Results 4,401-4,420 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

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

Róisín Shortall: She should give us that information. She came to the House tonight and quoted the Daft website.

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

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should make that information available to us.

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

Róisín Shortall: Daft does not keep any figures on rents at the lower end of the market. I am talking specifically about poor quality bed-sits where many young people, including those at risk, stay. As far as I know - perhaps the Minister can tell me the contrary - no information is available on what is happening to rents in that category. The anecdotal information would suggest that because of harder...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — deplores the mean-spirited decision of the Government to cancel payment of the long standing Christmas bonus paid to most social welfare recipients; — notes that this represents an effective 2% cut in social welfare payments over the full year; — recognises that those on social welfare have come to depend on the extra payment to meet the additional costs...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Government decision not to provide for a double payment to social welfare recipients this Christmas is, in the Labour Party's opinion, mean-spirited and unnecessary. The traditional bonus payment has been paid since 1980. Not everyone on welfare receives it, just those who are most heavily dependent, namely, those on pensions or long-term welfare payments. People affected include those...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Effectively, the cut will take millions of euro out of the economy and threaten jobs further. We are constantly hearing that the cost of living is going down. Yes, it is going down for some. If one has a large tracker mortgage and has managed to hold on to one's job, then one's cost of living is clearly declining. However, most people who receive the Christmas bonus do not have a mortgage....

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I have spelled out what the suspension of the Christmas bonus will mean in practical terms but the backbenchers probably know that already. I have cited the types of families that will be affected and how they already are struggling, and the backbenchers know that too. However, they also must know what the public is saying about them, which is that they would rather defend their...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: What the Minister is saying is not true. There have been cuts.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister chose to make the cuts there rather than everywhere. She had other options.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Of course the Government could have done so.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: What about the expenditure-----

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: -----on tax relief for landlords and those with large pensions.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Government ignored that expenditure.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Prices are not coming down for welfare recipients. What the Minister said is a lie.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: It is untrue.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should get off the stage.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Why was that the case?

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is misleading the House.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Why do the savings have to come from within the Department's budget?

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (22 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: We are not so aware.