Results 901-920 of 1,842 for speaker:Marie Moloney

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: I want to make it absolutely clear that it is based on the interest earned on savings and not the way the Department of Social Protection assesses it. Based on how the Department assesses it, if a person being means tested had €100,000 in the bank, it would equate to €270 a week or €14,000 a year. If I ever had €100,000 and was about to be means tested, I would...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: The Minister has indicated she will return.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: I must ask the Senator to conclude.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: I have to ask the Senator to conclude.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: I must ask the Senator to conclude.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: Senator, you have been going on for eight minutes. Please finish speaking.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: I understand that but we must give every one a fair chance to speak on the debate.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: We will have more time to discuss it again on the next Stage.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: The Senator should conclude.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: The Senator will need to be very brief because her time is up.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank her for dedicating so much of her time to the House this week to discuss this Bill. I commend her on her achievement in reducing the adjustment in the social protection budget to €290 million from €440 million. A total of €220 million of this will impact on recipients, which is almost half of what was sought, and this is...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: This is the game of politics. When one is in opposition, one looks at all the bad things while when one is government, one looks at all the good things. Unfortunately, that is politics in Ireland. The Government is re-investing more in jobs, education, training and activation measures than it is taking out with this adjustment. For example, €1.6 billion is being allocated to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Gender Recognition Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Marie Moloney: I thank all the witnesses for attending. I cannot believe it is almost 12 months since they were here last; I thought it was only a few months ago. I will not ask a lot of questions but rather will make some comments. Mr. Broden Giambrone from TENI was in my office a few days ago and the poor man probably left with his ears burning because I went through the issues in detail with him and...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Carer's Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2013)

Marie Moloney: We spent two hours today speaking about reform of the Seanad, Dáil and Oireachtas procedures. The first step we could take is reformation of the replies to questions raised on the Adjournment. I did not ask for the information given in the reply provided by the Minister of State. All I heard was what carers are entitled to. I know well what they are entitled to, as do the Minister of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Carer's Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2013)

Marie Moloney: I am just telling him that there is but one line in the whole reply that refers to my question, and it is not even right.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Carer's Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2013)

Marie Moloney: I am sure she did not prepare the reply and that it was her Department that did so.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Carer's Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2013)

Marie Moloney: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry, for coming to the House to address this issue. Although it is not within his remit, I am sure he has been well briefed. I know he will have a good answer for me. I have a number of clients who are in receipt of carer’s benefit. However, payment of the benefit stopped after one year. When the persons concerned contacted the...

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Taoiseach. I will be brief, particularly as everything I wished to say has already been said by other Senators. The Taoiseach asked us not to bask in the glory of the referendum result. How can we bask in that glory when 60% of the electorate are completely disengaged from the process? That has been the position in respect not just of the recent referendum but also of those...

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Marie Moloney: The whip should be removed in respect of Private Members' motions in particular. Many Senators, including myself, have been obliged to sit here frustrated because we were obliged by our party Whips to vote against good Private Members' motions. I ask the Taoiseach to ensure that the whip relating to such motions be removed in order that we might achieve cross-party agreement on many worthy...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the ruling in the challenge taken against the children rights referendum result. I ask the Acting Leader if she will at some stage organise for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to come to the House as there is much speculation about the cost of water charges. The mayor of Killarney said yesterday that people would have to pay €600 and change...