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Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am always consoled because I look north of the Border and I see Sinn Féin in Government, doing what we have to do here. It gets very responsible-----

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is in Government in a state where unemployment assistance is £60 and it seems happy enough with it because it is living with it. I did not hear it asking-----

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----for the devolution of the payment of social security payments to the North.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Sinn Féin always consoles me. I know one point about it - when you give it responsibility, it gets awfully hard-headed and very responsible. Many issues were raised in regard to tax. I always believed we should address urgently the problem associated with those on very high incomes. It was not that they were paying at a rate of 52% or 55% because, in many cases, they were paying at a rate...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are moving on tax shelters and on the thresholds for inheritance tax so that when money transfers, there will be a bigger take for the State. As Minister for Social Protection, I believed it was time to rationalise the PRSI contribution. This means adjustments. What we have done is ensured that everybody who is employed or self-employed, other than those on very low incomes, and public...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What I find strange about it is that the party's policy was to have much less revenue accruing from expenditure cuts and to tax much more.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That may be so. I would like to see how the Labour Party would raise another €2 billion at the top end without having rates of tax of 80% or 90%. However, we will be waiting for the Labour Party.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: May I conclude?

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What we are getting at present is auction politics of a very blatant form. What we are getting is two parties who know they will wind up-----

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are involved in auction politics in that two parties are putting forward diametrically opposed policies. One is to try to court the supporters in one camp and the other is to try-----

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Social Welfare legislation provides the Health Service Executive (HSE) with the authority to refuse, suspend or terminate payment of a rent supplement in the case of a person who has been required to deliver up possession of a dwelling provided by a housing authority or an approved body where the reasons for that requirement include anti-social behaviour or the interests of good estate...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On 1st November, there were 967 staff in my Department participating in the work sharing scheme, 926 of whom are female and 41 are male. This is 18.5% of the Department's staff. All applications for participation in the scheme are considered in the context of the operating requirements of individual business units and of the Department as a whole. While all reasonable efforts are made to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the time frame available, I regret that my Department is not in a position to reply to this question. My Department will be in contact with the Deputy over the coming days and will reply in full to the question raised.

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The three statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department are the Social Welfare Tribunal, the Citizens Information Board and the Pensions Board. In addition the Pensions Ombudsman comes under the remit of the Department. The Social Welfare Tribunal The Social Welfare Tribunal consists of a Chairman and four ordinary members. The members are not in receipt of an annual salary,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are currently 4,889 people in receipt of rent supplement for 18 months or more living in Dublin and in receipt of either jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit. A breakdown of rent supplement recipients by family size is not available.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As I informed the Deputy in reply to questions on 10th December 2009 and 12th October 2010, and in previous correspondence, the person concerned has reached pension age and has been sent a claim form. On receipt of the completed claim form, her entitlement to pension will be fully examined and she will be notified of the outcome without delay.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. Rent supplement is normally calculated to ensure that a person, after the payment of rent, has an income equal to the rate of supplementary welfare allowance appropriate to their family circumstances less a minimum...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: According to the Departments records the person in question claimed jobseeker's benefit from 23 October 2008 to 24 October 2009 when his benefit exhausted. He then made an application for and was paid jobseeker's allowance from 26 October 2009 to 1 July 2010. The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned is currently in receipt of basic supplementary welfare...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Financial Resolution (14 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution for the charging in accordance with the Act of contributions, being contributions payable by certain public office holders under the State at the rate of 4 per cent of the total remuneration payable to such public office holders in respect of the holding of a public office, where the total amount of remuneration...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Instruction to Committee (14 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move: That pursuant to Standing Order 172, Standing Order 127 is modified to permit an instruction to the Committee to which the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that it has power to make provision in the Bill in relation to: - amending the Pensions Act 1990 to allow pension scheme trustees purchase annuities...