Results 19,421-19,440 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: This is an insult to carers.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Why is the Minister cutting their incomes?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: And the rich.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister is protecting the rich and hammering the poor.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Dental and optical cover have been removed. Will the Minister pick on medical card holders next?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister is performing terribly.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Did the Minister read the Comptroller and Auditor General's report?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: If it was dealt with properly, cuts would not be necessary.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister is hammering the poor to protect the rich.
- Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects that the Garda investigation into matters arising from the report of the commission of investigation into the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46159/09]
- Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made over recent months on the Thornton Hall project, County Dublin; if consideration has been given to rethink the project in favour of a more feasible smaller institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46168/09]
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: What about people with disabilities? What about the reduction in their rates of pay?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: What about vouched expenses for Members of the Oireachtas?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: What about VTOS?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: The Deputy is trying to disassociate herself from the savage cuts.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Will the Deputy get real?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Why is the Deputy not discussing the Bill? She should confine her remarks to the legislation.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: We should shoot the Greens.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: Shaw will be turning in his grave.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Róisín Shortall: I withdraw it. The claim made by this and other Ministers that social welfare was the last item they wanted to cut is completely and utterly untrue. It was one of the first items they decided to target. She decided it was all right for rich people not to pay a price or to make a contribution to our recovery. It is all right to allow them to avoid paying tax through property-based tax...