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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I know that Mr. Donal de Buitléir wanted to come in on the point about progressivity, but perhaps we might wait until we get the question. Do you wish to have further clarification, Deputy Collins?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does it make the system more sustainable? Is that it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I intended to ask a few questions on that issue. Perhaps Dr. Donal de Buitléir might respond to the question of whether it is progressive, how it is and so on with regard to the points made by Mr. Cormac Staunton. I was wondering about the budget. I am not an economist, but to try to figure it out, I looked closely at the tables provided in which the effective rates of tax were...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Moreover, they cannot receive family income supplement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: In addition, such persons cannot receive family income supplement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Especially when one-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: CSO figures for household income are split up. Children have to come into the picture. If a person has four children and is on, say, €70,000 with a spouse who is not working, the CSO divide it up to disposable income. Is that not part of the picture?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does Mr. O'Sullivan wish to add anything at this stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does anybody have views on whether the social protection system can be improved in any way to help income distribution to cushion hardship and so on? An issue that has come up in debate is whether the policy of this Government is worse than that of the last Government or the same or better? I would be interested in an answer to that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: There is mobile phone interference.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does Deputy Áine Collins wish to ask a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: That is probably the last of our questions. I will start with Professor Dorothy Watson.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: It is good information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: What would be the rate? How would it be achieved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: What is the Gini coefficient?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: So it is static.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Previous reports indicated that the people affected by the increase in deprivation were not necessarily those at the bottom but rather those higher up. I refer to what might be termed as the "coping classes".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes, it really has. Unfortunately, we are competing with both the Seanad which is discussing the Gender Recognition Bill and the Dáil and certain members were obliged to leave. It was great, however, that we were able to engage in such an informative discussion. Our guests would have tended to appear before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform to discuss the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (22 Jan 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the decision not to grant a medical card in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3212/15]