Results 20,061-20,080 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Instruction to Committee (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: What about the other questions?
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Instruction to Committee (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: What about the other questions the Minister was asked?
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Instruction to Committee (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: We are entitled to answers.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Instruction to Committee (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Why is the Minister dealing with it in this way? Why did she not allow us adequate opportunity to consider it?
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: This legislation was cobbled together over the weekend. It is clear, given that a further amendment has been published within the last hour, that it is a work in progress. The Minister has not completed her thinking on this. It is clear she has not had an opportunity to get adequate advice on it. The same applies to members of the Opposition. We got the Bill yesterday and we are expected...
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: But not the pensioners?
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: It is not agreed. I must ask the Taoiseach yet again to please tell the House what is the reason for the urgency in ramming through this legislation?
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: We are more than happy to facilitate the Government in dealing with this legislation in a reasonable manner. Can he tell us if there is a reason for rushing it through by midnight tonight, either here publically or in a private briefing? He has provided no reason for dealing with this legislation in this manner. It is not acceptable to us. Unless he can provide a reason for dealing with...
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Two weeks does not make a difference.
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Is there a reason?
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: We do not know that.
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: It is not agreed. The Labour Party is opposed to the proposal to sit late tonight. The purpose of the late sitting is to extend the scope of the Social Welfare Bill to enable the Government to ram through very significant changes to pension law. The Labour Party is not prepared to go along with this proposal. Yesterday, we were circulated with 11 pages of amendments in relation to pension...
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: ------in the very important area of pensions, particularly when they include provisions that impact on so many people.
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: We have contacted the Chief Whip's office and we recognise the urgency of dealing with the Social Welfare Bill. We are more than happy to facilitate the passage of that this evening. However, the important provisions in relation to pensions should not be rushed through or form part of the Social Welfare Bill. Given that the legislation has been drafted, why not make it a separate Bill? We...
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: There was no Second Stage.
- Order of Business (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: What is the reason for the urgency?
- Other Questions (28 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the Gaelic players grant scheme and on whether it is appropriate that ring-fenced funding was available in 2008, yet in 2009 he is not supporting this programme with ring-fenced funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16355/09]
- Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: The Labour Party is opposed to the guillotining of the Social Welfare Bill. It is only about social welfare in name when it is actually a finance Bill.
- Order of Business (23 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: It imposes the most severe cuts from the recent supplementary budget. It is unacceptable that we would dispose of this in such a short time. The Bill will have large implications for family budgets, imposing the increase in the health levy, the cut in early child care payments and reducing rent supplement and people's entitlements to unemployment assistance. For that reason, it should be...
- Written Answers — Territorial Waters: Territorial Waters (23 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he expects to have a final result in relation to the submission on Rockall from the United Nations Convention on Limits to the Continental shelf. [15378/09]