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Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: It would be great if we could hear any views whatsoever from anybody in Fianna Fáil, because since about 2004-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: -----all the party has done is run away.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: By the way, as Deputies know, the funding for health has expanded very significantly-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: -----in the budget for this year and the funding being committed to health has expanded very significantly. Yes, we have serious problems that have to be addressed, and we are addressing those problems by funding them.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Deputy Kelleher is claiming that Fianna Fáil was an equaliser in some way in terms of what happened in this country over the last seven years. Fianna Fáil's form of equalisation is for 300,000 people to lose their jobs and go on social welfare-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: -----so their income falls.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil's form of equalisation is that businesses all over the country close down and then people who own those businesses are much worse off-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil's form of equality is to cut the minimum wage for workers in work by €1 an hour.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: That is a poor form of equality.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The Government is acutely conscious of the impact of debt on families across the country and we are determined to see that it is resolved. People have to move forward with their lives and I understand the worry and stress that is involved for people when they have big mortgage debt in respect of their homes. In other cases, people who got married bought a house and may have held on to an...

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: I understand the speech by the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, was an address to Chartered Accountants Ireland. I suppose that if he was talking to accountants, he may well have addressed the issue of accountants' roles in the various elements of the health services.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, was very clearly giving a personal view. I think he indicated that and these were his wide-ranging thoughts on how the health services might develop as he saw it. He has done that and it is one of the things that people find very attractive about the Minister, as he engaged in very broad-ranging discussions on his views. He did that before the last election-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: -----and I presume he is doing it now before this election in speaking to a variety of areas. The Deputy asked if I agree with what he has to say. I welcome the fact that he is speaking broadly, setting out his own views and giving great thought to them. It does not mean that anybody has to particularly agree with any or all of his views. It is a free country with free speech. In that...

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The Labour Party view on the health service is rooted in the concept of an organised, efficient, effective and caring health service, delivered for the most part through the public health service. As the Deputy is aware, it has been delivered for centuries in this country by not-for-profit institutions, many of them religious in origin, which have provided care and health services to...

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: They certainly had a very strong view of the role of the private sector in the health services.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: In its budget submission this year, Fianna Fáil referenced the accident and emergency department crisis but in its pre-budget statement, I did not see it proposing the allocation of additional funding that this Government has provided. We are all involved in a debate and I would not exclude the Deputy's party from being involved with it.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil has a particular history with regard to the HSE and what it was trying to achieve in health services. We have a health service in this country that comes with a very strong public service ethic. It is really important that we maintain that to the highest degree. We also inherited a sector of the health service that is not-for-profit, with much of it originating with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The person concerned was in receipt of carer’s allowance (CA) up to 30 September 2015 when, following a review of entitlement, it was determined that the care recipient no longer required full-time care and attention and that CA was no longer payable. Recently, additional evidence has been submitted by the applicant and is being reviewed. Once the review is completed, the person...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on I October 2015. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (12 Nov 2015)

Joan Burton: Since January 2009 illness benefit is payable for a maximum of two years, i.e. 624 days. The person concerned made a claim to illness benefit from 20 Jan 2014 and is currently receiving illness benefit at a graduated rate, plus a top up of supplementary welfare allowance. Their entitlement for payment of illness benefit will expire on 16 Jan 2016. Notification confirming the expiry date...