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- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The Minister of State said that he will provide that.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 11 is out of order as it is a potential charge on the Exchequer. The amendment seeks to amend section 6 with regard to the definition of relevant age of a child in respect of entitlement to the one-parent family payment. The amendment provides for the restoration of the qualifying age for children from seven years of age to 12 years. This amendment could involve a charge on...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Do you wish say anything else on this section?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: You were on the right section, but covered the two.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: If that happens and if members agree, we will suspend for a period of approximately 20 minutes. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Or vice versa.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 13 in the name of Deputy Ó Snodaigh has been ruled out of order as a potential charge on the Exchequer. His proposal that the family income supplement should be increased could involve a charge on the Exchequer and, therefore, the amendment must be ruled out of order in accordance with Standing Order 1563.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 14 was already discussed with amendment No. 4.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The following amendments were all discussed together until I indicate otherwise.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 22 has not yet been discussed. Does the Minister of State need to outline anything in regard to it?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Deputy Ryan wants to say something. There will be about five minutes and then we will have to suspend for about 25 minutes, to be safe.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes. We will keep going until then, to get as much done as we can.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I will just check something first. The Topical Issue, I understand, is Topical Issue No. 2. It will just extend it to 40 minutes if we stop early, so we will give it another 15 minutes.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes, perhaps when we see it we will go back to the Minister for the second time.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: There is another eight minutes before the next Topical Issue is taken. The debate was late starting, so Deputy Catherine Byrne can speak. We could dispose of this amendment before the Minister of State leaves.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: We have covered a lot of ground. Does the Minister of State want to respond as quickly as possible?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: We will hold off on agreeing to the amendment.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: We will resume in public session. Did the Minister of State want to add anything further to the discussion on amendment No. 22?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 24, in the name of Deputy Ó Snodaigh, has been ruled out of order as it involves a charge on the Exchequer. The amendment seeks to provide that in recovering overpayments, the Department of Social Protection would ensure that a claimant's income would not fall below the relevant supplementary welfare allowance rate for the claimant or his or her family. The amendment...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: It is a loss in income.