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- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: There have been no cuts to important supports such as rent supplement, other then the €5 per couple per week.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: All of these factors have been overlooked on the other side of the House. I particularly welcome the decision not to impose any cuts on the budget for services for homeless people. I also welcome the inclusion of incentives for the construction sector. We have gone from an economy in which 20% of GNP came from that sector to a situation where the figure is now between 6% and 7%. One in...
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: That is 2,500 units.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: What does the Deputy think one would bury with the amount of €860? He should get real.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I will tell anybody who contacts me that there is an exceptional needs payment to cover it.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: That was a measure-----
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: The Minister for Social Protection has already indicated that will be protected.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I am telling the Senator that the Minister has given an assurance to the effect that nobody will go without a security device.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: The Senator is desperate.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: What about the dead people on doctors' registers? Will we continue to pay for their medical cards?
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: The Senator is questioning a direct transfer of the State's money to the banks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I never worry about Labour's fortunes when I hear us being attacked by Fianna Fáil.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I has been very noteworthy that over the last two days we have been subject of Fianna Fáil ire. I will rest easy tonight knowing that the Labour Party is definitely on the up.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: Senator Darragh Byrne asked a very interesting question, namely, what was the Labour Party's contribution to this budget? Its contribution was the fact that there are €2.5 billion in cuts as opposed to €3.1 billion.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: The Labour Party's contribution-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: -----is the fact that there is no cut to the basic rates of social welfare. There has been no increase in the universal social charge. There have been many measures in this budget-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: -----to protect the weak and the most vulnerable. That is Labour's contribution to this budget.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I call for a debate on this budget. A number of issues were raised last night in statements but we have all had more of an opportunity to digest the budget and its contents and it would be very helpful if we had a more considered debate. A good point was raised by Senator Byrne yesterday in terms of the Living City initiative and he suggested that would-be cities like Drogheda and Dundalk...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I previously welcomed the extension of the Living City initiative to Cork, Galway, Kilkenny and Dublin and the broadening of the eligibility criteria to include all buildings constructed prior to 1915. This is an important initiative which is relevant to a subject we have discussed on numerous occasions in this House, namely, the decline of town and city centres throughout the country. It...
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Statements (23 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Taoiseach for this important and significant debate. I supported the holding of the referendum on Seanad abolition and I welcomed the debate which ensued in the public domain on the future of the Seanad and the wider political system. This debate would not have occurred had we not put a Bill before the people on Seanad abolition. I am very clear the Irish people voted to...