Results 14,741-14,760 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: The Deputy, in asking questions, which he is legitimately entitled to do, might also want to reflect on his role and that of his party when in government.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: My determination as Minister is to do what Fianna Fáil did not do, which is to protect the core weekly social welfare payment for people such as carers.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: Unlike Fianna Fáil, which imposed a cut €16.40 per week-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: -----I chose to protect the core weekly payment.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: The Deputy is asking me-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: ------if I can tell him the contents of the budget which is due next October. I am not in a position to share that with him now. The Deputy will have noted that the tax returns last week were reasonably positive and that the number of people returning to work is also reasonably positive. I say this in an effort to explain to the Deputy that every time 10,000 people leave the live register...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: -----return to work, the saving to all those taxpayers who pay tax and PRSI is approximately €90 million.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: If I can continue the strategy-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: -----of getting people back to work and getting more easement in terms of overall social welfare costs-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: -----then, in terms of the budgetary strategy, there will be some room to manoeuvre. There are no commitments at this time in relation to any particular group in respect of the budget.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: The Deputy, as someone who served in government for a long time, is aware of that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Guarantee (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: The Government recognises the importance of increasing participation in employment for people with disabilities, including young people. I am committed to removing any barriers that remain preventing people with disabilities from participating in activation programmes and employment. In terms of mainstream provision, young people with a disability can access all activation programmes, for...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: I hear a slight tone of irony in Deputy O'Dea's comments because I am conscious that the Government of which he was a part-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: -----cut the weekly payment to carers-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: I just said I detected a note of irony in the Deputy's voice.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: The Government of which he was a full serving member-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: -----cut the weekly payment to carers by approximately €16.40 per week.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: That is €850-plus per annum. Therefore-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: -----the question the Deputy is asking now is a little ironic. A reduction in any social welfare allowance is difficult at any stage, but I chose as Minister - I take full responsibility for it - unlike Fianna Fáil in Government, which implemented a cut of €8 and a further cut of €8.40 a week-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)
Joan Burton: -----to protect the weekly payment to carers. The Deputy is well aware that the carer's allowance is one of the few payments in our social welfare system - in that sense, it is unique in Europe - that is not subject to any means test.