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

Cyprian Brady: This budget is based on fairness. We are asking people to contribute according to their means. As previous speakers have pointed out, this is the next step in the process we have to go through. None of us on this side of the House wants to take the Christmas bonus from anybody.

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

Cyprian Brady: I have listened over the past two days as the most vulnerable people in society have been used as political footballs. They have been kicked around this Chamber.

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

Cyprian Brady: I have spoken to many pensioners, widows and widowers about the alternative to taking their Christmas bonus, which would be to take €10 or €15 a week from them. Which option does the House think such people would prefer?

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

Cyprian Brady: While yesterday's budget was not easy for anybody, I support the measures that were taken.

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

Cyprian Brady: At this time of economic turmoil throughout the world, the fact that we have managed to maintain the majority of our welfare payments must be commended. Nobody involved in public life likes making changes, particularly to the welfare system which affects people's standard of living on a daily basis and their prospects for future improvement. In the current crisis every effort must be made...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Cyprian Brady: I have listened to the debate in the Chamber. It is all very well trying to pull the wool over people's eyes-----

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Cyprian Brady: -----in respect of where the economy is going and using the most vulnerable people in our society as a political football.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Cyprian Brady: Ireland is in the position that more is going out than is coming in. It is like any household - one cannot spend what one does not have. The Department and the Minister have come out early and been upfront about this. Nobody likes making changes to people's daily lives and their income by making cuts that have become essential if we are to provide a top-class social welfare system for the...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Cyprian Brady: The contributory pension has increased from €113 ten years ago to €230, an increase of over 100%. Old people appreciate that and accept that conditions have improved. I have spoken to pensioners on this issue and they see it as a bonus they receive at Christmas. The vast majority would rather have a bonus reduced or taken away at Christmas once a year rather than having their payment...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Cyprian Brady: -----particularly those who are not used to being on social welfare such as those who are recently unemployed and have never been unemployed before.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Cyprian Brady: They will have an opportunity to manage whatever the State can give them. The Minister for Finance has pointed out that we have one of the most generous and efficient welfare systems in Europe, if not the world. People in other jurisdictions are envious of what we can do with our welfare system. The percentage of income the country spends on welfare shows that successive Governments have...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Cyprian Brady: If the Opposition Members think it is palatable for those on this side of the House to make these decisions at this time, they are not living in the real world.

Adoption Services. (7 May 2009)

Cyprian Brady: Allow the Minister of State to continue.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2009)

Cyprian Brady: I wish to share time with Deputy Chris Andrews.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2009)

Cyprian Brady: I wish to register my support for the Bill. At a time when public confidence in various different arms of the State and particularly in regulatory authorities is at an all-time low, it is imperative to take strong action to try to restore that confidence and restore people's faith in the bodies that, in effect, mind their money. They need to be sure that if for any reason an individual or...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Cyprian Brady: The Minister of State has one minute left.

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Cyprian Brady: The next speaker is Deputy Jan O'Sullivan and I understand she is sharing her 20 minutes with Deputies Ó Caoláin and Ó Snodaigh.

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Cyprian Brady: Exactly 20 minutes remain.

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Cyprian Brady: The Deputy has one minute remaining.

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (23 Jun 2009)

Cyprian Brady: We must adjourn the debate.