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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)

Margaret Cox: ...job. It is quite acceptable for people to say a man must earn a certain amount to support a family but women may also need to earn such an amount. No maternity leave is available in this House and I did not take mine. If I wanted to take the maternity leave to which I would be entitled on foot of another socially insured job — I have two jobs, for which I was paid during all my...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Margaret Cox: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the social welfare package announced recently. I am approaching my tenth year as a Senator and in one of the first debates in which I participated I spoke before the then Minister about the single payment issue. As increases were made and additional benefits were provided for carers, it became increasingly difficult to provide a justification for people...

Seanad: Lone Parents: Statements. (23 May 2006)

Margaret Cox: I welcome the Minister to the House, and I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this issue. I congratulate the Minister on addressing the matter. It can be sensitive at times, and no matter what is said, comments can sometimes be interpreted the wrong way. The way the Minister has acted — with an open, transparent, involved and inclusive method — has created the type of...

Seanad: National Pensions Reserve Fund: Motion. (3 May 2006)

Margaret Cox: ...Pensions Reserve Fund which is helping to ensure future generations of the elderly will be properly provided for; —congratulates the Government for maintaining the National Pensions Reserve Fund and the payment of 1% of GNP per annum into the fund; —welcomes the fact that in the first quarter of this year the fund earned €830 million or some 5.4% bringing its total value to €16.6...

Seanad: Child Care Investment Programme: Motion. (1 Feb 2006)

Margaret Cox: ...debated on many occasions in the past, is being debated again in the Seanad. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The first aspect I welcome is having one person in charge of child care and children, and the upgrading of the position to Minister for children. This will address some of the concerns people had at different times that there was no joined-up thinking in this regard....

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Margaret Cox: ...State some of the issues that are being raised with me on a daily basis. First, I would like to focus on stamp duty. Last year, the Government abolished stamp duty for first-time buyers of second-hand houses which cost up to €317,500. I suggest to the Minister of State and the Government that we should remove stamp duty on family homes or first homes. If an investor buys an investment...

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Margaret Cox: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes: —the considerable progress which has been made in increasing the availability of quality and affordable child care places across the country through the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme and other Government initiatives; —the provision of an additional 38,500 new child care...

Seanad: Report on Seanad Reform: Statements (Resumed). (21 Oct 2004)

Margaret Cox: ...received by the Sub-Committee called for the abolition of the Seanad. The vast majority wished to see it reformed, to allow it to make a more meaningful contribution to the political process in Ireland. This sums up the objective of any reform process. Despite the fact that Members have said they hoped this report would not sit on a shelf and gather dust, I believe that if we do not...

Seanad: Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Margaret Cox: I commend the Minister of State on a job well done. I recognise that he listened carefully to all the arguments that were made on Second, Committee and Report Stages. The Minister of State has been diligent in tabling amendments which have only served to strengthen the Bill. However, there is one glaring omission from the Bill, which I raised on Second and Committee Stages. Women involved in...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Second Stage. (11 Feb 2004)

Margaret Cox: ...better, allowing six months during which parents may apply for child benefit. Now we are seeing what technology can do for customer service. Senators know what it was like to deal with the red tape and bureaucracy of many Departments, especially, in the past, the Department of Social Welfare. One might sometimes wonder whether it was worth it. Many people gave up and stopped fighting. The...

Seanad: Crisis Pregnancy Strategy: Statements. (29 Jan 2004)

Margaret Cox: I welcome the Minister of State. I am interested in this debate because of the genesis of the Crisis Pregnancy Agency. It was one of the exceptional success stories to emerge from the debate and analysis of the abortion issue. The objective of reducing the number of pregnancies and hence abortions, as one follows the other, is a fine one, and the agency's other objectives, as laid out in its...