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- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [46646/10]
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: If there was we would give the Minister time but if there is not......
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: The Minister told us that about Anglo Irish Bank. We were told-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: It does not give me any great pleasure to criticise this, the most savage budget since the foundation of the State. This budget is anti-elderly, anti-family and anti-children and it will have an effect on the most vulnerable in society. I never thought the day would come when I would see the Fianna Fáil Party attacking carers, persons with disability, persons on blind benefit, pensioners...
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: The Minister has talked a good game about fraud in recent years but he has done nothing about it. Under the Croke Park agreement, why can people not be transferred from other Departments to tackle fraud? The Minister is not serious about tackling fraud-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: The Minister states â¬533 million was saved on fraud this year. It is outrageous that this cannot be dealt with. The Minister went for the soft option; he went for the carers, the blind pension, the children and the family unit. That was never the republican party Fianna Fáil line. It was always supposed to support the family, the weak and the sick. However, in this budget it went...
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: We need this clarified tomorrow.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: As I stated-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: -----the Government states one thing and does another. It does this all the time.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Minister-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: All I am saying to the Minister is that I do not want this to be used to degrade people on social welfare. I want to make sure that people who want to go out and work can do so and that who want to be retrained will be retrained. We do not want to see the shenanigans that went on in the past in FÃS. I welcome the movement of FÃS to the Department of Social Protection. It is the one...
- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: We will never be as big a hypocrite as the Deputy.
- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: The mighty mouse in the constituency is up here.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: On a point of order, I oppose the Order for Second Stage.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: I oppose the order. It is outrageous because this is the most important Bill to come before the House in the past number of years. This time last year the same thing happened.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: I could make my point and the Ceann Comhairle could make his explanation then.
- Social Welfare Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: We are opposing the taking of the Bill on the basis that our Members will not get enough time to discuss it. Backbenchers want to speak on it and are very upset because the time slots are inadequate. It is being guillotined by the Government despite the fact there are serious issues in the Bill that we need clarified. The Minister and Government should not guillotine the Bill as we want to...
- Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Yesterday's budget was savage. There is great anger all over the country today, as there has been for the past two years. People are angry with those who caused our current problems, namely, the Government, developers and banks. They are angry that the Government did not seek a mandate from the people for the budget or to bring in the International Monetary Fund. They want an opportunity...
- Budget Statement 2011 (7 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Read them out.
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (7 Dec 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an outline of each service provided by FÃS which falls within the remit of his Department; the projected expenditure of FÃS in the current year for each area; the number of persons employed by FÃS in the delivery of these services; the number of persons assisted under each area in 2009 and to date in...