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Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Arising from the Taoiseach's response to my question, No. 4, on the Cabinet sub-committee on social policy, I am struck by the fact the committee has not met since the budget. Perhaps, if the committee had met during the budgetary time and after it, and had proofed the budget in terms of its impact on low income families, we might have had a different approach and a different outcome. What...

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: This is to do with social protection, the role of the sub-committee and the fact that it has not met.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Adams went on at liberty about other issues.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I will not detain the House too long.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I was talking about the fact that the sub-committee had not met since the budget, which has all the signs of it. The carer's allowance of mothers who care for those with special needs was, for the first time, taken on board in terms of calculating entitlement to family income supplement. Families on the lowest income rung of the ladder were hit by as much as €100. How can any Cabinet...

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach referred to autism in his reply. Children with autism and their parents are being denied access to domiciliary care allowance.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The letters parents of children with autism are receiving is disgraceful. The letters refer to the children not needing additional care over and above their peers.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: This is the most ridiculous, absurd and insulting reply from officials in the Department of Social Protection. Will the Taoiseach ensure the sub-committee meets more often, becomes more assertive in terms of proofing Government policy in so far as it has an impact on the lowest income earners in our society and those who need help and support? I mentioned two cases involving autistic...

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Carers were hit savagely in the budget.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is no action.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is no action. It is the opposite.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: You are wrong.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: With the greatest respect to the Taoiseach, there is a pattern, and many professional opinions have been given.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: No.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not even meeting.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: It has not met since the budget.

IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times in the past year that the IFSC Clearing House Group has met; the issues that were discussed; the actions that have been taken as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9367/12]

IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his comprehensive reply. The concept and development of the IFSC is a testament to the vision of Governments in earlier generations, particularly in the late 1980s and early 1990s. We now have 33,000 people employed in what is an important sector in Ireland in terms of its global impact and number of jobs created. Has the Clearing House Group discussed or...

IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: What about a transaction tax?