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- Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a sobering thought. Where will we be in 2025?
- Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is a considerable improvement in recognition of the concern raised by the credit unions. Given the Minister of State has provided for exceptional circumstances, I hope that, if everybody is being reasonable, the concerns expressed by the credit unions will be addressed adequately. However, I never really received a satisfactory answer to one question, bearing in mind the importance...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with others that the Bill has been improved substantially by meeting some of the concerns expressed. I echo the points made about the removal of the exclusion on persons in arrears. However, the democratic principle of credit unions may be somewhat undermined - the right of members to make these decisions and judgments about the people they wish to serve on the board. I welcome the...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Again, I commend the Government on this amendment. It is one of the most important moves to acknowledge explicitly in the Bill a very positive suggestion made by the credit unions. In these rather bleak times when we often argue with one another about what not to do, and desperately look around for positive suggestions about what we might do, this is a positive, forward-looking and...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: To echo Deputy Pearse Doherty's point, the credit union representatives to whom I spoke said they would find it very helpful if the requirements and obligations they must meet were set down in a simple and readily understandable way. The Bill has been much improved since its introduction and we have already had this particular discussion. Nevertheless, I urge the Minister to consider what...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I very much welcome this amendment, which is very much in the spirit of the suggestions made by all sides of the Opposition and which were fully acknowledged by the Government both on Committee Stage and Report Stage. This satisfies the concerns raised by the credit union movement. I welcome the amendment and commend the Government.
- Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to say the same. This has been a model exercise in how the Oireachtas should work. Organisations representing the credit union movement made their views known about the Bill initially proposed by the Government. Representatives of various parties listened to those concerns and brought them to the attention of the Government which took action to change the Bill as a result. That is...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Lift the guillotine.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Why does the Minister not answer the question we asked about alternatives?
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Reverse it.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Tick, tock.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Respite care.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Tick, tock.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They have been cut also.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: My apologies, but they have been cut also.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: They are included in the amendments.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will be brief. The people the Minister is hitting with this measure will also be affected by cuts to the clothing and footwear allowances, child benefit and the property tax. We are talking about many hundreds of euro being taken from the income of people who are doing a service to the State by looking after their loved ones. To take this action is obnoxious and nauseating. One cannot...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Say nothing.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of order-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Richard Boyd Barrett: There is a point of order.