Results 7,321-7,340 of 7,447 for speaker:John Brady
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (23 Jun 2016)
John Brady: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance if he believes amending NAMA’s mandate to include a more explicit goal of contributing to social and affordable housing here, would benefit the State economically and socially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17513/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (23 Jun 2016)
John Brady: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on the programme for Government commitment to support the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17512/16]
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: We will continue to present them to Fine Gael to deal with the inequalities, to deal with the deprivations and to deal with the child hunger and the poverty-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: -----right across this State which is of epidemic proportions and is a result of the policy of successive Governments, whether be they Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael. We have an opportunity here to deal with the deprivation. We need to get out of the false sense of utopia that this Government and its Fianna Fáil predecessors seem to believe in.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: We need to get away from thoughts-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: -----of investing in rainy day funds while every day is a rainy day for those about whom I speak - the elderly, the carers and the unemployed across society. We need a change. We need a rainy day fund to help out the most vulnerable in society. I hope Deputy O'Dea will cease from his futile interruptions.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: I touched a raw nerve.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: I remind Deputy O'Dea to recall what happened the last time he claimed someone was telling lies.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: Deputy O'Dea should remember where he ended up with that.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: I withdraw it. I was merely reminding Deputy O'Dea of his history.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: While the Government can talk about GDP growth and Ireland having the fastest growing economy in Europe, we are also a country with 1.3 million people experiencing deprivation, thanks to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: According to CSO figures and research carried out by Mandate, three quarters of a million people living in poverty-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: May I speak without interruption from Deputy Willie O'Dea?
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: Obviously I have touched a raw nerve with Deputy O'Dea.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: It is important that Fianna Fáil is reminded-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: Yes. I thank the Acting Chairman.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: In research carried out by Mandate, one in ten people are experiencing food poverty, which is nearly half a million citizens. We have a crisis in housing, healthcare and education. We have families struggling to feed their children and heat their homes. Poverty is rising among children and pensioners as well as among people with disabilities and carers. Lone parents are among the most...
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: -----something Fianna Fáil had as part of a policy document it produced only last year. Last year, Fianna Fáil had this as a policy.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: The Sinn Féin legislation would have saved renters up to a €1,000 per year. Yet, Fianna Fáil decided to go against its own party policy to run along with its coalition partners, Fine Gael. This really begs the question as to why Fianna Fáil did not go into coalition with Fine Gael in the first place-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: -----if it is going to copy everything Fine Gael does during this term. Fianna Fáil was adamant in standing by its commitment not to form a Government with Fine Gael-----