Results 2,561-2,580 of 4,782 for speaker:Olwyn Enright
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: The Minister has a 50-50 chance.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: I agree with the points made by Deputy Shortall in this regard. A couple will get â¬424 and a person living alone will get â¬212. The single person's amount needs to pay all the same bills, with the exception of food and clothing. It is simply not possible for them to do it. The Minister needs to give considerably more attention to this area. It is wrong to refer to giving the increase...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: The Minister's argument is flawed because he does not acknowledge that we all have welcomed the increases in the old age pension. He is deliberately ignoring the specific point we are making that it is more expensive for somebody living on his or her own. There is no point in spending any more of the House's time on the matter because the Minister is not genuinely trying to take on board...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 9: In page 3, before section 2, to insert the following new section: 2.âThe Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the reform of the Rent Supplement Scheme.". The points about the rent supplement have been made well in the past fortnight. The Minister carried out a review last year and is...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: Perhaps the Minister can tell the House roughly when the report on the review will be available.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 10: In page 3, before section 2, to insert the following new section: 2â "The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the removal of the Habitual Residence Condition from the Child Benefit payment.". I made the case for this amendment when the House discussed amendment No. 2 in the name of...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: We have worded the amendments in a certain manner because we are required to do so. It is important that a report on this matter be published and examined. I ask the Minister to give some consideration to this.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 12: In page 3, before section 2, to insert the following new section: 2.â"The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the introduction of a second-tier, employment neutral, child income support payment to target child poverty levels.". This amendment relates to the qualified child allowance...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: ââbut it is important that we try to reach some conclusions on these issues. It would be preferable to approach the debate in a consensus manner to try to reach agreement among as many people as possible. The argument made in the National Economic and Social Forum's report on this issue is at odds with the views of the two organisations which attended yesterday's meeting of the joint...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: How is the payment made up?
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: The amendment calls for a report to be published on the introduction of the payments. It was my understanding from reading the brief the Minister received when he took office that a review was ongoing and that change was imminent in this area. What is the status of the report and when we are likely to see it? What is the Minister's view? We have heard him say he wants to ensure the least...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: What about their exams?
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: There were not the same pressures from the points race then.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: In this House Deputy Cullen is acting in his capacity as Minister.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: I seek clarity on this issue. Is the Minister suggesting that children should go out to work? That, effectively, is what has been said and I want to know whether it is Government policy. Going through the Bill there seems to be a lack of coherence in the approach of the Government to many of the issues involved. We had the same problem with direct provision. Certainly, the Minister for...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: It depends on the way in which the Minister makes the suggestion.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: The parents do not have the few bob to give them.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: We do.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: I want to put one or two points to the Minister. My amendment seeks a report on the payment of the fuel allowance as a once-off bulk payment. I would like the Minister to at least consider that and engage in a discussion with some of the relevant groups in the sector. I am sure the Minister, no more than myself and other Deputies here, has come across pensioners in particular who borrow...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Olwyn Enright: Can we stick to the amendment?