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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I second the amendment. We are also dealing with amendment No. 13, which is my own amendment. We had quite a detailed discussion on this yesterday. I do not expect the Minister to launch into another dissertation similar to what she gave yesterday because we have already got the message. However, the message in this instance, and I assume it is similar coming from Senator Healy Eames and...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I move amendment No. 1: In page 7, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“(4) For the purposes of calculating liability for PRSI on rental income, the same categories of deductible expenditure shall be allowable as may be used to reduce liability for income tax on that rental income.”.I thought for a moment that we were introducing a much-needed reform from the...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Is the Minister saying that the net income is taken into account? Is the Minister inferring that the normal costs and so on would be taken into account prior to the application of the extension of the PRSI?

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister made the point about other landlords. The statistics quoted yesterday by Senator Power indicate that only 1,500 landlords across the country have an excess of ten properties and that the overwhelming majority of those defined as landlords have only one property at most. I am not sure where the Minister is coming from in terms of her projected loss of income but the main thrust...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: On a point of order, are we actually on the record of the House? The screen is not showing live proceedings.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The Irish Senior Citizens Parliament, ISCP, in a submission referring to Part 4 containing the amendment to the Pensions Act 1990 that will give additional powers to the trustees of pension schemes, attached an extract from the debate in the Dáil and noted the Minister's assurance that "It is not a question of anybody being reduced". It had been indicated that this was a technical...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Referring to the FLAC and NCLC submission on this section and section 14, which is similar, they say that the provisions in the new scheme being introduced are complex, and the Minister has acknowledged that, but it is not clear from the text or the explanatory memorandum how the scheme will operate in practice. They go into considerable detail on that which I will not put on the record now...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: In the context of appeals, FLAC and the NCLC ask the question that when a statement of recoverable benefits is issued a copy, but not an original, is sent to the person receiving the benefit but the original goes to the compensator. Does the compensator have the first right of appeal or is the first right of appeal to the social welfare recipient? The Minister appeared to indicate in her...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am grateful to the Minister. FLAC and the NCLC make the point that the denial of the right to appeal is in breach of rights to fair procedure and that section 343(v) of the Principal Act provides that if an appeals officer decides that the Department has under-estimated the sum due under the statement of recoverable benefits, that the compensator is liable for the difference. It is...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Everyone is making that point.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Does the Minister agree that for this proposal to be effective and not seen simply as a cost saving exercise, the solution lies with the banks? The information the Minister provided indicates that in recent years there has been no change in the principal amounts of loans owed to banks. In the case of a significant number of mortgages, the banks have been happy to take the mortgage interest...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: We already dealt with this matter in some detail on Second Stage and I know the Minister made some responses that were very specific and which I am sure she will repeat again on Committee State. Nonetheless as Senators Cullinane and Byrne have done, it is important that we record our opposition to this proposal. The submission on the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill by FLAC and the...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: It applies to actors in general.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Much of the ground has already been covered on Second Stage and up to now on Committee Stage. It might come as a surprise if I were to say I agree with the comments made by the Taoiseach and others about handing out money to 18 and 19 year olds and that it would be far better to have them on a training course or upskilling. I also agree there should be more training courses. Therein lies...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: Who would almost certainly pass on that information to the people that Senator Moloney was talking about. If they did not know about it, they would certainly have known about it when an event occurred.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I oppose the section and would like to hear the Minister's comments on it.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: We discussed this matter on Second Stage in some detail, in respect of the withdrawal of the bereavement grant. There have been several submissions from various sources which are opposed to this Bill, not least the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament. I have already made the case for our opposition to this measure on Second Stage.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I oppose the section.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: I am sure the Leas-Chathaoirleach spent a long time thinking up that one. I take his point.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Paschal Mooney: The Minister is right.