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- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: There have been no cuts to child benefit.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: There are no additional cuts to child benefit this year.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: There have been no cuts to important supports such as rent supplement, other then the €5 per couple per week.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: All of these factors have been overlooked on the other side of the House. I particularly welcome the decision not to impose any cuts on the budget for services for homeless people. I also welcome the inclusion of incentives for the construction sector. We have gone from an economy in which 20% of GNP came from that sector to a situation where the figure is now between 6% and 7%. One in...
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I listened to my colleague, Senator MacSharry, who made some relevant comments on the budget and I am sure that the Minister of State will respond to them. I was, however, struck by his comments versus those of his colleague in the Dáil, who engaged in what I would call the most ridiculous rant I have ever heard in my life, suggesting to...
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: For example, it is a benefit to those who inherit wealth. That is the bottom line. It has nothing to do with the means of the person who has died. I have administered estates where people have inherited €2 million and received a bereavement grant. Let us be realistic when we talk about this here. Incidentally, the Minister for Social Protection has said that the needs of any...
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: -----and get down to the real issue of how this country takes a necessary €2.5 billion-----
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: -----out of the economy------
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: -----without hurting the people who need the care the most.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: The Minister for Social Protection has also said that nobody in the country needs to fear or be at risk because of the withdrawal of the telephone allowance. Let us stop sending the elderly people of Ireland to bed scared tonight because Fianna Fáil could not come up with better critiques of this budget.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I have a headache from watching it.
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: At a broader level, this budget comes at a critical time for this economy. After successive years of taking money out of this economy this is the last of the austerity budgets. This Government has made a commitment on that point. I believe that we are at a turning point in the history of this country. The Tánaiste, Deputy Gilmore, said recently, "We are now creating 3,000 new jobs...
- Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: The challenge for this budget was how to tackle austerity fatigue which is dragging the country down while at the same time making sure we exit the bailout appropriately and on time. I am not sure whether Members opposite share my view, but it is important to me that this country regains its sovereignty. It is important to me that this time next year, Fine Gael and the Labour Party are...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I also echo the sentiments of other speakers and welcome the result at the weekend. There should be calm reflection, with all Senators thinking about where we go from here. Personally, I would have felt a little calmer and more inclined to reflect if there was not such a light schedule of business this week. I have made the point in the past that there has been a deliberate dumbing down of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: As with many other Senators, I am conscious that today is a momentous day. We stand at a crossroads. I congratulate Senator Quinn on the Bill he introduced yesterday. In my contribution to the debate, I set out both sides of the argument. Unfortunately, some of the issues arising from the Senator's Bill will create difficulties from a constitutional perspective. To be fair to both sides,...
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I want to raise a number of other issues. The explanatory memorandum refers to section 19 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, which addresses the problems of upward only rent review clauses in the context of residential dwellings as not being unconstitutional. Does the Minister of State have anything to say about that? I would also like to raise the issue of-----
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: By whom?
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: It is ten minutes.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: Okay. I was ill advised because when I asked I was told that it was ten minutes.
- Seanad: Upward Only Rent (Clauses and Reviews) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)
Aideen Hayden: I will finish up briefly.