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Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)

Marie Moloney: Senator Norris, without interruption.

Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)

Marie Moloney: Senator Norris, without interruption.

Seanad: Presidential Nominations: Motion (18 Jul 2012)

Marie Moloney: Will Senator Norris conclude please?

Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)

Marie Moloney: I welcome former Senator Ann Gallagher to the Visitors' Gallery. I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, to the House.

Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister to the House. I have been involved in many debates in the House but I have never been involved in one so sensitive and I have never seen such an emotional response from a Minister. I welcome the visitors in the Gallery. I apologise for being emotional but many of my colleagues do not know that my father spent his early years in an orphanage. He was one of the lucky...

Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (19 Jul 2012)

Marie Moloney: Nor did I indicate this; I am concerned about the amount of money available to us at present to proceed with providing the services the people need. I also welcome the contribution being made to the new national children's hospital. However, we will not hold our breath on this. I will not take up too much time because I am aware the Minister wants to respond. No money will ever make up for...

Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Marie Moloney: I concur with Senator Norris with regard to the provision of education. I know many survivors of abuse who have grown from what they suffered and gained strength. They have gone on to do well for themselves because they were determined not to let the system drag them down. I know many survivors who have been very well educated since. They do not need this money now. Money must be...

Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Marie Moloney: On behalf of my colleague, Senator Mary Moran, who was leading the Bill yesterday, and my other Labour Party colleagues, I thank the Minister sincerely for coming to the House. It is great to see the Bill pass before the summer recess. I hope this goes a little way towards easing the hurt and damage caused to the survivors when they were in the care of the State and it let them down badly....

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: I, too, welcome the setting of the date for the children's rights referendum and the fact that it is being held on a Saturday, something for which I have been calling in the case of numerous elections. I hope this will set the trend for the future. It is being held on Saturday, 10 November, the birthday of Pádraig Pearse who, in reading out the Proclamation in 1916, urged us to cherish...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: I will take it up with her. I have said it to her and will continue to pursue the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: I have told the House that I will take up the matter with the Minister. It is unjust that the money can be taken directly from people's social welfare payments. This was an administrative error made by the Department and the loss should lie with it. I am happy to debate the issue in the House any day with anyone.

Seanad: Charities Act 2009: Motion (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: While I do not wish to repeat what other Members have stated, I extend my support to the commencement of all the provisions set out in the Charities Act 2009. Having been passed into law in February 2009, it is imperative that we wait no longer and that all aspects of the Act be put into practice so that proper regulation and accountability in the sector can be enforced. The charities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: Can members speak on the current issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: If not, we will have to raise the matter again when it is our turn to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: I thank the Minister for taking the time to brief us. Many of my points have already been covered. When one gets to the end of the pile, it has been done. I will merely touch on a few matters. The SNA is what it says, a special needs assistant. It is an assistant for a child with special needs, not an assistant to clean up the classroom or to do other things. The role of the SNA must...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: What about the retired teachers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: What about, for example, a situation where they are taken on for State examinations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: I wish to ask a further question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (19 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: When a person applies for a third level grant, each parent is required to produce a P21 certificate from the tax office and it is at that stage they should be asked whether they are tax compliant or not. If they do not have a P21, they will have a tax clearance certificate. It is very unfair to ask a student about a parent given many students would not even know what their parents earn.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund: Discussion (20 Sep 2012)

Marie Moloney: I have not had time to read the report because I received it by e-mail yesterday morning and it contains 177 pages. I would like to take the time to study it in detail. I will speak from a more practical point of view. Some people were against the changes made to pensions this year and voiced their opposition to them, but I thought it was good because I found that someone who worked for...