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Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: We did not sell the country down the Swanee.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I imagine those comments hurt.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: We did not make the type of announcements being made here.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: What about Ballymun?

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: With the agreement of the House, I wish to share my time with Deputies Jack Wall and Mary Upton.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I say to the Minister, Deputy Gormley, that for somebody who could not get himself out of bed on that fateful night last September when the Government decided to bail out the banks, he has a brass neck to come into the House and boast about his record in Government, particularly when one considers that this country is in the throes of the worst recession in the history of the State. The...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I remember the comments of the Minister and those of his colleague, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan last October. He stated he was very proud of the budget that hit the pensioners. Last night the Ministers' colleague, Deputy Mary White, spoke of how the Supplementary budget was a wonderful one that had the fingerprints of the Green Party all...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Over the past weeks and months we all have had to endure a significant campaign of spin by this Government concerning what it proposed to do in this budget. The main thrust of the spin was that we were all in this situation together and that everybody must pay, from top to bottom. The Government was at this from two months out when it began to brief all the political correspondents to the...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The reason 40% were outside the tax net is that so many of them are on incredibly low incomes. That 40% includes over 100,000 pensioners, for example.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: It includes large numbers who are accurately described as being the "working poor". These are people who are working in minimum waged jobs and are really struggling to keep their heads above water. It includes the many thousands of people who are dependent on welfare who are just about getting by. It is outrageous to say to these people that somehow it is their fault the economy is in a...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: -----about the considerable tax relief on pension schemes for high rollers? What about all the property-based tax relief schemes?

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: It was not. The Minister is misleading the House. She did not have to do that at all.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Taoiseach should just answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: How much?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way casual work and short-time work are respectfully defined by her Department; and if she will address the anomalous position that exists at present where two jobseeker's who have lost two days of work can qualify for two different rates of payment as a result of the different ways the number of days in the working week are...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position with regard to an appeal for jobseeker's benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and when a decision can be expected. [14177/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will publish the list of third level and other courses that are open to back to education allowance claimants; the changes that have occurred in recent months; and the reason the full list is not yet published on her Department's website. [14760/09]

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (7 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if free third level fees apply in all cases to claimants of back to education allowance; and the position in relation to people who have already availed of free fees and wish to pursue another degree under the allowance or those who wish to pursue a postgraduate course. [14761/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (2 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the Deloitte cost and efficiency review of the bus sector; if he has accepted all of the report's recommendations; if he will seek to implement them in full; if so, the timeframe and mechanism for implementation; the way he will invigilate these processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13669/09]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (2 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the loss of eight lives on roads here over the St. Patrick's Day 2009 holiday period, he will liaise with the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána to review all road safety measures that are in place; if he will increase the level of road safety enforcement on roads here; the actions under the RSA 2007 to 2012 strategy...