Dáil debates
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Social Welfare Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage
2:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."
Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Fianna Fáil objects to the taking of this Bill until there is appropriate clarity in regard to disability allowance. The Taoiseach and the Minister made various statements during the past few days indicating the decision to cut the allowance would be parked. The Minister has indicated that the matter will be reviewed by a particular grouping. We are not happy with this. It is necessary for the Taoiseach or the Minister to make it clear that there will be no impact on disability allowance as constituted for young adults.
Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will have ample time to discuss that matter on Second Stage.
The Dail Divided:
For the motion: 89 (Tom Barry, Pat Breen, Richard Bruton, Joan Burton, Ray Butler, Jerry Buttimer, Catherine Byrne, Eric Byrne, Ciarán Cannon, Joe Carey, Áine Collins, Michael Conaghan, Seán Conlan, Paul Connaughton, Ciara Conway, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Michael Creed, Jim Daly, John Deasy, Pat Deering, Regina Doherty, Paschal Donohoe, Robert Dowds, Andrew Doyle, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Frank Feighan, Anne Ferris, Frances Fitzgerald, Peter Fitzpatrick, Charles Flanagan, Terence Flanagan, Eamon Gilmore, Brendan Griffin, Dominic Hannigan, Noel Harrington, Simon Harris, Tom Hayes, Martin Heydon, Brendan Howlin, Heather Humphreys, Kevin Humphreys, Paul Kehoe, Alan Kelly, Seán Kenny, Seán Kyne, Ciarán Lynch, John Lyons, Michael McCarthy, Nicky McFadden, Dinny McGinley, Joe McHugh, Tony McLoughlin, Michael McNamara, Eamonn Maloney, Peter Mathews, Olivia Mitchell, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Michelle Mulherin, Gerald Nash, Dan Neville, Derek Nolan, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Kieran O'Donnell, Patrick O'Donovan, Fergus O'Dowd, John O'Mahony, Joe O'Reilly, Jan O'Sullivan, Ann Phelan, John Paul Phelan, Ruairi Quinn, Pat Rabbitte, James Reilly, Michael Ring, Brendan Ryan, Alan Shatter, Seán Sherlock, Róisín Shortall, Arthur Spring, Emmet Stagg, David Stanton, Billy Timmins, Joanna Tuffy, Liam Twomey, Jack Wall, Brian Walsh, Alex White)
Against the motion: 42 (Richard Boyd Barrett, Tommy Broughan, John Browne, Dara Calleary, Joan Collins, Michael Colreavy, Barry Cowen, Seán Crowe, Stephen Donnelly, Timmy Dooley, Luke Flanagan, Tom Fleming, Noel Grealish, John Halligan, Séamus Healy, Joe Higgins, Billy Kelleher, Séamus Kirk, Michael Kitt, Michael Lowry, Pádraig MacLochlainn, Charlie McConalogue, Finian McGrath, Mattie McGrath, Michael McGrath, John McGuinness, Sandra McLellan, Michael Moynihan, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Nulty, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Éamon Ó Cuív, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Jonathan O'Brien, Maureen O'Sullivan, Thomas Pringle, Shane Ross, Brendan Smith, Brian Stanley, Peadar Tóibín, Robert Troy)
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Paul Kehoe and Emmet Stagg; Níl, Deputies Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Aengus Ó Snodaigh.
Question declared carried.