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Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to send representatives from his Department or any agencies under his remit, including Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, to the European Wind Energy Association conference in Copenhagen which will be held between 16 and 19 of April 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39277/11]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have had their agricultural payment delayed due to the digitisation of maps; when this digitisation will be completed; when farmers affected may expect to receive their farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39276/11]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if REP scheme payments due to farmers will issue before Christmas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39331/11]

Order of Business (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No. More and more issues are arising with the Social Welfare Bill and it has become apparent the disregard of home help income is to be eliminated.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are issues with family income supplement, disability allowances and community employment schemes. No doubt the Government will be told that, for some arbitrary reason, the Dáil must pass the Bill today. It will affect people's lives next year. Some will lose hundreds of euro thanks to the decisions that will be rammed through the House today. I received an e-mail from a woman this...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is about the arrangements.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The e-mail is from a woman who will lose €330 a month because she is a carer and her husband is in receipt of family income supplement.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: From the bottom of my heart, I ask the Tánaiste to put politics aside, allow Second Stage to continue until 3.30 p.m. and a detailed debate to take place next week on the Bill's serious provisions which will hurt people badly. The Government should give itself time to reflect on and amend some of the proposals made. Some of the measures proposed will not save significant amounts of money....

Order of Business (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am trying to impress on the Tánaiste how vital it is that we all stand back, to reflect on this issue-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----and debate it in more detail next week having had the weekend to consider it-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----and make necessary changes to proposals that will only save a small amount of money but which will hurt people badly. The Tánaiste knows this to be the case, given the reaction to the budget.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: By which pensioners?

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know well you looked after your own.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is in the budget document.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: And the Comptroller and Auditor General should have picked it up. What you are doing now is punishing the people at the bottom in FÁS.

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am pleased the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, is in the House because he is genuinely concerned about ordinary people. No more than myself on the other side of the county border, he has always worked for the less well-off in society. I am incredibly saddened by the approach taken in the budget and will try to explain to the Minister of State why the Government got it wrong. I am not...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a very clear ceiling and a person would be in a household that does not have rich people as they are all excluded. This is a household payment to people we are certain have limited income. As I noted, the limit is the contributory pension plus €100 per week. The Government cut that specific group by 19% with regard to fuel and electricity allowance. On the other hand, all the...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the Minister of State does this, I will be the first-----

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I explained the approach I took when I was in the Cabinet. If the Minister of State does what I suggest, I will be the first to say one of the greatest abilities in life is to accept one got something wrong and that one is going to put it right. It would be to the considerable credit of the Government if it were to accept it has made mistakes, that it did not think things through properly...

Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was €600 million.