Results 15,281-15,300 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Tánaiste had to leave the Chamber because he is attending at the announcement of another 100 jobs in Dún Laoghaire-----
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: -----an important investment in this country. I give his apologies for having to leave.
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: I am sorry the Ceann Comhairle could not go.
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: There are very important provisions in the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill which many supporters of the Deputies opposite have asked for-----
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: -----namely, to ensure that our social welfare officers have the power at the airports to interview people who come back and forward on flights and may be claiming social welfare.
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: Keep it up. It may be a matter of no importance to the Opposition-----
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: -----but we want a good social welfare system. Deputy Boyd Barrett did not have time to mention it but in this Bill we are also seeking the power for social welfare inspectors to interview landlords about recipients of rent supplement.
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: If the Deputy objects, as it appears he does, I am bringing in measures-----
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: -----in regard to fraud.
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: That is his problem. Our job is to get is to the economy back and have a secure social welfare system in which people are confident and to which they are happy to contribute.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: This morning, I had the honour of launching a very important document by the ESRI about families in poverty and children being at risk of poverty in Ireland. It shows what a number of Deputies have referenced, which is that children most at risk of poverty are those in lone parent families. It is not me who is stating this, but a group of researchers and professors of the ESRI, including...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The relevant age in Finland is four years. In the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand - members will be aware that many Irish people go to visit or live in Australia and New Zealand, some for a year or two - the relevant age is 5 years. In Canada, the relevant age is six years and in the UK and 90 miles north of here, it is seven years. Is the Deputy suggesting that in changing the...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: That is why the other countries have that age.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: We have education in this country.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The Deputy has a problem with one.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: It is Great Britain.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: Sorry. Educate me.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: Approximately 200, but I am not sure if that figure is accurate. It is more than 200.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: The transitional figure generally used in social welfare in respect of lone parents is â¬425 per week.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Joan Burton: I would need a detailed copy of the Deputy's question.