Results 3,541-3,560 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to share time with Deputy Ó Caoláin.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: In spite of all the spin in recent weeks about protecting the vulnerable — we heard a great deal about this today — the budget is a blatant attempt to ensure that ordinary working people will bear the brunt of clearing up the mess the Government has made of the economy. The comments of the Minister for Finance yesterday to the effect that people should pull together and play their part...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Contrast that with the treatment of people at the lower end of the scale — those in part-time jobs, in community employment or on training schemes — who the Government will now tax. Almost 800,000 people who are currently outside the tax net will be brought into it while landlords are left outside with their perks. Another example of what the Government could have done is to have...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Funding has been reduced to primary and secondary schools that are already struggling just to pay electricity and cleaning bills. School transport costs are up. Registration fees are up by €600. On that front also I refer to the abolition of child benefit for 18 year old students because that will have a huge impact in terms of education. I do not know if Ministers understand that some...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (15 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer, if the maximum allowable pension fund was capped at €5 million, €4 million, €3 million and €2 million respectively. [35084/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (15 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Question No. 251 of 24 June 2008, her views on extending the travel scheme to persons who suffer from medical conditions, such as epilepsy, which render it impossible for them to drive. [35066/08]

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order. The Tánaiste is incorrect.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: The Tánaiste is wrong——

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: The increases to the means test for over-70s were introduced in 1999——

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: ——as an initiative under the year of the elderly.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: What the Tánaiste is saying is incorrect. The increases to the means test for over 70s were introduced in 1999 as an initiative under the year of the elderly so what the Tánaiste is saying in incorrect.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: It is nothing to do with the automatic entitlement.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I seek your assistance on a matter, a Cheann Comhairle. Earlier, the Tánaiste misled the House concerning the circumstances surrounding the setting of income limits for medical cards.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I am asking for your assistance on this matter.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Will you request the Tánaiste, now or later today, to correct the record of the House in that regard?

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I look for your direction on this.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: What opportunity will I have to bring this motion before the House?

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.