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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Dec 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: ...the context of the Bill before the House, as colleagues and the Minister have stated, this is the biggest budget package in the past 14 years. It is a significant Bill containing more than €600 million worth of measures. There is the €5 increase across all social welfare payments that was announced in the budget, as well as targeted measures for those living alone and the...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Ardagh: ...alleviating the devastation left by Covid and trying to repair society. I am not the Minister for Finance and everyone can relay the statistics but it has been a progressive budget. There is €520 million in income tax reductions. It is not a huge amount but it goes some way towards giving people extra disposable income. As some of my colleagues have noted, the hospitality sector...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: ...that local councillors are going to have to vote on a different budget which will result in the huge increases I just described. In particular, he said the council would lose income of €8.4 million on Irish Water-owned properties and would not be compensated centrally by Government despite assurances to the contrary given by the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. As a result,...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Catherine Ardagh: ...dispute the need for the hospital, we dispute the cost management associated with the rolling out of the project. This is where the grievance lies. The Government found out the project was €450 million in the red in November. In February 2017, I divided this House and called on the Minister to come in to discuss cost overruns after comments made by Mr. Tony O Brien at a meeting...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Ardagh: ...the scheme was being administered, in particular how many vulnerable women have been left out of the scheme. Approximately 100 women have been wrongly left out of the scheme. The scheme had a budget of €58 million. To date, only €25.7 million has been paid out. To include an extra 100 women would cost in the region of €3 million to €5 million, which is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: I congratulate the gardaí in Ashbourne on two successful raids. We learned from the assistant commissioner this morning that these drugs raids were worth not less €5 million. This seizure is a major disruption to the drug gangs and organised crime gangs in our country. It was a joint effort on the part of the national drugs and organised crime bureau and the special crime task...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: The €5 million communications unit has taken heed of callers to "Liveline" and of victims who presented to the finance committee. What we really need to see now is action and not more rhetoric. We need to see action by the banks and we need to see the Government ensuring that pressure is being put on the banks to ensure that these customers are compensated and that they are given...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: Is it €5 million a year?

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Oct 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: ...and updated to reflect how we live our lives physically and emotionally. I echo my disappointment about yesterday's budget and measures targeted to mental health funding. I am disappointed the full amount of €35 million was not secured and funding was hidden in other measures. I understand the total comes to less than €15 million. This Bill seeks to implement some of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: ...xe1;il had on the budget has ensured that it is more progressive and supported those who need support from the State, with increases in allowances for those in receipt of social welfare by more than €5 per week. Although it is modest, the budget went some way to reflect our 2:1 spend on services versus tax cuts. That was the cornerstone of our confidence and supply agreement. I...

Seanad: Home Care Services: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Catherine Ardagh: ...that:  the Department of Health contends that home care can be a cost-effective alternative to long-term residential care for some older people;  despite significant increases between 2008 and 2015 in those aged 65 years and over and those aged 85 years and over, there was a decrease in the number of people receiving home help and home care packages;  it has been argued that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Catherine Ardagh: ...I call on the Minister to attend the House. While I acknowledge arrests were made at the weekend owing to the increase in the level of surveillance, I also note that the armed response unit, for which €5 million was announced in February, has yet to be set up. I ask the Minister to examine the introduction of stricter sentencing legislation for the possession of firearms and...