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- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I am pretty sure that taxation changes for one person were made a couple of years ago.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 11: In page 9, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(3) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the link between receipt of lone parent allowance and the commencement of employment. (4) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I am aware that lone parents do not constitute a homogenous group. However, the structure of the system is such that we are obliged to discuss the amendments we table in the context of the type of payments that exist. The Minister has a great ability to outline a problem rather than offer a solution. I do not believe any of the points the Minister has made differ from those the Opposition...
- Written Answers — World Trade Organisation Negotiations: World Trade Organisation Negotiations (3 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take to undo the Mandelson proposals in view of the assessments carried out by Teagasc on the implications for agriculture here if EU concessions to the World Trade Organisation were adopted and the possibility of WTO negotiations recommencing shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44071/08]
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I support the amendment and the various amendments put down by the Labour Party on rent supplement. My party has some of its own on the issue later so I will speak to it now. There are a number of considerations. This amendment links the registration with that of the Private Residential Tenancies Board. I put down questions last week following Committee Stage to the Minister for the...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: They do not always have a choice.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Only in certain parts of the country. There are other areas, small rural areas etc., which did not experience the same level of growth during the property boom. It is not always an option, particularly for those who live in my area.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I wish to make two brief points in regard to the mortgage interest supplement and rent supplement. I welcome that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is developing a policy in respect of anti-social behaviour. However, I know of, as I am sure do my colleagues, many local authorities that currently have in place such policies. The difficulty that arises â the...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I agree.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: We need a mechanism to ensure landlords pay tax on whatever they receive through rent supplement. I made this point in my contribution on amendment No. 13 and it is no harm to reiterate it. I am not convinced this issue is being dealt with sufficiently. We must ensure under-the-counter payments are not made. They are being made at present. Even Focus Ireland cited examples of where...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I spoke about this matter at length last night, with particular regard to mortgage interest supplement. I will not reiterate the points I made but I believe strongly there must be changes. All Deputies can cite examples of people who have been refused mortgage interest supplement because of the size of their mortgages. If anything, the social welfare system must reflect the reality of the...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: It is extremely important for that message to come out loud and clear from the Minister for Finance and the Taoiseach. We will find ourselves in a position â we are already seeing it at our clinics daily â where people are in grave danger of losing their homes. There is a responsibility on the financial institutions, but also on the Minister and the Department in this respect. If...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I wish to express my disappointment. Members have gone through the process of debating the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008, which is on Report Stage today. However, the Minister has not accepted any measures that have been tabled. It sounds as though she agrees in theory with much of what has been said. The amendment contains nothing that is offensive to, or critical...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: People are being refused because of the size of their mortgages.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 19: In page 10, between lines 42 and 43, to insert the following: "(4) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the number of people in receipt of rent supplement on the waiting list for the Rental Accommodation Scheme. (5) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act,...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 22: In page 13, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: "(2) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the number of eligible persons and proportion thereof availing of the Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance.". I have put down this amendment because of the financial...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: They must still go to the school to get the form signed.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: That is what Deputy Kathleen Lynch is asking for.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I do not know whether many of the people who have approached me concerning sending their children back to school have been on holidays. It is unfair to claim that people will spend the money on holidays or so on. They receive the allowance because their incomes are low and they could not otherwise afford sending their children back to school. Their incomes are so low that, for many,...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 25: In page 19, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: "(3) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the introduction of a second-tier, employment neutral, child income support payment to target child poverty levels.". I tabled this amendment on Committee Stage and I am...