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Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2014): Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Fianna Fáil will support the Bill, and I compliment Deputy Maloney for bringing it to the floor of the Dáil. I apologise for any interruptions; I assure the House it was not intended to be disrespectful. We should never forget the original 1996 Act came about after the heinous murder of Veronica Guerin, a brave journalist, when the Government was spurred into bringing forward...

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2014): Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I apologise. Sorry for interrupting.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Listening to the debate so far, it indicates there will never be agreement on this issue either in this House or in broader society. It would seem some people bring this debate forward to embarrass others and cause political discomfort for some parties. I can assure Deputy Coppinger that she is not causing any political discomfort for me. We have to be mature in how we approach this issue...

Order of Business (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Regarding the health reform Bill, some 412,000 people are waiting to see a consultant for the first time as outpatients. There is an increase in the number of people waiting on trolleys in accident and emergency units and the National Treatment Purchase Fund has announced major increases across all categories of people wanting to access appointments. In terms of the health reform Bill, we...

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: They will be imprisoned in poverty.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: This is a Second Stage speech.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: That is the exact point.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: That the Tánaiste did a U-turn on imposing it.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: A lot of people will resent what the Tánaiste just said. The point I made clearly is that it not that people will not pay but that they simply cannot pay. The Tánaiste should know that. Her legacy is that there are 1,000 children in this city sleeping in emergency accommodation every night as a direct result of her decisions with regard to the cap on rent allowance. I will take...

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: It is very true that the pathway out of poverty is returning to work. However, many of those returning to work are on zero hour contracts or are in employment that gives them no security whatsoever. The Tánaiste should not applaud herself and pat herself on the back. Would she accept that there are families living in poverty who simply cannot afford to make a contribution to the cost...

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: That is factually incorrect.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: That was for new entrants.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: What about household packages?

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister for Finance said that some people are allergic to work. They are allergic to the Labour Party.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I know the Tánaiste's heart is not in it.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The Tánaiste knows full well-----

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: The Government is like Scrooge, or Fagan who was a pickpocket.

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Last night, behind closed doors, the Government agreed to legislation that will result in arms of the State becoming debt-collecting agencies for utility companies. There was no fanfare, no press release, no standing on Government steps with the Taoiseach on one side of the Tánaiste and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, on the other. I...

Leaders' Questions (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: Does the Tánaiste believe it is decent and fair that ability to pay is not taken into account? We have raised this time and again. People who advocate for those on the margins have stated that an ability-to-pay clause needs to be put in place, but it has not been. We are now being told by the Minister, Deputy Kelly, that it will be taken into account. If it is so important, why was...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (7 May 2015)

Billy Kelleher: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of applications for increases in remuneration for any person or persons received by his Department from public service employers since 1 January 2014; the details of the applications for increase, that is, the posts and levels of increase involved; whether the applications were approved;...