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- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: Your five minutes has expired, Deputy.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: I apologise. I did not want to upset your colleagues.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: I am much happier in Tallaght than in the city centre. I have encountered many cases in which the facility to increase the lone parent family income is urgently needed. It is interesting that other colleagues referred to the issue of lone parents. I know there are political points to be made about what the Minister, and the previous Minister, said in debates, but there is no question that...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: If one looks back over the past number of years and at what this Minister achieved in a very definite way last December, one can see that improvements have been maintained as far as social welfare payments are concerned. All of us in our constituencies, be they in Cork, Tipperary, Mayo, Waterford, Clare or the Dublin region, often get calls from people who tell us that they get good social...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: The Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008 provides for the implementation of certain social welfare improvements announced by the Minister for Finance in the 2008 budget. These include increases in child benefit, early child care supplement and the respite care grant. Provision is also made for an increase in income limit for the one-parent family payment and a change in the assessment of...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: Of course, Tallaght is a different place today. I am not saying there are no problems and challenges but, like many other areas, it has undergone considerable improvements. In the context of this debate it is important to point out that where difficulties and challenges remain, the Department of Social and Family Affairs must always be in a position to respond and to do so in a caring way....
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: Unlike some of the country Deputies, I only do nine clinics a week. I know some Deputies do 30. I get around and I spend as much time in my constituency as possible.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people waiting for community services in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and audiology in each local health office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5049/08]
- Grant Payments. (12 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: Allow speakers to continue without interruption.
- Grant Payments. (12 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: I will do my best.
- Grant Payments. (12 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: I ask the Deputy to conclude as the time has expired.
- Grant Payments. (12 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: The order of the dayââ
- Grant Payments. (12 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: The Minister of State will concede half a minute.
- Grant Payments. (12 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: I must bring Deputy Sheehan to Tallaght to visit my farmers.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the success of the new Health Service Executive initiative Hospital In The Home (details supplied); if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that this service eases a lot of pressure on hospital services and registers a high satisfaction with patients; if she will ensure the continuation of...
- Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (6 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether potential exists, during this US presidential year, to make progress in respect of the undocumented Irish issue; the contacts he has had recently in the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3945/08]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take action to deal with the crisis in the speech and language service in Dublin south west; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the long waiting lists are unacceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4103/08]
- Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)
Charlie O'Connor: I welcome the opportunity to make a brief contribution to the debate on the Bill. I acknowledge the presence in the Chamber of the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Sargent. I am sure he is delighted that he has recently been the subject of all sorts of attention and has received much kudos. This shows that the Green Party, in government, is...