Results 3,681-3,700 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Departmental Staff. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: So it was the agency's fault the Government ignored it.
- Departmental Staff. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Whereby the Government can muzzle them.
- Departmental Staff. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: The ESRI commissions work from the Combat Poverty Agency.
- Departmental Staff. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: That is not true.
- Departmental Staff. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: It is the other way around.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: What is the Minister at regarding rent supplement? The budget provided for very meagre increases in social welfare, approximately 3%. For most people, apart from pensioners, that amounted to â¬6.50 per week. For people on rent supplement there is a clawback of an additional â¬5 per week, which means people on welfare in private rented accommodation on rent supplement get a net â¬1.50...
- Social Welfare Benefits. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: That is not what I asked.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: There is a need for some joined-up thinking on the Minister's part. Arising from the budget and the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, welfare recipients in private rented accommodation on rent supplement are getting an increase of a mere â¬1.50 per week on their welfare as a result of the clawback in rent supplement. There is no basis on which the Minister can defend that...
- Social Welfare Benefits. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: No, I am talking about the Minister's actions which will result in the clawback on their meagre social welfare increase.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister should get real, open her eyes and see the poverty around her.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Is it entirely reasonable to give people an increase of â¬1.50 per week?
- Combat Poverty Agency. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: It has not met for almost ten months. Does it still exist?
- Combat Poverty Agency. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Can the Minister tell us how much she expects to save by gagging the Combat Poverty Agency in this manner?
- Combat Poverty Agency. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: How much does the Minister expect to save as a result of this move?
- Combat Poverty Agency. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: That is not what I asked.
- Combat Poverty Agency. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: I asked the Minister to say how much she expects to save.
- Combat Poverty Agency. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Can the Minister stop talking for a second?
- Combat Poverty Agency. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Can she answer my question?
- Combat Poverty Agency. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: How much does the Minister expect to save as a result of this move?
- Combat Poverty Agency. (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: I ask the Minister to answer the question I asked. How much does she expect to save by shutting down the Combat Poverty Agency, as it is currently constituted?