Results 41-45 of 45 for 5 million speaker:Catherine Connolly

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I shall start on a positive note and welcome the €5 increases for almost all social welfare payments and the new provisions for the self-employed that go some way to addressing the unequal way they are treated, including the provision of an invalidity pension and the extension of treatment benefits including access to dental and optical benefits. To delay such necessary changes until...

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: ...to a crackdown on fraudsters and an article mentioning actual gardaí on the street stopping cars and trucks in Galway to curb social welfare fraud and tax evasion. Of course, that is for the ordinary person. We are talking about hundreds of thousands of euro there, or a million or two at a maximum. We compare that to the massive tax evasion that is being referred to by those of us...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: ...but he was talking about giving free rein to the market. Both Ministers talked about learning from mistakes, but neither has learned. The Minister also saw fit to set a new domestic target of debt-GDP at 45%, a figure pulled out of the sky with no justification or no explanation as to why this would be necessary. He also talked about a rainy day fund but with no explanation as to why...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: ...place an increased demand on the health service because of an ageing population. I would like to balance this comment with a few figures. Only 4% of our elderly are in nursing homes and a further 5% receive home care services. The other 90% of elderly people live independent lives. It was established that the elderly make a substantial contribution in terms of spending and taxation to...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 May 2016)

Catherine Connolly: ...report in context. We have had the Morris tribunal, as referred to already by Deputy Ryan. It found corruption and neglect. Not long ago, Mr. Justice Morris attributed corruption and neglect to a number of gardaí in Donegal. At a conservative estimate, that tribunal of inquiry cost over €100 million, including the legal costs and the cost of compensating victims...