Results 921-940 of 7,652 for speaker:Joanna Tuffy
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: I am dealing with constituents at the moment and it can be difficult to get the full information at this stage from the local offices.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does anyone wish to comment on or ask questions about the amendment? No.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does the Minister of State wish to comment?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Does anyone else wish to contribute or does the Minister of State wish to comment on the section?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 10 in the name of Deputy Ó Snodaigh was ruled out of order as a potential charge on the Exchequer. It is similar to the previous amendment in that it seeks to broaden the criteria for entitlement to the back-to-work family dividend to include those that cease to claim or be entitled to carer's allowance. That is currently not provided for in the Bill and it has the...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: If someone in receipt of the one-parent family payment is working the payment is taken into account as part of his or her taxable income. Is it the same for the back-to-work dividend?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: It is not taxable.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: If someone is transitioning from a one-parent family payment-----
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The point has been made that some people will end up worse off. They could also end up better off if they transition from the jobseeker's allowance to the family income supplement. If someone working part-time gets extra hours he or she could do substantially better. Taking everything into account, the after-tax situation is an issue. The tax situation of someone who transitions from...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The people who transitioned from the one-parent family payment last year did not receive what is being provided for here because it did not exist at that stage. Is there a proposal to revisit the position in respect of them?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: What about people who transitioned from the one-parent family payment last July?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: What will be the position-----
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: A constituent who returned to work raised that matter with me. The individual in question presumed that they would not be eligible. Is it possible they might be eligible?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: What if they did not know that they would be eligible?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: That is fine.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 19 in the name of Deputy O'Dea has been ruled out of order as it would involve a potential charge on the Exchequer. The amendment would involve the repeal of section 342A of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, which provides for the recovery of sums due to overpayments by summary proceedings or by deduction from other payments. Reducing the amounts of overpayments to be...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The Deputy is providing too much detail that is not relevant to the section.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: The Deputy has spoken for almost six minutes at this stage.
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes, but if we want to get out at-----