Results 741-760 of 1,842 for speaker:Marie Moloney
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: When the sun shines it usually puts people in good form, but it seems to have put fire in the bellies of Members on both sides of the House. Then again, a little passion is no harm. I have just come from the Mansion House, where the Neurological Alliance of Ireland launched a survey it carried out entitled "Living with a Neurological Condition in Ireland". It will make grim reading for...
- Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: The Senator should conclude.
- Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: I call Senator Power and she has six minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: If people did not put the money into their pensions and deferred the tax, they would pay tax as they earned it so that tax would flow to the State.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: I have raised this issue before and I know people will say I am sounding like a broken record. However, we are still paying a lot of money in pensions to people living in other countries. If someone worked here for five years, they do not even reach the minimum requirement in this country to get a pension. If they work here for five years and then go to work in England, the US or another...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: A pro ratapension but they still get something.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: Not to the extent of the pension they are getting paid. They might have worked here for five years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: If Irish people worked in England all their lives and then came home to live here, they would get a pension from England because that is where they paid all their contributions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: With their pension.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: That is a non-contributory pension. That is a different matter. It is a top-up. I am talking about a pro ratapension. It is totally different.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: Does this happen at the rate of tax of the day?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: So if 20 years ago it was 20% and the rate is now 40%-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: It is €130 million as opposed to €2.9 billion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)
Marie Moloney: I will be brief and thank the witnesses for their attendance. As Deputy O'Dea observed, this issue has been in the public domain for ages and all members are well aware that pensions are in great difficulty. One point on which I picked up, which may have been made by Mr. McLoughlin, is that prior to 2008, pensions already were in trouble. This was at a time when tax relief was available in...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Employment Support Services (26 Feb 2014)
Marie Moloney: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, but I accept that he may not be in a position to speak on this matter in more detail. I will take it up with the Minister for Social Protection again. The employees of the local employment services should be incorporated into the Department of Social Protection because they are doing the exact same work except for deciding on penalties against...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Employment Support Services (26 Feb 2014)
Marie Moloney: My matter is similar to that raised by Senator Reilly, although it is more specific. What will be future of local employment services, job clubs and their employees following the establishment of local community development committees? Many of the employees have more than 20 years' experience and they have the expertise, knowledge and wherewithal to carry out the job. Their work...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)
Marie Moloney: Well done. I add my congratulations.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)
Marie Moloney: I support what is a very reasonable request from Senator Darragh O'Brien to impress upon the Minister the need for drugs to treat people suffering from multiple sclerosis. If somebody gets cancer or has a heart condition, we all sit up and take notice but in most cases people can be cured or get better. There is no cure for this neurological disease and this is a debilitating condition from...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)
Marie Moloney: He beat a Kerry man.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
Marie Moloney: I commend Senator Mulcahy on his revelations yesterday. I am surprised Senator Wilson claims he did not know domestic violence is not classified as a criminal offence considering I brought forward a motion-----