Results 7,141-7,160 of 7,461 for speaker:John Brady
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Charities Regulation (10 Nov 2016)
John Brady: 186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if voluntary organisations that are charities must be registered as a charity for participation on the Tús scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34160/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Charities Regulation (10 Nov 2016)
John Brady: 187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if organisations taking part on the Tús scheme are inspected regularly; if so, the frequency with which checks take place under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34161/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Charities Regulation (10 Nov 2016)
John Brady: 188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the safeguards in place to ensure that voluntary organisations participating on Tús are legitimate; the measures in place to ensure transparency within organisations on Tús; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34162/16]
- Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: No one in this Chamber this evening deserves a pay rise of any description. Let us be clear about that. While the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and some Ministers have stated that they will not take their respective increases, they have not stated the same in respect of the increase of more than €5,000 for Deputies. The increase should not be taken by any Deputy. It is outrageous that...
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: Neither party is concerned people are choosing what medication they can do without week to week. This is something else both parties have in common. While Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil both acknowledge fuel poverty - Deputy Willie O'Dea referred to it himself - they failed to turn about any of the cuts imposed on fuel allowance. The rate remains the same. Currently, 28% of households...
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: Older people living alone are among the most vulnerable in society. Many of them rely solely on the State pension for income and face the same increase in the cost of living as all other households. Additional charges placed on older people, for example, the family home tax, water charges and the increased prescription charges, have placed a major burden on older people living alone. Fine...
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: I have touched another raw nerve.
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: That is the Deputy's reaction every time I touch a nerve.
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: No, I will take the full 30 minutes. Let me just say that I will not take lectures from a Deputy who is a member of the party that brought this country to its knees. Contrary to the spin-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: Yes, spin. He comes in here and states that his party lifted all of social welfare recipients out of the poverty trap, even if it was, to use his words, marginally. I will read the list of cuts for the record of the House. Fianna Fáil, the partitionist party, states that the Six Counties is not part of this country, so not only is he a hypocrite, he is also a member of a partitionist...
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: It cut the minimum wage. It cut maternity benefit and the student support grant.
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: It introduced prescription charges. It cut carer's allowance and carer's benefit.
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: It removed the Christmas bonus, reduced rent supplement, closed the back to work allowance for new recipients-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: -----and cut child benefit.
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: Contrary to lifting social welfare recipients out of the poverty trap-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: Contrary to the spin that Fianna Fáil lifted social welfare recipients out of the poverty trap, it compounded the poverty further and deeper. Deputy O'Dea is correct that there was a presentation on lone parents' matters. He knows that 22.1% of lone parents, which is one of the groups over which he cries crocodile tears in this House, live in a constant state of poverty, but that is...
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: I set that out to set the record straight. After the budget, during a Prime Time debate, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, listed all of the similarities between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. He stated that they both shared common policy objectives, that they both come from much the same background and that they are both supported by much the same people across the country.
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: It was a bit like an awkward conversation between a married couple, where one partner justifies to the other all the reasons they are meant to be together.
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: The Minister for Finance did leave out a number of points on what makes Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil two peas in a pod. There are many more similarities to add to the Minister's list, which are clearly evident from budget 2017. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have utter contempt for young people. Across the board, every social welfare recipient will see a €5 increase in their...
- Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Nov 2016)
John Brady: I hope the Acting Chairman has stopped the clock. The heckling obviously demonstrates that the truth has touched a raw nerve.