Results 26,641-26,660 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I know Deputy Dessie Ellis knows about the MABS services and I referenced him because I am aware of the work that goes on in Finglas. I am also very familiar with the work that happens in the Cabra area. I am not sure if Deputy Mary Lou McDonald is, but I certainly am. I have maintained the money the Government spends on providing this service because it is a vital support-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I will get to it. MABS provides an important service for people who get into difficulty with debt
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: If she wants to declaim, I will stop while she does.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I thought the Deputy had something interesting to say. I welcome all of the reports from MABS because they provide important information for people like me, as Minister, and, I hope, people such as the Deputy, as a senior Opposition spokesperson, in formulating policy that helps people who have debt difficulties not just now but continuously through the years as they manage money. MABS...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: Why in Northern Ireland has Sinn Féin an average household charge of almost €1,000? What the Deputy is saying is really a bit of cant because her party in government in the North imposes significantly higher charges on householders, whether they are rich or poor.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I have published with the Taoiseach three commitments which are important in the context of the forthcoming budget. The first is, as I said in reply to Deputy Micheál Martin, an agreed budget of €42 million for a payment on a quarterly basis of €100 per year to people in receipt of the household benefits package. It will be paid to 410,000 households and includes...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: Families with members returning to work receive approximately €30 per child. They will be able to hold on to that payment for a period
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: For instance, if someone has two or three children, it would be worth €60 or €90 to them per week, in addition to what they might be entitled to receive under the family income supplement scheme. The best way to help families and individuals who have lost their jobs, for the most part through no fault of their own, is to help them to get back into employment. This year we will...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: The Deputy will be glad to hear that this year we have spent an extra €200 million approximately on the additional pensioners who are reaching the age at which they qualify for a pension. We have a very positive demographic in terms of older people. We have more older people, and they are living longer. I do not know if anybody from the Technical Group attended yesterday’s...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: Young people going out to work find they are entering the top rate around €32,000 or €34,000. If we develop recovery for the economy, of course people relying on social welfare income should be assisted, but so should the people going out to work and paying the taxes and PRSI that allow us to have a good social welfare system. As Labour Party leader, I find it equally important.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: It is proposed to take No. 31, Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed). Private Members' business shall be No. 55, Water Services (Exempt Charges) Bill 2014 – Second Stage (resumed), to be taken immediately after the Order of Business and, if not previously concluded, brought to a conclusion after 90 minutes.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I apologise.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: The Deputy asked the question on health legislation directly of the Taoiseach yesterday, and probably at greater length, and the Taoiseach undertook to supply the Deputy with a detailed written reply. The Taoiseach has requested answers to the Deputy’s list of inquiries from the Department of Health and as soon as they are returned, they will be made available to the Deputy.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: The Deputy is an expert on commentary and reports from the Department of Health.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: The Deputy has great experience of the Department of Health and he knows even better than I do that there are always views and discussions within Departments during the approach to the budget regarding the settling of departmental Estimates. We are in the period when we will settle the budget for 2015. The Taoiseach and I, on the formation of the new Cabinet, agreed the priorities for the...
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: On the interdepartmental committee looking at the issue of the mother and baby homes, there were revelations on the mother and baby home in Tuam and subsequently on Bessborough in Cork. That would be personally known to a lot of us who have been involved in the issue over a long period of time, but not to the wider Irish public. The interdepartmental group pulled together in a very short...
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I am happy to say the climate action and low carbon development Bill is on the A list and I anticipate it will be dealt with in this session. The heads were cleared in April and I am happy to say the Government is proceeding with it. There is no date set as yet for the bail Bill.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: The EirGrid Bill is for next year. I do not have an exact date for the Central Bank legislation, but I expect it will be dealt with next year.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I will have to obtain a report and write to the Deputy on the details. I suggest the appropriate place for a debate might be the relevant committee. Obviously, it is a detailed technical item. As the Deputy says, there are also human rights issues involved.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: In that case, the Deputy might talk to the Whips to see what might be appropriate to assist with the discussion.