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Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We asked for the devolution of all finance-raising powers, including social welfare. The Government did not bother with that when it was negotiating the Good Friday Agreement. It was content to sit back and wait.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá mé buíoch go bhfuil deis agam labhairt ar an mBille seo. Is trua é go bhfuilimid ag déileáil leis in aon chor. Tá teip iomlán ar an Rialtas cosaint a thabhairt dóibh siúd atá ag brath ar íocaíochtaí leasa shóisialaigh sa Stát seo. Tá sé ait nach bhfuil aon Teachta ar thaobh an Rialtais sásta seasamh suas agus tacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille seo. Léiríonn sé sin...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: How much of that figure from fraud detection is from fraud detection? The Minister has never clarified that. Some of it is from overpayments.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I attend as many as I can.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister has never calculated that-----

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, but the Minister should conclude because we did not get extra time to debate this issue. He should conclude at 2 o'clock like the rest of us.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is a good countdown. It is past 2 o'clock.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I oppose this Bill in its entirety because it is consequential to a Budget Statement made on Tuesday last, one of the most unfair budgets that has ever been seen by this State. In particular, it is unfair on those who are dependent on welfare payments in the State and I oppose it on that on that basis. I also believe there was an alternative. This alternative should have been pursued by the...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Questions will arise but given the short time we have we will not reach them on Committee or Report Stages to elicit all of the information. The Government is rushing through this legislation. It is a pity it does not rush to the election, as I stated earlier. We should have dealt with this during an election campaign in which all of the platforms were put to the people prior to the...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On "The Late Late Show", Deputy Shortall's leader stated he would not reverse them.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What I stated was that I would welcome clarification and I have received it and I will not have an argument with the Labour Party because the focus should be on the social welfare cuts.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is why I asked for confirmation that the Labour Party if in government would reverse these cuts, and I welcome the fact that it would reverse each and every one of the cuts contained in this Bill. We are dealing with a Bill which is odious because it targets those who are dependent. Social welfare supports employment in the real economy and the effects will be that people working in...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Section 3 is not agreed. I will try to be brief to allow other-----

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We are opposing this section.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not mind.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Déanfaidh mé iarracht gan déileáil leis an rud ar fad. Sa chuid seo den Bhille, táimid ag déileáil le ciorruithe ar íocaíochtaí ar réimse mór fada. Do na daoine siúd ag a bhfuil post agus maoin, ní dhéanfaidh sé an méid sin difríochta go mbeidís thíos €8 sa tseachtain ach sa chás seo is figiúr substaintiúil é don chuid is mó de na daoine atá ag braith ar...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Cathain ata sé i gceist an Bille um Údarás na Gaeltachta a fhoilsiú? An mbeidh sé rite roimh deireadh na Dála seo? An mbeimid in ann toghchán Údarás na Gaeltachta a shocrú ar an lá céanna leis an olltoghchán? An bhfuil sé i gceist aon Billí eile a bhaineann leis an Ghaeilge nó leis an straitéis, atá glactha an Rialtas le roinnt seachtainí anuas, a chur chun cinn?

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (8 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm that the moratorium on Garda recruitment has been lifted; when the proposed recruitment drive for garda trainees is likely to commence, if he still stands by his commitment that the campaign would begin in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46569/10]

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Shame.

Financial Resolution No. 33: Income Tax and Corporation Tax (7 Dec 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Aontaím le cuid mhaith den mhéid a bhí le rá ag an Teachta a labhair romham. I am surprised the Labour Party Deputy did not mention a third measure in this group of financial resolutions that will hit the working person, namely, the removal of tax relief on trade union subscriptions. Now is the very time when we should be encouraging those who still have jobs to retain their trade union...