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Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: There have been too many interruptions during this contribution. The speaker has the floor. If he wishes to withdraw something, he can do so.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: The speaker has the floor.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Deputy Ó Snodaigh, please proceed.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Deputy Ó Snodaigh without interruption, please.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health the reason undertakers are no longer allowed to carry out embalming at community hospital facilities; if he will review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39205/11]

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the Social Welfare Bill. As a first-time Deputy I find it strange that so little time is being given to debate the Bill. I know this is not unusual for such a Bill after the budget, but it is a poor reflection on our national Parliament that we drive a Bill with measures that have such an important effect on people through the system as quickly...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Am I correct that it is increasing it by more than threefold?

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I am glad to hear it is not as drastic as it was at the outset. However, attacking that category of person to save the level of money involved is-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I have that already. It is a very sneaky cut because that is a constituency that has not formed yet, in that no one expects to become a widow or widower and therefore there is no lobby to oppose this measure as it only affects new entrants as widows or widowers.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Regardless of how she tries to cook it up, it is attacking future widows and widowers-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: -----who cannot defend themselves because it is a lobby that has not formed yet as it comprises future widows and widowers. I find it regrettable that she should attempt to target that. The Government has targeted the redundancy rebate scheme. In selling and marketing this change, the focus has been on TalkTalk whenever headlines have been generated on the matter. Unfortunately most...

Educational Disadvantage (13 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I concur with my fellow Deputies in asking the Minister to reconsider this very cruel cut to rural and urban disadvantaged schools. If we look at the recent budget a clear trend was that families who are lower paid or on social welfare got hit and hurt more badly and in a more blatant way than people on high pay. It is the same with the education cuts. The headline that emerged from the...

Educational Disadvantage (13 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: One teacher in a school in my area told me that since DEIS was introduced the school's standardised test results in numeracy and literacy have improved. Her students have flourished emotionally, socially and academically, attendance has vastly improved and parents are very much involved in their children's education. The Minister, through these cuts, will remove 428 teachers from the...

Educational Disadvantage (13 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister is hitting the most vulnerable.

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (13 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline a plan to deal with the crisis at Gleann Alainn special care unit, County Cork, for the delivery of special care services for vulnerable teenage girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39990/11]

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Amendment No. 1 has been ruled out of order. Amendment No. 1 not moved.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: The formal amendment to section 1 has been ruled out of order as it is more suited to a reasoned argument against the Second Reading of the Bill because it seeks to provide for the Act to be temporary in nature. I call on Deputies who wish to oppose the section to contribute.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: In that case, I call Deputy Higgins.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: No. We will come to them.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: We are discussing section 1. Deputy Stanley's amendment was ruled out of order. We are dealing with the section as a whole.