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Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...contributions in this House and the other House as we face this extraordinary economic challenge and crisis is that we allowed our cost base and competitiveness to be eroded in recent years. That applies not just to the State sector, but also to the private sector. There is no point in quoting, misquoting or presenting the Forfás and OECD reports on the minimum wage in a partisan or...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Conor Lenihan: This same applies to the size of the public service and the pay and pension entitlements enjoyed by public servants. The public service has failed to outsource activities in a serious and meaningful manner during the past 20 years.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (14 Dec 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...matter on behalf of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Mary Coughlan, who is unfortunately unable to come to the House. In April 2008, Baylin national school applied to the Department for an extension and refurbishment project. The school has a staffing level of a principal and four mainstream teachers. It also has the services of a resource...

Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I do not want to sound as if I am giving lessons. The public service embargo was applied to everyone without exception. As the Senator knows, because of the austerity measures over the past year the first decision the Minister made was that all individual departures from the embargo had to be by way of individual application to him directly. It is not the case that some sectors were...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (14 Dec 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The Bill gives effect to the decisions of the Government to reduce the public service pensions bill by approximately €100 million in 2011, to apply a substantial reduction to the pay of members of the Government and to allow the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation to set a new lower national minimum wage. It is the Government's strongly held conviction that to reduce the deficit...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...brought back into line with revenue. There is a widening gap between the emergency burden being borne by those in public service employment and those in retirement. The reduction in pensions will apply to everyone in receipt of a public service pension greater than €12,000 per annum. It is a tapered measure which provides for a greater reduction for those with larger public service...

National Minimum Wage: Motion (14 Dec 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...the incentive to take up or remain in employment in circumstances where the employees might only be marginally better off than if he or she was claiming other social welfare payments. The FIS applies equally to one and two-parent families. The payment amount is based on a fixed proportion of the gap between the assessable income - net of income taxes and social contributions - of the...

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (20 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...first half of next year. A comprehensive review of Ireland's licensing terms was carried out in 2007 following which both the fiscal and non-fiscal licensing terms were revised. The revised terms apply to all exploration licences issued since 1st January 2007 and have been carefully balanced to attract those willing to invest in high-risk exploration while at the same time ensuring the...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (13 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...'s public knowledge providers and the small business community and in the process creating on-going and lasting synergies between the two. Small companies across the Irish economy are eligible to apply for an Innovation Voucher, apart from enterprises in the transportation and agricultural sectors which are excluded in accordance with EU State Aid guidelines. Companies can apply for more...

Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...reducing costs. The market price has fallen and there is evidence from landfill sites and other waste facilities that lower prices are being accepted. The Department and its agencies continue to apply pressure to further reduce costs and we await with interest the statement of the Minister, Deputy Gormley, on the matter.

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (30 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: .... Furthermore, as there are no identified reserves or resources of non-petroleum minerals in the Irish offshore, no estimate can therefore be made of any return to the State if such a levy were applied, and any such estimate would be fraught, depending on estimates of factors such as those set out above. In the case of petroleum, the only existing production is off Cork (Kinsale/Seven...

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (1 Jul 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...region of 60% of Ireland's annual demand for natural gas. The principal financial return to the State from the Corrib gas field will be through the tax system. A special rate of corporation tax applies to profits from the production of oil and gas and in the case of the Corrib gas field profits will be liable to tax at a rate of 25%.

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (30 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...regard to the possible control of predator seals in the Foyle and Carlingford areas. They will monitor closely developments in relation to the other above mentioned studies with a view to possibly applying the findings to the Foyle and Carlingford areas.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (29 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...school requirements into the future. The GIS contains information on all schools in the country, primary and post-primary level, geo-coded to their location. Growth projection figures are also applied to the existing population with a view to assessing future requirements and identifying the areas experiencing highest growth at primary and post-primary level. In addition, as a matter of...

Seanad: Mobile Telephony (29 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...service providers directly and retail customers indirectly. EU rules restrict the ability of my Department and the market regulator, ComReg, to regulate prices and packages. Similar rules apply to our colleagues in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland. Continued vigilance by customers in comparing the different packages offered by competing service...

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: .... I propose to outline the methodology of how the levy is calculated and the reason we are taking this approach. The levy is calculated on a transparent and non-discriminatory basis. It will apply to all electricity generators operating in the single electricity market, SEM, which are receiving free carbon allowances and benefiting from the decision of the single electricity market...

Seanad: School Staffing Levels (22 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: .... In terms of the position at individual school level the key factor for determining the level of resources provided by the Department is the pupil enrolment at 30 September. The enrolment is applied to a staffing schedule which issues annually from the Department. While the staffing schedule at primary level allocates on the basis of an average number of pupils, each school decides on...

Seanad: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...post, however arising, may be filled by recruitment, promotion, nor payment of an allowance for the performance of duties at a higher grade. As the Tánaiste has set out, this decision also applies to temporary appointments on a fixed-term basis and to the renewal of such contracts. Exemptions from the moratorium are, in the context of the public finances, a matter for serious...

Job Creation (26 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...public policy. Foreign investors will be drawn to locations because of the positive pull of the individual location rather than being pushed there by financial incentives. The grant rates that apply in the different regions of Ireland are decided by the EU Commission on the basis of objective criteria. Ireland' s current regional aid map for 2007 to 2013, which sets out the current grant...

Written Answers — Onshore Exploration: Onshore Exploration (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: ...competition will be for a maximum period of two years and will be subject to an agreed work programme, which will not include exploration drilling. At the end of the Option period, the holder must apply for a Petroleum Exploration Licence or surrender the acreage. Should exploration under a Licensing Option, or under any subsequent Exploration Licence, lead to a commercial discovery, the...