Results 21-40 of 3,895 for speaker:John Halligan
- Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 May 2011)
John Halligan: Care for the elderly services are badly needed in Waterford city.
- Residential Mortgage Debt: Motion (Resumed) (4 May 2011)
John Halligan: Deputy Ciarán Lynch recognised that at least this motion is a valuable one, which is in contrast to his few colleagues who bothered to speak on this worthwhile and compassionate debate addressing the issue of thousands of our citizens losing their homes and finding themselves in distress and despair. I refer to the trauma that has been and is still being inflicted upon many of our citizens,...
- State Visits (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: Concerning pension subsidies-----
- State Visits (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: Some of us have had our hands up for about 15 minutes.
- Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific cuts to child benefits, disability allowances and other social welfare payments signalled in the draft deal with the EU/IMF and in view of the latest research which indicates that 620,000 persons or 14.1 per cent of the population are already at risk of poverty and the expert belief that this figure would be much higher if...
- Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: The Minister has one of the largest portfolios and there are many questions on the agenda today that affect many people. I am absolutely appalled the Minister is the only Government Deputy present today. I hope the media will take that into consideration. New research by Social Justice Ireland shows that poverty in Ireland is at an all time high. Since 1987 the income of the top 10% high...
- Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: I will not need six minutes.
- Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: Will the Minister make a commitment today that there will not be any more cuts in welfare benefits, jobseeker's allowance, disability pensions and carers' allowances to ensure the less well off will be protected? In opposition, the Minister opposed all cuts to social welfare payments and advocated the protection of the less well off. Will she give a commitment to the hundreds of thousands...
- Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: When the Minister was on the Opposition benches, she spoke about eliminating poverty by 2016. The elimination of poverty is about increasing welfare payments for the least well off, but it starts with not reducing those payments any further. I listened intently to the Deputy in opposition when she was an advocate for the less well off. I would like her to stand by that now for the sake of...
- Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: I wish to share time with Deputies Catherine Murphy, Ross and Finian McGrath.
- Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: I welcome any initiative, however small, that will relieve the present horrendous position in which more than 400,000 people are unemployed. Even as matters stand, unemployment is destroying the social fabric of society and testing people's well-being to extremes. Moreover, in this context one should not forget that many more than 400,000 people will experience some form of poverty or...
- Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: I have almost finished. One must not forget that each year, the multinationals take â¬32 billion in profit out of the country. I refer to the likes of Tesco, Aldi and so on. Do they not owe the country anything? Why is there no initiative whereby they could invest some money in the country to create employment? Have such companies not been approached to suggest that instead of...
- Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: I really am finished this time.
- Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: Can this policy be reviewed or revoked-----
- Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)
John Halligan: ----- to save jobs? All of these small initiatives will create sustainable jobs, not jobs which will see someone put on to a FÃS course to learn how to re-employ themselves.
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 May 2011)
John Halligan: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will compel those banks that are now in State ownership to repay the payment protection insurance which they wrongly sold alongside personal loans, credit cards and mortgages to all those persons who are self-employed, unemployed, seasonal workers or unable to work due to illness; if he will order the banks to conduct a cost analysis into...
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (24 May 2011)
John Halligan: Tax the multimillionaires. That is creative.
- Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (26 May 2011)
John Halligan: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when he intends to formally declare recognition of a fully sovereign Palestinian state, as previously indicated; the representations he has made at EU level to secure the Palestinian people's right to real democracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13070/11]
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jun 2011)
John Halligan: I am deeply disturbed and bitterly disappointed by some aspects of this Bill. I followed the Minister, Deputy Burton, very closely when she was in opposition and was always convinced she believed in justice and fair play and would fight for the less well-off in society against the horrendous attacks made on them by the previous Government. However, this legislation does not bode well for...
- Employment Rights (9 Jun 2011)
John Halligan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will introduce legislation to compel all employers to recognise the right of the trade unions to negotiate on behalf of their members and the right for all individual employees to join a trade union. [14989/11]