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- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: The second tier is included in the programme for Government but the lack of consensus makes it difficult. The Government was aware of the lack of consensus on this when it was included in the programme for Government, which makes one wonder what exactly goes on at the negotiations in regard to what is to be included in that programme. The programme for Government is like a book of fiction...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 27: In page 20, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "(3) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on eligibility criteria for the Early Childcare Supplement. This amendment relates to the early child care supplement. The period for which it is given was reduced by six months in the...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: The problem was child care and the solution did not deal with that for many people. The vouched system to which the Minister referred would at least have been for the cost of child care. People within the home who are caring for their children would still have been able to avail of it and would like to have been able to avail of it, so the vouched system would have worked for everyone....
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I support the amendment. I will be brief because Deputy Wall has outlined what needs to be said. We were told at a recent committee meeting that a survey was carried out by the Department and a majority of recipients wanted the fuel allowance to continue to be paid on a weekly basis. Deputy Shortall was mindful of that, which is why she used the phrase, "Where a recipient of fuel allowance...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: It would be a good start.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Many parts of the country have no gas.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I wish to express my disappointment. Members have gone through the process of debating the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008, which is on Report Stage today. However, the Minister has not accepted any measures that have been tabled. It sounds as though she agrees in theory with much of what has been said. The amendment contains nothing that is offensive to, or critical...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: People are being refused because of the size of their mortgages.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 19: In page 10, between lines 42 and 43, to insert the following: "(4) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the number of people in receipt of rent supplement on the waiting list for the Rental Accommodation Scheme. (5) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act,...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 22: In page 13, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: "(2) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the number of eligible persons and proportion thereof availing of the Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance.". I have put down this amendment because of the financial...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I wish to make two brief points in regard to the mortgage interest supplement and rent supplement. I welcome that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is developing a policy in respect of anti-social behaviour. However, I know of, as I am sure do my colleagues, many local authorities that currently have in place such policies. The difficulty that arises â the...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I agree.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: We need a mechanism to ensure landlords pay tax on whatever they receive through rent supplement. I made this point in my contribution on amendment No. 13 and it is no harm to reiterate it. I am not convinced this issue is being dealt with sufficiently. We must ensure under-the-counter payments are not made. They are being made at present. Even Focus Ireland cited examples of where...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I spoke about this matter at length last night, with particular regard to mortgage interest supplement. I will not reiterate the points I made but I believe strongly there must be changes. All Deputies can cite examples of people who have been refused mortgage interest supplement because of the size of their mortgages. If anything, the social welfare system must reflect the reality of the...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: It is extremely important for that message to come out loud and clear from the Minister for Finance and the Taoiseach. We will find ourselves in a position â we are already seeing it at our clinics daily â where people are in grave danger of losing their homes. There is a responsibility on the financial institutions, but also on the Minister and the Department in this respect. If...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I support the amendment and the various amendments put down by the Labour Party on rent supplement. My party has some of its own on the issue later so I will speak to it now. There are a number of considerations. This amendment links the registration with that of the Private Residential Tenancies Board. I put down questions last week following Committee Stage to the Minister for the...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: They do not always have a choice.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Only in certain parts of the country. There are other areas, small rural areas etc., which did not experience the same level of growth during the property boom. It is not always an option, particularly for those who live in my area.
- Written Answers — World Trade Organisation Negotiations: World Trade Organisation Negotiations (3 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take to undo the Mandelson proposals in view of the assessments carried out by Teagasc on the implications for agriculture here if EU concessions to the World Trade Organisation were adopted and the possibility of WTO negotiations recommencing shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44071/08]
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Has the Minister entered discussions with companies to ensure it will not happen?