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Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: There is huge disappointment that having met with the Minister, and given that commitments were given and the impression created that there was an understanding of the unfairness in respect of how deferred pensioners in these two companies were being treated, the Minister went ahead and agreed with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to sign the order which effectively provides for...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: That is the point I made. The Minister for Social Protection met with the staff concerned and gave them the impression that there was an understanding of the hardship that would created for them but later agreed with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport that the order would be signed. There is a basic issue of human rights and justice here for people who understood that after a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the impact on a single, employed PAYE earner on an annual income of €9,000, €12,000, €15,000, €20,000, €25,000, €30,000, €40,000, €60,000, €100,000, €120,000, €150, 000 and €200,000; if they will be affected by the income tax and universal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current amount of resource hours allocated to a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason this child has received no resource hours for maths this school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45494/14]

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: The same is happening everywhere in the country.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: The Government is decimating the community.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: They do not.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: There is no beating the cap.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Alcohol Advertising (25 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Taoiseach the dates on which the interdepartmental working group on alcohol sponsorship has met since its establishment; the issues which it has addressed; and when he expects it to complete its work. [44768/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (25 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland will not accept Department of Social Protection documentation as proof of address in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45331/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution Legislation (25 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Litter Pollution Acts; if he will extend the range of enforcement personnel that may issue fines under Section 22 (Dog related offence) of the Litter Pollution Acts so that there is a wider enforcement scope in countering the problem of dog littering. [45108/14]

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: The game is up for water charges. The bottom line is that the public has simply not accepted them, and if the Government does not accept this fact, it is even more out of touch than I thought it was. The public has not accepted water charges for a number of reasons - some because they object in principle to water charges; some because they simply cannot afford to pay them; some because they...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: Some of them.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: That is if they can find a community welfare officer.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: There are 500,000 people.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: Nothing has been done for those people.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: What about people on low pay?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (20 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the forthcoming climate Bill, if he will consider incorporating the principles of climate justice and the definition of low carbon used in the Government's national policy position into the Bill; the measures he plans to take to ensure the independence of the expert advisory body; and if he will make a...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (19 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: This is your own mess.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (19 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which an involuntary deduction may be made from a social welfare payment; and the total percentage or cash deduction that may be made. [44426/14]