Results 7,341-7,360 of 7,447 for speaker:John Brady
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: -----yet every other commitment it made before the election seems to be out the window.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: They are gone out the window-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: -----while thousands of families and lone parents are struggling to pay rent-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: -----all over the country.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: The housing crisis-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: Hopefully the Acting Chairman will give us-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: There has been constant interruption from the Fianna Fáil benches so hopefully there will be a little bit of latitude given with the time.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: Where is the recovery for people sleeping on our streets tonight? There is absolutely none. This evening, there are 2,000 children sleeping in hotels right across the State. The elderly have seen the abolition of the telephone allowance, which was a lifeline, especially for those living alone or in rural Ireland. They have seen increased prescription charges which have left many...
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: Currently, Ireland has the largest levels of excess-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: We have 15 minutes.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: We have 15 minutes.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: I will conclude. If this is the way it will continue here with Deputy O'Dea interrupting every time Sinn Féin stands up-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: Obviously, we are touching a very raw nerve with the austerity issues-----
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: -----and the fact that Fianna Fáil is effectively in government.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: I will finish up. Sinn Féin has produced measures and pre-budget submissions. We presented them to the Government and to Fianna Fáil in the past.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: I thank the Minister for his speech. I am surprised by Fianna Fáil Deputies speaking out of both sides of their mouths. They failed to mention that they were in government and implemented many of the cuts to which reference has been made.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: Fianna Fáil cut rent supplement when it was in power and also initiated the cuts to social welfare for those under 20 years of age.
- Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: Absolutely. It is surprising there is no increase in funding for social protection. One would think we lived in some sort of utopia, with no serious social or economic difficulties facing massive sections of Irish society. The programme for Government acknowledges that Irish people have worked hard for the economic progress we now have. The Government continued to pat Irish people on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (22 Jun 2016)
John Brady: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes he is considering in relation to making child benefit payments to fathers or guardians of children and the expected time frame for any such changes. [17413/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (21 Jun 2016)
John Brady: 276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the report and review on the impact of the reduced jobseeker payment rates for jobseekers 18 to 25 years of age, as committed to in the Pathways to Work 2016-2020 strategy has commenced; and if not, when it will be undertaken. [16698/16]