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Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for her presentation. The sum of €685 million is enormous. In the news yesterday and today there has been much emphasis, as there was yesterday in the Dáil, on the deficit in the health budget, which is approximately €380 million. This is almost double that amount. A frightening amount of extra money is required at the last moment. I do not blame...

Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Therefore, the supplementary welfare allowance is the substitute payment people receive while they are waiting for their benefits to come through. It is stated in the document that a significant proportion relates to interim adjustments for customers awaiting payments. What does the rest comprise? Exceptional needs payments arise where a community welfare officer decides to help somebody...

Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Where does the funding appear?

Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister can include this information in her reply. The Estimate figure for the community employment scheme shows an overspend of approximately 6.35% despite the budgetary adjustments made last year. What happened? Cutbacks which were hotly debated in the House and elsewhere were made last year. Nonetheless, expenditure has overshot. Will the Minister comment on this? The target...

Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: There is a heading detailing the purpose of the 2012 Department of Social Protection Supplementary Estimate. The section states there are two reasons, including a higher than expected Exchequer subvention to the Social Insurance Fund because the fund's income from PRSI contributions will be less than expected. That means fewer people are at work than anticipated. Does the Minister have...

Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Yes.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Labour's way.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Well done.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Listen.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Attila the hen.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: What happened there?

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Government cannot even keep the promises it made after the election, let alone before.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Government will have to reverse the cut.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: For heaven's sake.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister of State, Deputy Costello, is a Labour Deputy.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Government should reverse it.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: That would be to the Department of Finance.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: This budget is first and foremost an arithmetical exercise, as all budgets are, designed to bring in a certain amount of tax, spend a certain amount of money and come to a final result at the end of the day. A budget also needs to be more than just an exercise in mathematics, but the problem is that this one is not. A budget needs to be part of an overall strategy and must have a certain...

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I did not interrupt anybody here and I expect at least the same courtesy from the Minister of State.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The mansion tax is a phantom, a chimera and a shameless fig leaf to conceal the naked capitulation of the Labour Party to the demands of Fine Gael. How can a party that calls itself Labour and claims descent from Connolly and Larkin sign up to consecutive cuts to the clothing and footwear allowance? In addition, there have been cuts to the back-to-education allowance, respite care grant,...