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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (11 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: 194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been drawn to his attention that section 136(2) of the Local Government Act 2001, as inserted by section 51 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, places an obligation on the chief executive of a council to prepare a monthly management report on the performance of their executive functions during the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (11 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: 195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been drawn to his attention that under section 134 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended by section 49 of the Local Government Act 2014, in an election year, the local authority corporate plan must be prepared and brought before the council for consideration within six months of the annual general...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (11 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: 196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council has been incurring revenue deficits in its budget over the past six years and that the cumulative revenue debt stands at €19.67 million while the council's long-term debt is in excess of €120 million; if his attention has been drawn to...

Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: There is a tragic irony in the fact that as we discuss this motion, we have also been privy to the news that a Palestinian Cabinet Minister died today while involved in a protest against illegal Israeli settlements. It is a little sickening when we think about how glad we are in some ways to be able to welcome the recognition in our Parliament of a Palestinian state. We have to jolt...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 25:In page 4, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “Amendment of Pensions Act 1990 3. The Pensions Act 1990 is amended in section 50 by inserting a new subsection after subsection (2) as follows:(2A) The Pensions Authority shall not direct the trustees of a pension scheme to reduce the benefits of current and former scheme members and/or...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: I certainly do. I have to make up for the time the Leas-Cheann Comhairle denied me earlier.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: Absolutely. I love these Standing Orders; they are great. This gets to the heart of the issues concerning the sharing of the pain and the impact on pensioners' living standards. The problem is that we, particularly Government Deputies, have put forward the idea that there is a problem with the scheme as if it were somehow preordained or beyond our control. The issues we have raised have...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 21:In page 4, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “Amendment of Pensions Act 1990 4. The Pensions Act 1990 is amended by inserting a new section 48A as follows:“48A. Trustees shall take into account pensionable service, age and recognition of variations between pension scheme members in respect of contributions of beneficiaries in a company...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: I know which amendments are included in the grouping. I am unclear as to why, given that I tabled several of these amendments, I am not being given another opportunity to speak to them.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: Do Standing Orders state that no matter how many Deputies are associated with an amendment, only one person can sum up?

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: My point is that we all are proposers.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: Will we not get a chance to contribute on our amendments again?

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: Why would Deputy Shortall have unlimited time when the rest of us would not?

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: In a grouping.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: On her own?

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: Is the Leas-Cheann Comhairle saying that I can come back in further down the list?

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: Then I will sum up on this grouping.

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: I found the Tánaiste's response wholly inadequate. We have to restate the background to this matter. I refer to the imminent erosion of the living standards of existing pensioners and the threat that the same thing will happen to deferred pensioners and present members of the scheme in the future. The Government has attempted to portray this as a problem of the trustees, the company...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: 22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will liaise with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to initiate an investigation into the sale of commercial property in 2013-14 by the trustees of the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme; and the implications for the pensions of the members of the scheme. [47001/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (10 Dec 2014)

Clare Daly: 33. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase rent supplement levels by 25% in the areas which have experienced the sharpest rise in homelessness as a result of rising rents. [47002/14]