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Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a topsy-turvy, upside down world in many ways. Nowhere is that more the case than in our attitude to banking. The commercial, for-profit banking sector dragged the country, Europe and much of the global economy to its knees because of its ruthless pursuit of profit. We bailed the banks out to the tune of the best part of €100 billion. Despite that, we continue to give them...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is difficult to take seriously the Government's belated conversion to the cause of dealing with low pay just six or nine months before a general election, given the fact that the problem has been chronic and worsening for the four years that it has been in office. Compared with our European counterparts, our standing in this matter is stark and shameful. We have the second highest level...

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One certainly would.

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: They are well short of the money.

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to ask about the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. We were told at a briefing that Report Stage amendments to this Bill would be brought forward. The deadline for us to put in amendments is tomorrow morning but the Government is going to bring in Report Stage amendments on issues unknown at the last minute. That is completely unacceptable. Are those amendments technical...

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will they be technical or substantive?

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Are they substantial? Is the Taoiseach trying to pull a fast one?

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach is trying to pull a fast one. That is the answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My figures are from the CSO and Barnardos.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parents currently working part-time who are on rent allowance; the provision that has been made for them to ensure they benefit from increasing their hours of work in view of the loss of the one parent family payment and the fact that 75% of any additional income over €75 of earnings will be deducted from their rent...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yesterday, the Taoiseach gave a master class in spin, dishonesty and plain old prejudice against lone parents in his response to questions on the impact of the cuts that the Minister has visited on lone parents since 2012 and that are planned with the discontinuation of the one-parent family payment this July. Despite what the Taoiseach said yesterday, is it not true that the Minister has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, it was on the number of lone parents working part-time.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister did not read it correctly.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will show the Minister the figures. The comparisons she makes are entirely dishonest. The real comparison is where were lone parents who were working 20 hours per week on minimum wage in 2012 before the Minister started her cuts and where will they be after July and, worse, after July 2017. In 2012, before the Minister cut the income disregard, a lone parent with one child working 20...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I challenge the Minister directly on those figures and I hope somebody out there watching has the energy to go and check hers against ours. Our figures are spot on. They are an accurate reflection of what has been lost. They are borne out by the CSO figures which show, contrary to what the Minister just said, that the number of one-parent families suffering deprivation has risen from 49%...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Poverty (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the significant recent increases in the number of persons suffering deprivation and poverty, particularly child poverty and poverty among lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24837/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 15. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for changes in the rent allowance caps, in view of the continuing upward spiral in private rents, and the way this is contributing to rising homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24841/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parents who were financially worse-off and the number who were better-off after they transitioned from the one-parent family payment in 2013 and 2014; if this resulted in an increase or a decrease in the numbers involved in activation through employment or education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24838/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Law Cases (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of determination orders from the maintenance recovery unit that will be invalid after 2 July 2015; the annual loss to the State when these determination orders cease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24840/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide figures or estimates on the number of lone parents who will be forced to give up part-time jobs when they transition to the jobseeker's allowance; the estimated additional cost to the State when their claims are re-assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24839/15]