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Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 35: In page 13, before section 21, to insert the following new section: 21.—The Shannon Electricity Act 1925 is amended— (a) in subsection (1) of section 11, by the substitution of "Upon the request of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the Minister for Finance may" for "The Minister for Finance may", (b) in subsection (2) of section 11, by the insertion...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 36: In page 13, before section 21, to insert the following new section: 22.—Section 12 of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1927 is amended— (a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of "with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and subject to" for "subject to", and (b) in subsection (6), by the substitution of "shall, with the approval of the...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 37: In page 13, before section 21, to insert the following new section: 23.—Section 7 of the State Lands (Workhouses) Act 1930 is amended by the insertion, in subsection (2), of "by the Minister for Finance, with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform," after "out of the Central Fund".

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 38: In page 13, before section 21, to insert the following new section: 24.—Section 4 of the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1930 is amended by the substitution of "the Minister for Finance, after having consulted with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, has formed the opinion" for "the Minister for Finance is of opinion".

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 39: In page 13, before section 21, to insert the following new section: 25.—Section 3 of the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act 1931 is amended by the substitution, in subsection (1), of ", with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and subject to the limitation imposed by this section," for "(subject to the limitation imposed by this section)".

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 40: In page 13, before section 21, to insert the following new section: 26.—Section 12 of the Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1934 is amended, in subsection (1), by the insertion of "with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and" after "Minister for Finance may,".

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 41: In page 13, before section 21, to insert the following new section: 27.—Section 13 of the Shannon Fisheries Act 1935 is amended by the substitution, in subsection (1), of ", with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and subject to this section," for "(subject to the provisions of this section)".

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 42: In page 13, before section 21, to insert the following new section: 28.—The Local Loans Fund Act 1935 is amended— (a) in subsection (3) (amended by section 7 of the Local Loans Fund (Amendment) Act 1940) of section 3, by the insertion of ", with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform," after "the Minister shall", (b) in subsection (2) of...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Excellent.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: There was so much coming in at one stage yesterday that it momentarily crashed. Four hundred people tried to access it.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Deputies opposite. Deputy Fleming made a number of points. To answer his first, which is probably most important, on how we determine that the highest paid should be the chief executive officer of the ESB, the Deputy will be aware that there was a process done when his party was in Government called the Hay process. It looked at setting pay levels for the commercial semi-State...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: We will find the relevant section for the Deputy.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I will answer that specific question. As Deputy McDonald correctly indicated, the shareholding held by the Minister for Finance will transfer to me immediately on the enactment of the legislation. The disposal of it will be a matter for me in consultation with the Minister for Finance.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I expect we will have some very interesting debates at the committee. On the Deputy's last point, I hope I will prove to be a courageous Minister but not a foolhardy one. I do not want to put myself at hazard personally for robbing people of their money if I have no legal authority to make such decisions. One must be guided in reasonable measure by legal advice on what one can do. The...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, line 10, to delete "Constitution." and substitute the following: "Constitution; "statutory instrument" has the same meaning as it has in the Interpretation Act 2005.".

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 8: In page 6, subsection (1)(h), line 25, to delete "which" and substitute "whom".

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 9: In page 6, lines 34 and 35, to delete subsection (2). Amendment agreed to.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 10: In page 7, to delete lines 19 to 26 and substitute the following: "(e) a company or body under the control, within the meaning of section 11 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, of— (i) a company to which paragraph (b) applies, (ii) a subsidiary to which paragraph (c) applies, (iii) a body to which paragraph (a) or (d) applies, or (iv) a public service body to which...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I genuinely appreciate the difficulties of the Deputies opposite. In the course of normal legislation once the Department is established, we will take on board their views and concerns to ensure we have the fullest debate. Deputy Sean Fleming is wrong about the Department's genesis. The thought process entered both parties' programmes separately. We were anxious to have fundamental...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I will leave some of my other comments for the debate on the amendments. I should address Deputy McDonald's comments on the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA. I thank Deputy Mattie McGrath for his good wishes and I will address the issues he raised as we deal with other amendments. The number of staff to be transferred is ten. They are recruited on a different basis to the public...