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Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Government had the choice to hit families or remove the relief currently available to landlords, but it chose to hit families over landlords. On the basis of the figures provided to us, there was potential to save €500 million by cutting tax relief for landlords but the Government chose to ignore that and hit ordinary families instead. There is no justification whatsoever for that....

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: That is right.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: How?

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: There is one law for the rich and another law for the everybody else.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: If they want to be Irish citizens, they should pay their taxes here.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Why can the others not do that?

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation of the concerns raised by the covered institution remuneration oversight committee in respect of the section dealing with pensions in its report of 27 February 2009; the practice identified in which cash allowances were paid to compensate for the effects of the pension cap imposed by the Finance Act 2006; and the...

Order of Business (9 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Given the ending of the capital allowance relief on health facilities announced in Tuesday's budget and the abandonment of the main plank of health policy regarding co-location, why is the Minister for Health and Children still in Cabinet?

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (9 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will clarify her statement in reply to a recent parliamentary question (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15031/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there is no legal protection for the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the further reason the Pensions Board cannot assist a person in these circumstances as confirmed by them and the Pension Ombudsman cannot help a person in these circumstances as confirmed by that office; and the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (9 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure that persons with high monthly mortgage repayments such as a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 are not better off by remaining on the live register rather than working as a result of the way in which the means testing of jobseeker's allowance and mortgage interest supplement currently...

Written Answers — Housing Statistics: Housing Statistics (9 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if statistics are held by his Department on the number and percentage of current household mortgages that are fixed, variable and split; and if he will provide these figures. [15081/09]

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Such a brass neck.

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is simply making statements. She should be honest about this.

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: This is so disingenuous.

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: It is to save money, that is the only reason it is being done.

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to share time with Deputies Upton and Costello.

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Social Welfare Bill 2009 is about social welfare in name only. It is unashamedly about extra taxes and reduced benefits with hardly any measures that will actually improve our social security system, help the poor or those struggling in the recession. For the most part, it is a finance Bill in disguise. What concerns me most is how families will be able to afford many of its measures,...

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome that indication. A similar dilemma presents itself for young people in transitional accommodation. The wisest course of action is for the Minister to be provided with powers in the Bill to exempt by regulation certain categories of unemployed teenagers from these provisions. This would allow the Minister to establish a period of public consultation and reflection on this measure...

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should tell us what other figures she has.