Results 4,661-4,680 of 12,033 for speaker:Regina Doherty

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: This particular Bill only kicks in in terms of social protection, where somebody becomes insolvent and there is no money available from which to pay any creditors. The State refuses to leave employees with nothing. If we did nothing, the United Kingdom would become a third country and would not be subject to this Bill, and the Irish employees in UK companies would not be protected. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (20 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I have not answered the Chairman's question. I apologise. We have a Getting Ireland Brexit Ready website, on which the information is detailed, but the Chair has made a very good suggestion. Given that we know who will be affected we should perhaps not put the willies up everybody and should deal directly with the 130,000 people involved. It is a very good point, and I have taken a note of it.

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I really appreciate the support of Deputies on all sides of the House and their co-operation in passing this legislation which has been too long in the waiting, but that is why we are placing the provisions in a stand-alone Bill in order to prioritise it, not just from a Government perspective but also from the perspective of all of us. We want to fix this anomaly in order that we can aid...

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Civil Registration Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have the opportunity to introduce this important legislation to the House. We live in a changing society that has a more diverse range of family formations than in the relatively recent past. It is important that we reflect this in our laws and how we recognise family units. I fully intend for civil registration...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Initiatives (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I will do my best to fill them. On an annual basis, the live register has been falling rapidly, for which we are to be thankful. In 2018 it fell by 15.5% nationally. In Tipperary town it fell by 18.2%, which is equal to almost 200 people coming off the live register during the course of 2018. My Government is determined to provide the best possible environment for economic growth...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Initiatives (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Deputy Mattie McGrath does not want to help.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Deputy Broughan was right to talk about the Supplementary Estimate we have most years for one scheme or another because they are demand led and if there is a higher demand, there is a higher need. The cost of disability tender will, I hope, go out by the end of this month. That body of work will inform all disability payments in the future arising from the special cost of living, over and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I have to respond.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Auto-enrolment is a separate issue.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: It is a separate question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The consultations that I have with the partners will not be a secret and none of them is shy about telling anybody what we talk about. This will only work if we all want the same thing, which is to provide adequacy in our income levels for our pensioners, people who have disabilities, or varying levels of ability and our jobseekers. That is the aim we will have. I would like to have it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: The Minister was warned about the context of what happened in England and here, and about privatisation-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I am not sniggering at Deputy McGrath.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: On a point of order-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: Every time we have-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: I did not reply to Deputy Broughan's question in the last round about the impressive record of our Irish Local Development Network, ILDN, partners. I met with them before Christmas. We presented the INDECON report to them after Christmas, which caused some concerns. Another meeting has been arranged where we can discuss the options arising from that but they have no cause for concern and I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: They are superb. Apart from their record, the people in ILDN are incredibly committed to this area. They also have a special advantage in that they have access to other funds outside of the activation funds which they can apply to us for to be able to provide extra resources for people who have particular difficulty. They have access to the social inclusion and community activation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: -----it does the Deputy no favour whatsoever.