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- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Will the Minister confirm that people who pay the universal social charge, which is paid into the social insurance fund, will qualify for a contributory old age pension? This charge is to be levied on judges and politicians and it is going directly into the social insurance fund. Will they be able to draw out of the fund? Payments to the social insurance fund have always entitled those who...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: The Minister says there will be no gain from paying the universal social charge. The social insurance fund is used to pay carers, pensioners and people with a disability. Is the Minister saying those who will pay the charge for the next 20 or 30 years will not have a contributory pension at the end of their working days?
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Is that legal?
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, to delete lines 15 to 49, to delete page 8 and in page 9, to delete lines 1 to 27. I raised this concern on Committee Stage and I raise it again tonight. I am very concerned about people signing on for job seeker's allowance by electronic means or telephone. We have enough fraud and I am worried about it. The Minister did not convince me during the debate...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: I am only saying what I read in the media.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: The Government saved almost â¬600 million by pursuing fraud last year. We have seen what can happen to someone's credit card.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: That does not matter. If they were supposed to sign on and did not do so, then there is something very wrong.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: I could understand why people might not have been in a position to sign on if the weather was bad. Neither I nor my party are satisfied with the proposal contained in the Bill. I accept what the Minister stated with regard to staff within the Department being freed up to do other work. However, I am concerned with regard to what will happen. Credit cards are not foolproof and we have all...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: There is a Member who used to occupy the seat in which the Minister is now sitting and who did not have a bank account at one point.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: The individual in question never put money in the bank. He was probably 20 years ahead of his time in that regard.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: On the night before my party's Ard-Fheis last year, I attended a wedding in Portugal. I carried out one transaction with my credit card in a restaurant. One month later, I discovered that an amount of either â¬2,500 or â¬4,500 - I cannot remember which - had been debited from my account. As already stated, the wedding was held in Portugal but the transaction to which I refer was carried...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: A fair few of them have gone down.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment with the orthodontic clinic in Galway. [47041/10]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 18 November 2010, when a full and detailed response will issue from the Health Service Executive. [47092/10]
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a decision has been made on an application for a change of status from Stamp 2 to Stamp 3 for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [47097/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be heard in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [46974/10]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way a rate of contributory pension was calculated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [46991/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 30 November 2010, if he will explain where income is coming from for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact this person has not worked since January 2010. [47051/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 10 November 2010, when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be assessed by a medical assessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47134/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have their appeal for a disability allowance dealt with [47450/10]