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- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: He should stop making outrageous statements.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: Are wedding rings not of sentimental value?
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: What would?
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: I do not know any of them.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: Does the Minister know them?
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: I would say he does.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: No.
- Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: I want to concentrate on illegal moneylenders whom I can only describe as vermin, parasites and sub-human as they prey on the most vulnerable in society. The amount of illegal moneylending going on is not documented enough. Many of these illegal moneylenders are criminals which has been well-documented by RTE and other news reporters. Over the past several years, it has become a growing...
- Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: We have not.
- Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: That is unbelievable. I urge the Minister of State, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, to consider the pressure exerted on some people by moneylenders who are forcing those to whom I refer to go to their local post offices and withdraw their children's allowance to pay the money they owe. People are also being harassed outside their children's schools and when they go shopping in supermarkets by thugs...
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: Any measure which can bring relief to people who have found themselves in an impossible position because of mounting debts and reduced capacity to pay is progressive. However, there are a number of elements in the Bill which must be amended if we are to put in place measures effective enough to move away from our punitive way of dealing with debt and give people the opportunity of a fresh...
- Arts Funding (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the advice he will give for alternative funding for an organisation (details supplied) which has studios in Swords, Athlone, Navan, Ashbourne, Finglas, Balbriggan and Portlaoise in view of the fact they do not qualify for funding from the Arts Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35361/12]
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: Those in the Government are playing to the banks and doing what the banks are telling them to do.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: The banks control the Government. The Government does not control the banks.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: The majority agree with what we are saying.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: Hear, hear.
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (17 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: Question 797: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the B12 vitamin injection has been removed from medical cards (details supplied) [35009/12]
- Budget 2013 (17 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: The report released by Social Justice Ireland confirms what many Deputies are aware of, particularly those who represent constituencies with high unemployment levels. The gap between Ireland's rich and poor is spiralling out of control. The disposable income of Ireland's poorest households fell by 18% in a single year. By comparison, the income of the richest in Ireland rose by 4%.
- Budget 2013 (17 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: It is estimated that 10% of the population receive almost 14 times more in disposable income than the poorest who are experiencing the worst income distribution for over 30 years. Some 200,000 children live in poverty. My question is straightforward. Based on the comments of organisation such as Social Justice Ireland and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a huge number of the people...
- Budget 2013 (17 Jul 2012)
John Halligan: The figures are worse now.