White, Mary M.Thursday, 15 December 2011 |
Seanad Éireann Debate
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Order of Business
Last night, I attended a public meeting in Ardee, County Louth, organised by Councillor Frank Godfrey and the St. Joseph’s action group against the closure of the nursing home in Ardee and the Cottage...
I support Senator Ó Domhnaill’s proposed amendment to the Order of Business that Cromwell come into this House and explain to this House——
I will stand my ground on this.
I will not withdraw it. He should not evict people from what has become their home.
It is eviction. The Senators opposite should learn their history.
I do not want to be burned at the stake.
Senator Noone should learn her history.
HIQA has not recommended closure.
Amendment put.
Voted Yes
Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage
Question again put.
Voted No
I am concerned about the cutbacks affecting one-parent families. I was shocked by this socially regressive budget and am still in a state of shock. I am sure the Minister is aware the CSO produced s...
I will just finish this point. There are 90,000 families in receipt of the one-parent family payment.
Question put.
Voted No
As I said earlier, in my political career, this is the most socially regressive budget we have ever had. I am not being personal when I say that Senator Marie Moloney seems from her tone of voice to ...
I am just giving the Senator my honest opinion.
The Senator appears to be very up to date with all the information, but she is too peaceful in her heart. She should be robust in——
The total number of paid PRSI contributions needed to qualify for widow’s, widower’s and surviving civil partner’s contributory pension will increase from 156 to 520 contributions with effect from Jul...
I accept it was changed on Committee Stage. The change in eligibility is a penalty on the vulnerable young men or woman rearing young families. The latest survey on income and living conditions publ...
The Minister will be aware that I am a fan. However, there is something radically wrong in the partnership in government between Fine Gael and the Labour Party. Of the 15 people at the Cabinet, only...
——to some of the men to prevent them from adopting these regressive measures.
There are only two women in the Cabinet. That is the reason this budget is so severe socially.
Question put.
Voted No
Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
For the benefit of my Seanad colleagues who were not here earlier when I spoke, the fact that there are only two women out of 15 sitting at the Cabinet——
It is a long time.
There should be a more equal balance in terms of equality between men and women in government. They are far more socially advanced in the Nordic countries. I find it extraordinary that the Labour Par...
I would prefer to pay more in income tax rather than deprive a one-parent family of the money it will lose in these cuts. Reducing the age requirement from 14 to seven years——
The cost of child care will prevent women from going back to work.
I am speaking on section 7 regarding the one-parent family cutbacks.
A total of 98% of recipients of one-parent family payment are women. I did a newsletter on the budget in which I said it was anti-women and anti-family. Two of the eight measures taken were regressi...
No.
I find mysterious the article of faith which the Minister for Finance keeps reiterating as he lauds himself and the Government for not increasing income tax rates. There is a coterie of people in the...
We are speaking about the cuts with regard to lone parents, reducing the age from 14 years to 7 years and how it is prohibitive to lone parents returning to work. Will the Minister of State ask his p...
It is for the party of the Minister of State. I cannot understand why the Minister for Finance will not increase income tax — big deal — he should increase income tax for people who are more well off...
Sections 11 and 14.
Question put.
Voted No
I drove the issue over many years.
I have been a Member of this House since 2002 and in that period I have produced three publications. I find it very irritating at times as some of the new Senators think nothing was done in this Hous...
It was during that time the Minister of State with responsibility for children was given a Cabinet position. The former Senator, Kathleen O’Meara, and I consistently pursued the issue. We are privil...
The Minister needs a few women to back her up.
Question again put.
Voted No
Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Motion for Earlier Signature
Question put.
Voted No
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