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- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: Please, let me finish. It is true.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: It will be on the record of the House.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: Each Deputy gets â¬42,000-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: May I finish? Each Deputy gets â¬42,000.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: Our â¬42,000 allowances go directly to our parties.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: I do not agree with parties getting those allowances-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: -----but each Independent gets an unvouched leader's allowance. This is an outrage.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: If they want the country to get back on its feet, they should give up their leader's allowances.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: The Deputies know that I am telling the truth.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: They get â¬42,000 tax free and do not even need to vouch for it. They should go out and tell people-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: Deputy Mattie McGrath does not like the truth because he is not able for it.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: I am not misleading the House.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: I am putting on the record that Independents get â¬42,000-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: Independents get â¬42,000 per year and-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: We do not. If Deputy Donnelly believes that-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: If the Independents believe the country needs someone to stand up for it, this allowance to the party should be reduced-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: -----and the Independents should either seek a reduction in the â¬42,000 or give it to charity.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: The Deputy has not given it yet. Will he follow my example and take the same reduction that I have been taking for four years?
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: The Deputy has no principles.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Frank Feighan: The situation is a difficult one and we have a job to do. I hope the Bill's provisions are fair. I do not agree with some of its measures. In four years time, we will say "Goodbye" to the IMF at Dublin Airport and the country will be economically sovereign again. I will support the Bill. The new poor and those who cannot afford to pay must be protected. This situation evolved because of...