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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Ba mhaith liom a rá ar dtús báire go n-aithníonn mé go maith na riachtanais atá ag na daoine atá dífhostaithe faoi láthair. Tuigim go bhfuil go leor dreamanna ag brath ar an mbuiséid leasa shóisialaigh - daoine le míchumas, cúramóirí agus pinsinéirí ina measc. Ba mhaith liom a dheimhniú don Teach go ndéanfaidh an Rialtas...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree with much of what the Deputy says.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am doing something.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is de réir a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá mé buíoch as an deis chun labhairt ar son an rúin seo inniu. If not all, then certainly the vast majority of people in this House entered into public life in an effort to serve. Whatever our individual beliefs and convictions, I believe there should be a degree of parliamentary respect based on this. Stooping to the level of accusations of economic treason as was the recent case,...

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do and the record of the House shows it.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We must bring order to our finances; our ability to borrow money to provide continued services in education, health and social welfare require this. We are not unique in the world in having had to stabilise our public finances and our system of money but thanks to the decisive leadership of the Taoiseach and this Government we have been ahead of many countries in doing so quickly. This will...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are no bin waivers out in the country where I live. There never was.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is a fair point but it is not intended.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will clarify it on Committee Stage.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I never said that.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On a point of order-----

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----I never said that.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I did not say what the Deputy indicates I said.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: However, the Deputy alleged that I said it. Let us get the record straight. I was informed about what the Deputy said at the committee meeting. What happened was that a group of students on the Access scheme approached me and I informed them that I was interested in sample cases. They told me that there was a problem-----

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Those to whom I refer were representing students in general. I subsequently met representatives from the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, here in Leinster House-----

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: They were representing students from the Access scheme in Galway and from all over the country.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: They made the case that the withdrawal of the higher education grant would give rise to hardship. I clearly explained that, in regard to single people living near a college, I did not believe that was true but that I could understand there were cases where this might cause hardship and if they, because they had come to me, gave me examples of cases I could generally examine the whole-----

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I could generally-----

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy made a speech.