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- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: Yes. I am pleased to partake in this important debate on social welfare. Unlike others have done in recent days, I will not start by complaining that there are not enough Members in the Chamber to listen to my contribution.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: It never ceases to amaze me the number of Deputies with such high opinions of themselves who always start their contribution by wondering why the House is not full and yet they are rarely in the Chamber to listen to other speakers. It is a case of do as I say, not as I do. Since the new Government was formed we have listened to the Taoiseach, Ministers and Government TDs talk about the need...
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: -----and individual investors in Eircom were to be allowed to offset their losses. In 2007 the Labour Party promised that the broad macro-economic outlook for the Irish economy was positive. It was going to reduce the standard rate of tax from 20% to 18% and to abolish means testing for carers. Again, these were more promises. While the memory of the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, who is not...
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: One of the meanest acts was the dropping of the fuel allowance. It is a means tested payment that is made to the weakest in society and people do not receive it unless they have a income of less than â¬300 a week. That allowance has been dropped.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: What about the cuts in the value of grants for those on community employment schemes? I am inundated with people contacting me about the reduction in the grant from â¬1,500 to â¬500 for a person on a community employment scheme. Lone parents and people with disabilities will be disincentivised from partaking in community employment schemes in the future because they cannot claim both...
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: On Monday and Tuesday of this week Fianna Fáil produced an alternative budget, fully costed by the Department of Finance.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: The Government had alternatives but it did not implement them.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: I remind the Government parties of the promises they made. What happened to the red line issue on child benefit? The Government had alternatives.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: The Government made its decisions and it should stick by them.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: No, I was not here.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: The Minister of State should look back on the promises his party made in its manifesto in 2007.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the out of hours Midoc service in Mullingar, County Westmeath, will cease providing driver cover from 1am to 8 am the following morning from the end of December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39081/11]
- Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: There is a history of movement over there.
- Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: Get off the stage.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: U-turn.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: It has been promised for nine months.
- Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: It is interesting to note that not one Government Deputy has spoken in favour of this regressive VAT increase. Last week I attended a meeting of more than 60 retailers in Mullingar and they were outraged by the proposal. They are still outraged by the Government's U-turn on Columb Barracks.
- Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: Traders are reeling and the retail sector is on its knees. The Government has had a change of heart since the VAT rate was increased by 0.5% a number of years ago. Coupled with its U-turn on upward-only rent reviews, its lack of action on commercial rates and the reduction in the size of the redundancy rebate, this measure will cost rather than generate jobs.
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (6 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate a manual tax return for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [38388/11]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Dec 2011)
Robert Troy: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [38913/11]