Results 18,141-18,160 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Before speaking on the amendment, I wish to make a point about the budget which I believe is important. On budget night, it is a tradition that the Departments of Social Protection and Finance produce fact sheets on the budget. All of the politics is contained in the budget speech of the Minister for Finance and then we receive the fact sheets and find out what exactly is the situation. I...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: -----it should be a fact sheet and it should not contain propaganda such as stating that the State cannot afford the current level of social provision. This is a political statement.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: It is not a statement of fact; it is a political statement. It also states that taxpayers must contribute according to their means so those who can pay most will pay most. Again, this is a political statement. It is propaganda. It is entirely untrue, by the way, in respect of the budget. It is propaganda, and we should not be getting this type of propaganda from the Department of...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: People on the reduced level of minimum wage will be brought into the tax net and they will pay â¬8.42 in tax. This means a person going out to work for 40 hours a week will take home less than â¬300. I do not know whether Deputy Gogarty is aware of this; probably not, given the other universe in which the Green Party tends to live. Can anybody in the House imagine what it is like to work...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: This is precisely the purpose of the amendment. We want to copper-fasten the minimum protection which low-paid workers have at present. We also want to ensure those on low incomes are protected and cannot be abused further. There is no question of this being an issue in the context of competitiveness, a lie which has been peddled in recent times. The average wage in Ireland is â¬22 per...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: The Deputy has not been listening to us.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: It normally is.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: It normally contains facts rather than political propaganda.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: The Department of Finance document has changed. That is the point I am making.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: It is not a good idea for Deputy Gogarty to be discussing credibility.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Yet Deputy Gogarty talks about credibility.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Where does principle come into this?
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: The Deputy has absolutely no credibility.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Big deal. The Deputy has not the courage to vote for it.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: It is about courage.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Deputy Gogarty is a fraud.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: When?
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (9 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rates of mobility allowance that will apply in 2011 [46754/10]
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical card income guidelines that will apply in 2011 [46755/10]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Dec 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rates for foster payments that will apply in 2011 [46756/10]