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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Discussion (20 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: I have two brief questions. Has the advisory group looked at how the system will operate for separated couples concerning who will receive the child benefit? If there is shared custody of the children they do not get the one-parent family payments, so will both incomes be taken into account? Or will it be the income of the person with whom the child is living? I wonder how that will work....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Discussion (20 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: I believe Ms Mangan stated it was 50%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Discussion (20 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: Under these proposals, a higher number must be means tested.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Discussion (20 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: I welcome the delegates. They had a difficult job, but at last somebody has tackled the issue. I wish to make some observations. On the make-up of the advisory group, I note with disappointment that it does not include a representative of the Children's Alliance, Barnardos, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul or the National Women's Council of Ireland. It is mostly made up of...
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: I do not have a minute.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: I ask the Senator to conclude, please.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: I call Senator Zappone who has six minutes.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: No, it is six minutes.
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: The Senator must conclude.
- Seanad: Early Intervention and Economic Benefits: Statements (6 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: At this stage of the debate, everybody has said everything one would wish to say. We are all singing from the same hymn sheet and there is no need to repeat what has been said. I welcome the Minister to the House. She always has a smile on her face, has been a fantastic Minister and has worked very hard on behalf of our children. I thank her for that. Nobody can overestimate the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Poverty Issues: Discussion with European Anti-Poverty Network (6 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: I apologise for interrupting but I must leave the meeting to attend in the Seanad for a vote. If I do not return, I will read the transcript of proceedings in order to discover what else our guests have to say.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Poverty Issues: Discussion with European Anti-Poverty Network (6 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: I thank the delegates for their attendance. I will not repeat the points already raised by other members. The points speak for themselves and I await the answers. I am constantly hearing that the Irish social welfare rates are very high. However, the cost of living in Ireland must be taken into consideration. The rates are lower in other countries but so too is the cost of living in...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: I must ask the Senator to conclude now.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: The Senator has exceeded his time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2013)
Marie Moloney: I commend the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, on securing funding for the EU youth guarantee. It means ¤3 billion will be spent on labour activation programmes for the under 25s across Europe. While I welcome the establishment of a working group to examine a replacement scheme for the mobility allowance and understand the legalities of the issue, I am concerned that...
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Marie Moloney: The Leader, without interruption.
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Marie Moloney: Will Senator O'Brien please allow the Leader to speak?
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Marie Moloney: The Leader might reply if the Senator gives him the opportunity.
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Marie Moloney: The Leader, without interruption.
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Marie Moloney: The Leader, without interruption.