Results 181-200 of 1,571 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very well.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
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- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I can supply the Ceann Comhairle very quickly with-----
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
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- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very well.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am very satisfied with that response.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Ceann Comhairle has offered a solution and we will gladly take that solution. Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: They deserve a lot more. An awful lot more.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Hear, hear.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Government's political strategy with regard to the housing crisis consists of two things that I believe are not true, the first of which is that we have got this under control and things are getting better. By any metric, that is not true. House prices are increasing. They are beyond the reach of the vast majority of people who, as far as they are concerned, are doing everything they...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Cosúil leat féin.
- Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We support the Bill but would prefer to see a price cap. That is an argument we have consistently made and will continue to make in order to provide the certainty that families and businesses require. Having said that, we welcome the Bill. We also welcome the fact that some of the things Sinn Féin outlined last year which were ruled out have now, one year on, been incorporated,...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This has come to my attention because a number of people have contacted me recently who are being means-tested for their carer's allowance. Naturally, some of them are worried, as they would be when they are being means-tested. Anecdotally, from speaking to a number of these people, they believe this is occurring across the board and that a very large of people are being tested, perhaps...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am not expecting the Minister to make policy on the floor of the Dáil. I ask her to take away my proposal and think about it. There are a category of people who will be cut off and whose allowance will then be restored within a period of six months. I do not believe this is necessary. The Minister may have the power to operate on either side of that by not cutting people off. That...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: When will the Bill be published?
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the review of means tests for carer's allowance; and whether, in light of increased thresholds in 2024, flexibility can be demonstrated to those being means-tested currently. [46770/23]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments (24 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I had criticisms of some of the elements of budget 2024 but one of the measures I welcomed was the increase in the means test thresholds for carer's allowance. Currently, I believe, however, that there is a large scale means test of people on carer's allowance happening which could lead to people being cut off who might then later qualify. Will the Minister comment on that?
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the next steps in the consultation on the Green Paper on disability allowance. [46769/23]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Oct 2023)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister's recent Green Paper on disability allowance has been published. It envisages radical changes to the approach being taken. It is fair to say that some people have expressed concerns about the changes. I appreciate that consultation is still ongoing, but there are certainly cautionary tales from other jurisdictions that we need to be very much aware of. This question is an...