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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: We are discussing the Social Welfare Bill.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: I apologise to Senator Norris. He is correct.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: I wish to inform Senator Norris that I did not intend to reprimand him earlier. The Bill is so wide-ranging in nature and so important that we will require all the time available to us to discuss it. If it were eventually necessary to apply a guillotine to the debate, Senators would complain. We should, therefore, adhere to discussing the Bill itself. As Senator Norris correctly pointed...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: The finances vary——

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: The Senator's Government was telling us that we were awash with money.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: Some people are under the misapprehension that disablement benefit is disability benefit. It certainly is not. A person qualifies for disablement benefit if he or she has an accident on the way to work, during work or on the way home from work, without taking a break. This is in addition to the occupational injuries benefit and is in addition to disability, and a person can work with it....

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: It depends on the severity of the injury and whether the loss of the finger stops the person carrying out the job he or she was doing before the accident. It is not just 14%.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: It can be set at any amount——

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: Are we putting percentages on our body parts? A person could lose a finger and be rated 25% disabled. A pianist who loses a finger and cannot play the piano could be rated at 50%. I do not think the percentages were set in respect of just losing the finger. It is about the extent of a person's injury and how it impedes the person from carrying out his or her job. I can see where the...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: That was an example.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: It is paid on a very reduced rate stamp and not even on the A stamp. It is paid on the J stamp.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: The PRSI is very——

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: It does not apply.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: This section concerns new applicants. We should also realise that it only applies to someone whose spouse earns over €400. Where this is the case, the household gets a benefit and there is a household income per week of €600 — the benefit and the earnings of the spouse. If the spouse earns less than €400, this does not apply and there is no loss. Therefore, there is a minimum...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: The Senator is being unfair. We are not dressing it up.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: Senator Thomas Byrne who has left the Chamber presented an argument on behalf of new applicants. Times were better when people applied for the benefit in the past and we must be realistic. More money was available and we were able to help such individuals. If we make a big issue about new and existing recipients, it may result in existing recipients losing their benefit. When people used...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: On a point of order, are we dealing with section 6 or section 5?

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: I apologise; I thought the Senator was discussing section 6.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: It is a safeguard to protect people on existing pensions.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Marie Moloney: I think we are now all on the same sheet. In 1997 this was brought in and the Minister is only introducing legislation to safeguard people with fewer paid contributions and ensure their pensions will not be reduced. It is only regulating something which is a good measure and I hope all Members can support it.