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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am not suggesting that at all. I am talking about the cumulative social welfare intake into a particular household.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Has provision been made for such a scenario?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Is it possible to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: That is not the issue. We are discussing people who fall out of employment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Budget 2013: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I asked about the Social Insurance Fund, the fall-out in that regard, the €1.5 billion we are lacking, what the Commission has to say about that and the effect that will have on people who are contributing to the fund. Will pensions be in place for them in the future? There is a section in the Minister's paper called, Ensuring work pays, about which I have questions. Is there a cap...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I would like to touch on two items briefly and perhaps the Leader can help us. The Minister for Education and Skills is about to introduce a Bill on the education and training boards but it has been brought to my attention that there is no seat on that board for the further education sector. We know that the education and training boards means the reduction of 33 VECs down to 16. A core...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I did not get an answer to my question on the social insurance fund and the shortage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Unfortunately I must leave, although I would love to hear an answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: One of my questions relates to the Minister's recommendation on child poverty, child well-being and the production of a social package. Is there a proposal to tie welfare into vaccinations, for example? The overwhelming evidence is that vaccinations protect children and that is a service. We know that a small group of people disagree with vaccinations. Also on the issue of child...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: They are because they are related to child poverty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: My final point relates to the pensions issue. Last week officials from the Department of Social Protection outlined to the committee that the social insurance fund is down by €1.5 billion, which relates to increasing pension payments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: My questions are as follows. What is the view of the European Commission on this? Could this mean that people who have been contributing will not have pensions in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: Are precise data available on how long graduates stay on the live register?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection (26 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: My question is related to the same matter rather than the Minister having to go back to it again. I welcome in principle the concept of the youth guarantee scheme. For a long time, we have been talking about youth unemployment and we have not heard of anything to target it. We are at least starting to talk and think about it. Obviously, the important detail must be worked out. I have a...

Seanad: Syrian Conflict: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State for his presence in the Chamber. We are all struck by what we see on the television, and what we read with regard to the Syrian catastrophe. My reason for speaking today is as a result of my experience during my visit to Rwanda in August. There I saw the fallout of the genocide 18 years earlier, where 1 million people were killed in 100 days and the...

Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank Senator Coghlan for sharing time with me. I did not give notice to speak on this issue but decided to come to the House and contribute to the debate because of the pervasive and endemic affect which I believe homophobic bullying is having on our society. In 2010, I compiled, with the Educational Research Centre, an Oireachtas education report on early school leaving. We picked...

Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank Senator Coghlan for sharing time with me. I did not give notice to speak on this issue but decided to come to the House and contribute to the debate because of the pervasive and endemic affect which I believe homophobic bullying is having on our society. In 2010, I compiled, with the Educational Research Centre, an Oireachtas education report on early school leaving. We picked...

Seanad: Syrian Conflict: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I thank the Minister of State for his presence in the Chamber. We are all struck by what we see on the television, and what we read with regard to the Syrian catastrophe. My reason for speaking today is as a result of my experience during my visit to Rwanda in August. There I saw the fallout of the genocide 18 years earlier, where 1 million people were killed in 100 days and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: To be helpful, I shall respond to Senator Reilly on the issue of youth unemployment. I welcome the youth guarantee scheme proposed by the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, which is aimed at directing those under 25 years of age into education, training or employment. I would like the scheme extended to those under 30 years of age. The Minister is appearing at the Joint...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Fidelma Healy Eames: I am seeking a debate that will support a productive culture. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform may be able to tell the House what went wrong.