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Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Government has cut short the debate on this important Bill. I ask him to try to keep his remarks brief, in the interests of fairness. The rest of us want to debate the amendments that have been tabled.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: We went to the trouble of tabling amendments on the substantive issues.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: I ask the Minister to be fair.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. That is fine.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: We are not on amendment No. 1.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: It has not.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Deputy needs to get with the game.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Section 3 is opposed.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: I thought we would be called in order.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: I thought the practice was to call the first name on the list of those opposing the section.

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Labour Party is opposed to section 3 of the Bill, which proposes to reduce a range of benefit payments, including jobseeker's benefit, illness benefit, health and safety benefit, injury benefit, disablement gratuity, carer's benefit, invalidity pension, widow's contributory pension, widower's contributory pension and guardian's payment, by €8 per week. All of those who will be affected...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: -----will give them their answer. The economy requires a stimulus package. The retail, hospitality and catering sectors are all haemorrhaging jobs. Rather than putting a stimulus package in place, the Minister has, in the form of this Bill, offered us an austerity package of €850 million in cuts. Not only will he cause extreme hardship for those who are dependent on social welfare...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Shame.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order, it has been brought to the attention of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, that he misled the House in his Budget Statement on Tuesday. I offer him an opportunity to correct the record.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: He must now correct-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: A Cheann Comhairle, excuse me-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: This is a point of order. The Minister for Finance-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: -----made a mistake on the Order of Business, misled the House about the budget-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: -----and must now correct the record.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Róisín Shortall: In recent days we have seen the eventual closing of the trial of Tony Walsh and his conviction on a number of charges of child sexual abuse. Will the Tánaiste confirm that the Minister for Justice and Law Reform is now moving to provide for the publication of that section of the Murphy report which had previously been redacted pending the outcome of the trial? When can we expect to see...