external competition. Since the introduction of the moratorium on recruitment and promotion in March 2009 no general open recruitment...
- Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (11 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Under the EU/IMF Programme of financial support for Ireland, the Government is committed to an ambitious programme of asset disposals, based on the Programme for Government and the report of the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities. The Programme for Government includes a target of â¬2bn to be raised from the sale of non-strategic State assets. The Government has already decided...
- Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (11 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: I refer to my reply to Question No. 20298/11 of 14 July 2011.
- Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (11 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Under the EU/IMF Programme of financial support for Ireland, the Government is committed to considering options for an ambitious programme of asset disposals, based on the Programme for Government and the report of the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities, and to preparing a draft programme of asset disposals in this context to be discussed with the Troika in advance of taking final...
- Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (11 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 58, 206 and 208 together. Ensuring a more flexible and responsive public service is a key element of the Government's reform programme. Measures to increase staff mobility and to ensure that resources are allocated to priority areas in a timely and strategic manner will form part of the reform programme implementation plan, which is currently being developed...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 Oct 2011)
Brendan Howlin: My Department estimates that the average public service pension is around â¬20,000 and would not be affected by the cap proposed by the Deputy. Indeed, fewer than 1 in 100 public service pensioners has a public service pension in excess of â¬60,000. As the Deputy may know, public service pensions have been reduced already, under provisions introduced by the Financial Emergency Measures in...