Results 1,361-1,380 of 1,842 for speaker:Marie Moloney
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: Why not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: Why not?
- Seanad: National Dementia Strategy: Motion (24 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House where he is always a welcome face. I welcome the commitment of the Minister of State with responsibility for primary care, Deputy White, to ensuring the publication of the national dementia strategy in 2013. We would all like to envisage an Ireland where everyone could live the life of their choosing and have a good quality of life despite their...
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: What about the family resource centres?
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: Will the Minister take on board the proposal about the credits, where there may be a small charge?
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: I support Senator Darragh O'Brien's call for a debate on the cuts to home help services. We have made representations on this matter. As well as debating the issue of cutting the hours of care given to vulnerable people, we should debate the effect on the home help workers. They are the only HSE workers who are not being given their contracted hours. Their livelihood is being cut to...
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: So the Senator wants us to cut the rates.
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: Fair play to you.
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: Who brought in the two-year rule for illness benefit?
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: We are doing it too.
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: We are not denying that.
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: We said there are no cuts to core payments.
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: I raised the issue of a central means test.
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: I ask the Chair to bear with me for another moment while I mention two more issues. We will discuss the strategy for older people in more detail in the coming weeks. Older people who paid their taxes and PRSI throughout their lives should be able to enjoy their golden years of retirement in confidence, without having to worry about falling into poverty. That is something we really need to...
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister back to the House. While the main function of the Department of Social Protection is the delivery of income support, it has now moved into the area of tackling unemployment through activation. It is also proactive in the control of fraud and abuse. The Department of Social Protection is responsible for 87 million payments per year at a cost of ¤20.5 billion, which is...
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: I thank the Minister. I will hold her to that. The Minister says repeatedly that she recognises the important role of employers in getting Ireland back to work, and with this in mind the Department will be actively working with employers in each area on getting feedback from them. It will also roll out a road show in the coming weeks, starting with Limerick, in conjunction with IBEC, to...
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister back to the House. While the main function of the Department of Social Protection is the delivery of income support, it has now moved into the area of tackling unemployment through activation. It is also proactive in the control of fraud and abuse. The Department of Social Protection is responsible for 87 million payments per year at a cost of ¤20.5 billion, which is...
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: I thank the Minister. I will hold her to that. The Minister says repeatedly that she recognises the important role of employers in getting Ireland back to work, and with this in mind the Department will be actively working with employers in each area on getting feedback from them. It will also roll out a road show in the coming weeks, starting with Limerick, in conjunction with IBEC, to...
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: I ask the Chair to bear with me for another moment while I mention two more issues. We will discuss the strategy for older people in more detail in the coming weeks. Older people who paid their taxes and PRSI throughout their lives should be able to enjoy their golden years of retirement in confidence, without having to worry about falling into poverty. That is something we really need to...
- Seanad: Social Protection: Statements (18 Oct 2012)
Marie Moloney: I raised the issue of a central means test.