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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: Consultancy fees, for example, in the case of a public servant.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: Section 8 refers to a new appeals system for the partial capacity payment. While I welcome this and agree with it, I have reservations about this going through the appeals system. We have just had a long debate on the issue of appeals and how long they take. If this goes into the regular system of appeals, it can potentially take six to 12 months to have a decision made. No employer will...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: I agree with the sentiment behind Senator Cullinane's amendment. We need to reduce time in the appeals office but stipulating that it must be turned around in 21 days is a bit unrealistic. I have found that instead of going straight to the appeals office, a significant percentage of appeals are medically based. Much of that was due to the fact that one could only claim disability benefit...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: I agree with Senator Cullinane on this point, on which I have spoken before in committee and in the House. For people who work all their lives and are obliged to retire at 65, because that is what their contracts state, and who perhaps get a lump sum having paid into a pension scheme, it is very unfair they are means tested for three months before they go onto the State pension. Does the...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: It is for 12 months.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: I refer to the horrific tragedy at the weekend in County Kerry involving the double murder of a 27 year old woman, Jolanta Lubiene, and her eight year old daughter, Enrika, and express my sincere sympathy to their family. As a murder investigation is ongoing, I will not comment further. The Educational Research Centre has raised fundamental concerns about the teaching of science and maths in...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: The Cathaoirleach must be joking. He is always doing this to me.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: I had better keep talking. The Minister indicated that the Department will be extending the photographic identification process to those on other social welfare payments. How extensive will its efforts be in this regard? Will those on invalidity pensions or-----

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: I have a difficulty with that because many pensioners and those who are on invalidity pension may not be able to attend in order to have their photographs taken. A large number of these individuals are quite elderly and incapacitated and they may not be able to present themselves to be photographs. I am concerned that their payments will be stopped. I am aware of a lone parent whose...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister back to the House for the second day in a row. I thank the Sinn Féin Members for facilitating yesterday's debate on youth unemployment and the youth guarantee. I commend the Minister on her efforts to move social welfare from a passive system to an organisation that activates people to work. I know from experience in my area that the new office in Killarney is...

Seanad: Hospital Services: Statements (13 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister to the House and the opportunity to say a few words about hospital services. At the outset I acknowledge the progress made in the terms of delivery of hospital services recently, particularly in my county. At long last, Kerry General Hospital in Tralee is home to one of the finest accident and emergency departments in the country and it is a wonderful facility for...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Internship Scheme Placements (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: I thank the Minister of State. I do not believe he is at fault in any way in this matter.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Internship Scheme Placements (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: The issue I am raising on the Adjournment is short and to the point. When schools apply for internships in the education sector, they are getting caught up in time constraints. Deadlines have been published but when schools apply, they are advised that the applications will not be authenticated until 1 August. This does not give them much time to advertise, interview and select candidates,...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Internship Scheme Placements (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: I could have done without the first part of the Minister of State's reply because it merely outlined statistics we already know. All I wanted was a response to my request. The reply given is contradictory to what I asked. The Minister of State stated: "it is not possible to vary these dates as to do so could result in internship periods running into the summer holiday period in 2014"....

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: It is a matter for the House to order its business.

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: The issue the Senator raises is not appropriate.

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: The Senator is out of order. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: The House stands adjourned until 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Marie Moloney: She did.