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- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I ask the Fianna Fáil Senators not to answer, as we are in this position because of its-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I will ask the appropriate Minister to answer the question.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We would not be looking into water meter holes - as Senator Mooney stated - if it was not for Fianna Fáil.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It ate the Cadbury's chocolate very well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is a secular society.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: They do not care.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: She is not alone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I apologise for being late, but there was a vote in the Seanad. I am unsure of the rules and one learns something new every day, but I had thought the sitting would be suspended until after the vote had concluded. However, that obviously-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It should be because the Seanad is also of importance. Moreover, the ears of its Members are as good as those of anybody in the Lower House when it comes to economics or anything else for that matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The meeting should not have continued without the Senators being present.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It was an unnecessary vote called by Fianna Fáil that its Members were going to lose on an amendment to the Order of Business.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I read Professor John FitzGerald's paper and was uplifted by it because I thought he had extraordinary things to say. The Minister was actually on her way into the Seanad and I asked her whether she had read Professor FitzGerald's paper on the distribution of income, social welfare payments and the public finances because he had some interesting things to say about the protection of those...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Does Professor FitzGerald think it is a question worth answering?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Does that not question the overall percentage? I refer to the example given by Professor FitzGerald.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is not progressive, in that case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Mr. Staunton is contradicting the idea-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: In his very good paper Professor FitzGerald made a point which is important for my colleague, Deputy Collins, to bear in mind. Referring to the period after the property bubble burst, he stated: "The need for increased taxes and for cuts elsewhere in the economy was greatly increased by the decision by successive governments to protect those on low incomes who were dependent on the welfare...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: As for my confusion, it is like being in high babies because I am so stupid. However, I ask Professor FitzGerald to answer the question. I do not believe the taxation system is progressive and Professor FitzGerald said it was not. He said it was linguistically but that realistically and mathematically, it was called a plateau. Is Mr. Staunton with me on this point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Is Dr. de Buitléir joining Deputy Lucinda Creighton?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Was that not one of her arguments?