Results 221-240 of 1,842 for speaker:Marie Moloney
- Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (26 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (14 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister to the House. I very much support the Children (Amendment) Bill 2015. It is a serious flaw in society and a breach of human rights for young offenders to be detained with adults in an adult prison. That is why it was recognised that at St. Patrick's Institution, young offenders were in undesirable conditions. Reports have cited the use of force on the boys housed...
- Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (14 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: I am not going to answer Senator Gerard P. Craughwell's questions, as the experts can do so, but the Department is not forcing people to go out to work in the evening. That is the idea behind the transitional jobseeker’s payment; they only need to be available for work during school hours. I will let the experts answer the Senator's questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: There is a cohort who will lose money. When they are no longer in receipt of the one-parent family payment, they will not be able to avail of the disregard and their income will drop. Their family income supplement payment will increase by 60% of the amount they will lose. Will the officials confirm that those who are working, not those who find employment, and in receipt of the one-parent...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: How many children does the person in question have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: That is the dividend.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: We will get an answer to my question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: I thank Ms Kellaghan for that response. On the flip side the advantage is that if a person's wages increase the FIS payment does not decrease. I refer to the cohort of people who get caught every year; people such as lollipop ladies, school canteen staff and postal workers in some cases. I know a post woman who gives up work for the summer because her children are on holidays from school....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: The departmental officials may be able to clarify the situation. However, besides the transitional payment it affects people on jobseeker's allowance in general. Will this be addressed for lone parents?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: Marks & Spencer is an employer which does so. It is very good to employees who are lone parents.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: Revenue would have information on children.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: What has been the feedback from people who have gone through the system in recent years? Has it been positive or negative?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: I understood recipients of the payment were required to be available for work while children were at school, though not on a full-time basis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: I have a question about the back to work family dividend for those who are already in employment. Will they get it even though it is not a new employment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Family Income Supplement: Department of Social Protection (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: Perhaps we can get replies to the last questions as well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: I would like to condemn in the strongest possible terms the abuse to which a young man, Jack Grealish, has been subjected over the last couple of hours simply because he has not agreed to sign up with the Irish team. It just goes to show how dangerous social media can be. It really needs to be regulated. The use of false names and pictures on Twitter, in particular, by people who do what...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts (6 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take this matter. In anticipation of his answer, I know what he is going to say about cost savings in the public sector and note that I appreciate the need for that. Surely, however, it should not be at the expense of the small local operator. The procurement and tendering process has squeezed the lifeblood out of small operators in...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts (6 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: Yes and I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive answer. I was delighted to hear him say that it was not all about value for money. Sometimes people can tender lower, but they do not do a better job. We had proof of that in my locality where a person tendered for a local sewerage scheme, but half way through he found he could not do it. They took my parish out of the scheme....
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Procurement Contracts (6 May 2015)
Marie Moloney: Have these face-to-face meetings taken place yet? If not, when is the timescale for all these meetings?