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Seanad: Report of Advisory Group on Small Business: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jan 2012)

Marie Moloney: I thank the Minister of State. I acknowledge the presence of the French ambassador, Her Excellency Emmanuelle d'Achon. The House extends a welcome to her. One of the Senators believes that some questions were left unanswered from the last day of debate. Has the Minister of State replied to all points raised?

Seanad: Suicide Prevention: Statements (12 Jan 2012)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the group from Clondalkin, although they have probably left the room. I know many people are listening in on the Internet and I am delighted they have taken the time to do so. I extend my sincere sympathy to any family in this country that has been affected by suicide. I know exactly the traumatic and devastating effect it has on families and I can guarantee I know exactly how...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)

Marie Moloney: More penalty points were recently introduced for 16 further road traffic offences. Will the Leader get clarification from the Minister on the penalty point for failure to ensure a proper view from a vehicle windscreen? It strikes me as an urban-based decision. A car with a Dublin registration is more valuable than a rural-registered car because it does not have to encounter potholes full...

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group for Small Business: Statements (11 Jan 2012)

Marie Moloney: The Senator's time has concluded.

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group for Small Business: Statements (11 Jan 2012)

Marie Moloney: The Senator is way over time.

Seanad: Report of Advisory Group for Small Business: Statements (11 Jan 2012)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I wish him a happy new year.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Marie Moloney: I, too, join my colleagues in wishing everybody a happy new year. I wish to speak about the staff of Vita Cortex in Cork, having visited that plant during the Christmas period and having met with the staff in a dark, lonely and cold plant where they were spending their Christmas. This is a much wider issue than Vita Cortex alone. The same situation is going on all over Ireland, in every...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Marie Moloney: No, this a separate issue from that raised by Senator Clune on the Adjournment. The minute the money is paid out, the €900,000 is gone because the company has claimed inability to pay despite making money across the country. Will the Leader ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to intervene to break the impasse and assist the workers in question?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: No, it will not.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: On a point of order, are we dealing with section 6 or section 5?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: I apologise; I thought the Senator was discussing section 6.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: It is a safeguard to protect people on existing pensions.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: I think we are now all on the same sheet. In 1997 this was brought in and the Minister is only introducing legislation to safeguard people with fewer paid contributions and ensure their pensions will not be reduced. It is only regulating something which is a good measure and I hope all Members can support it.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: That is provided for in a different section.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: It is contained in section 9.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: While the necessary number of contributions will increase next year, it certainly will not rise to 520.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: The Minister has made provision that it will not increase to 520 contributions which would equate to ten years' work. Applicants for widow's pension have always been assessed very generously when compared with those applying for old age pensions. There is no yearly average or anything like it, as it simply depends on the number of contributions paid in the year before the death occurred or...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: That is a personal remark.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: That is a spurious and personal remark.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: I just have to respond to the remarks by Senator White.