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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes, but if one is earning €200,000 per year-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Should there be a means test or not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: More generous?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: I understand all of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes, but it needs to be balanced, which was why I made my earlier point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: We cannot have a debate if people are not allowed to say certain things-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Of course, it is. We are absolutely on the same page about that. There is no one here who does not have absolute sympathy for the people whose houses have been flooded.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Just so we are clear on that. I was just making the point that the threshold is quite generous compared to other schemes and that the majority of people in the country earn less than the limit. That is a fact.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: She did. She said it was tapered above €70,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: She did.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Will the Senator please speak through the Chair?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Ms Faughnan said “tapered”.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Ms Faughnan said it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: It was definitely mentioned because I heard it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Does that mean 1% per €1,000 of income?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Those people may be mistaken. I have dealt with a similar case where a farmer thought he might not be entitled. We went back and said that actually he might be entitled and advised him to apply. If the person did not make an application, then the Deputy cannot say that he or she has been refused.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Even for people who are not self-employed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: I am not sure if the witness has further referred to fishermen but can she clarify the situation with regard to farmers? I made enquires on behalf of someone whose land - as opposed to the family home - has been affected by flooding. If fuel, for example, on a person's land is destroyed, can he or she receive funding towards new fuel in order to keep his or her home heated? Is there...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance for Household Flooding: Discussion (13 Jan 2016)
Joanna Tuffy: Are there any more questions? I emphasise that any queries the committee has, such as those raised by Deputy Jim Daly, can be brought to the witnesses' attention. The Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. I thank the representatives from the Department of Social Protection, Ms Helen Faughnan, Ms Jackie Harrington and Ms Susan Kelleher, for attending....