Results 41-52 of 52 for 5 million speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Social Welfare Fraud. (7 Oct 2009)
Róisín Shortall: ...a fairly poor performance by her Department. For example, in one of the schemes that has the highest fraud and overpayment rate, the one parent family payment, surveys suggest that in 2007, â¬67 million was overpaid yet the Department detected only â¬5 million of that. That cannot be a good performance. There is a concern that the Minister is not targeting those schemes most prone to...
- Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)
Róisín Shortall: ...reached with the 18 congregations was grubby in the extreme. It entailed the State stepping in and taking on legal responsibility for clerical abuse not just in the distant past but up to 5 June 2002. Essentially, it was a cheap insurance policy for the perpetrators of criminal abuse and the fact the State was party to that is a disgrace. It flew in the face of modern day thinking on...
- Urban Regeneration Schemes. (1 Apr 2009)
Róisín Shortall: ...of this project. The regeneration scheme has been exceptionally successful to date. This project is unique in its scale because never before has an existing town with a population of some 15,000 been replaced, on the same site, with a new town. The Ballymun regeneration scheme has posed major challenges to those charged with managing it and also the residents who have been prepared to...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2009)
Róisín Shortall: ...to their pensions but rather than going into a pension fund, their contributions are used for day-to-day expenditure. The minimum direct contribution by State employees to their pension is 5% of salary, with an additional 1.5% to cover spouse's and orphan's benefit. The majority of State employees pay a direct contribution of 6.5% towards their pension, but that is not all. Since 1995,...
- The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)
Róisín Shortall: ...anyone take a pay cut when they see every cent invested in the National Pensions Reserve Fund last year, all â¬1.69 billion of it, lost on the stock markets while the fund managers take over â¬20 million in fees? In fact, in the past year almost â¬5 billion of taxpayers money has been lost from this fund. Why should anyone take a pay cut when they see that many landlords do not pay...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (11 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: ...the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 which target the unemployed, children, the poor and people with disabilities resulting in the fact that unemployed people will lose over â¬2,500 due to changes to jobseekers benefit, parents of 18 year olds will lose almost â¬2,000 due to changes to child benefit, parents of 5 year olds will lose approximately â¬800 due to changes...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (15 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer, if the maximum allowable pension fund was capped at â¬5 million, â¬4 million, â¬3 million and â¬2 million respectively. [35084/08]
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: ...I am not talking about ordinary workers on ordinary incomes but, again, about the high rollers and those who have self-administered schemes, who are facilitated in putting together funds of over â¬5.5 million. The high rollers are the untouchables when it comes to pensions. I acknowledge the Government made some move with regard to other pension products by putting a cap on the level of...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Second Stage (11 Dec 2007)
Róisín Shortall: That is clearly not the case. I challenge anybody in this House to survive on less than â¬200 a week. In a situation where grocery inflation is nearly 5% and where there have been extraordinary increases in the cost of fuel, by up to 17%, it is exceptionally difficult for people to survive on â¬197.80 per week. I welcome the provisions of this Bill in respect of the qualified adult rate...
- Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2007)
Róisín Shortall: ...to make such a commitment and keep topping up the account to the level of â¬80. It is not necessary when one considers how people top up mobile phones. One can top up by â¬10 and perhaps â¬5. Why must one top up to â¬80? It is a disincentive. We face a situation from the middle of next year where the vast majority of drivers will need a tag on their windows and we should seek to...
- Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (15 Feb 2007)
Róisín Shortall: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the Government offer to make â¬5 million available to the GAA to improve player welfare; if he has had discussions with the GAA and the Gaelic Players Association on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5556/07]
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: ...leave the most vulnerable until last? That has always been the way with the Government. Vulnerable people of all kinds have been left to wait, despite the billions spent and the tens of millions wasted on projects such as electronic voting, Abbotstown, PPARS, integrated ticketing and so many others. The latest line from Ministers and backbenchers is that we are the victims of our own...