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- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: People ask where the fairness exists when 140,000 families with from three to four children, some of them the most vulnerable families in the country, are deducted much needed money. It is embarrassing to hear the Minister defend this rather than sit quietly and look ashamed. It is embarrassing to society that the Minister defends cutting payments to 140,000 of our most vulnerable people.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: I have no problem in that regard. I give away mine, but what about the â¬4 million Fine Gael gets? What does it do with that? Fine Gael gets some â¬4.5 million every year.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: It is Fine Gael that is creaming off society; it is part of this crowd.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: I met a chap during the election who said he had become politically motivated, in the sense that he could not wait to vote because he wanted to vote Fianna Fáil out. However, when I speak to him now, he thinks he may have been in a time warp or have been beamed up off the planet over the past seven months, as he feels as if he did not vote at all. He is back to stage one again and saying...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: The Government is cutting their funding.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: Will the Taoiseach consent to the view that the vast majority of Irish people see this EU deal as a transfer of a significant amount of power from this House to the European Commission, the European Council and the European Court of Justice? At the same time, it will condemn the Irish people to years of further austerity measures. We are conceding more of our power and sovereignty to what...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: What about the referendum?
- European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: The value of the euro and property is going down because of austerity measures.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: How much time is left?
- European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: It is being wasted by the Government.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: We have just had a Labour Minister-----
- European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: We could not have less.
- Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: Yet the two Deputies are voting for it.
- Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: While Deputy Mathews spoke quite eloquently about the crisis in Europe, I remind people about the crisis in ordinary Irish households. I am speaking about middle income groups who cannot pay any more. What is it about this that the Government does not understand? It would do well to consult Social Justice Ireland but Ministers did not even give that organisation the courtesy of responding...
- Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (14 Dec 2011)
John Halligan: They are getting â¬20 million for five years.
- Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (11 Jan 2012)
John Halligan: I wish to share time with Deputy Clare Daly.
- Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (11 Jan 2012)
John Halligan: Like the previous speaker I welcome the Bill's aim to provide the country's 35,000 agency workers with entitlement to equal treatment, pay and conditions of permanent staff in order that they cannot be used to drive down pay and conditions generally or to undermine the hard fought equality rights as has been happening in recent years. Many of us have encountered an increasing number of...
- School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)
John Halligan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the number of 475 special needs assistants posts which were withheld last September that have been allocated to date; the criteria that was applied to these remaining posts; if and when the remaining posts will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3232/12]
- School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)
John Halligan: While I welcome any progress made in the allocation of special needs assistants, the Minister may be aware that 800 applications were made for the aforementioned 475 posts. It was envisaged that 300 of these posts would be filled prior to Christmas. I do not understand the logic of delaying the allocation of posts given that no new SNAs were made available for new children coming into...
- School Staffing (19 Jan 2012)
John Halligan: I am reasonably satisfied with the Minister's answer and I trust he will do what needs to be done. From my conversations with other Deputies and people from my constituency, it appears there is staggering inconsistency in the appeals process. The parents perceive the process as not being independent. I welcome that the Minister may consider the matter over a period of six months but I ask...