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Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I agree compromise is part of politics but this is a total capitulation from the Green Party.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: It was a walkover akin to the kittens sent in to negotiate with the IMF. Where is the compromise? Where are the measures to capture some of the significant wealth that has accumulated in this State since the Celtic tiger? Ordinary people did not benefit from it. Where is the Green Party input on capturing some of that wealth to alleviate the burden on those on lower incomes or welfare...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: They just closed their eyes and walked away. I do not know whether this was because fatigue has set into what is clearly a broken Government. The two parties are barely speaking to each other. The fatigue of 4 a.m. negotiations appears to have persuaded them to give up and walk away.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I would not describe the Minister as a champion because that would be a very big title for him but I thought he had a social conscience for people who are on low incomes or depend on the State for existence. He may have been hoodwinked by the finance people and the many right-wing boys and girls in Fianna Fáil or perhaps he simply did not notice this measure. However, nobody can claim to...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I understand that.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I support the thrust of what the amendment is trying to do. I hope it will achieve Deputy Penrose's intention, that is, to try to protect some people on the current minimum wage. Like Deputy Burton, I am concerned that employers will find a coach and four to go through this unless there is a change of mind at Government level to protect people on the minimum wage. Sinn Féin wants a belt...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Confessions-----

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Not the Whip, Deputy Gogarty's conscience.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Good man, Deputy Gogarty.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Good man, Deputy Gogarty.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: It is good craic.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Deputy Gogarty should come over here to the technical group and he will get a proper slot.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: He will not shout Deputy Doherty down.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: On a point of order, I would like to say I wish this was a national Parliament and I look forward to the day when it will be.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: I was being provoked.

Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: If the proposal is agreed, it is agreed.

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (14 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will list, on a county basis, the number of grant applications received and the number which have been processed for each local authority and vocational education committee here in tabular form. [46948/10]

Written Answers — Unemployment Statistics: Unemployment Statistics (14 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in long-term unemployment on a county basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46955/10]

Leaders' Questions. (15 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: It is punitive.

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Arthur Morgan: That is because the Government held out the wrong solution.