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- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: I confirm that on 19 August 2014 the department received from the person concerned an application for carer’s allowance (CA) in respect of two care recipients. The application was refused in respect of both care recipients on the grounds that person concerned was self-employed outside the home for more than 15 hours per week. He was notified on 5 March 2015 of these decisions,...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: Notwithstanding the general economic recovery that is under way and that, thankfully is getting stronger every day, I accept that as a country we have a legacy issue in relation to housing arising, as Deputy Michael McGrath well knows, from the collapse in the building industry. Leaving that aside, I note the following on rent supplement which I am not sure people like the Deputy...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: Some 65,000 people on rent supplement-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: -----and getting good homes from landlords is not waffle.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: That shows the level of Sinn Féin's cynicism about our country.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: Sinn Féin denied-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: -----this country over and over again. It shows an appalling level of cynicism that Sinn Féin would decry-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: -----65,000 families and individuals being assisted through rent supplement with housing-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: -----that, for the most part, is good. I just want to send out the message to Deputy Michael McGrath-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: -----that we are doing this on an individual basis. It is in addition to the investment of €3.8 billion in building and acquiring homes and refitting those that have been closed. Deputies know that the practice of voids in county councils around the country, particularly Dublin where it has been a major problem, is being brought to an end. Those houses are being given out this year...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: -----to families that require housing. Houses are being built as well.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: Not at all.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: I will pass the Deputy the details.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: Here are the figures.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: Does Deputy Michael McGrath accept that-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: Was Deputy Michael McGrath encouraging that?
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: The Deputy's question was long on analysis, but I do not believe that I heard a single suggestion from him.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: He said that landlords could charge what they liked.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil, in its previous incarnation,-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)
Joan Burton: -----set the tone for how landlords learned to behave.