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Protecting Community Employment
Cutbacks to Community Employment (CE) were raised several times in both houses (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 12th January 2012, 639-642; Dail Eireann, Debates, 17th January 2012, 808-810; 972-3; 18th January, 68-70). In the Seanad, David Cullinane (SF, labour) spoke of how…
Funding services for Irish emigrants in new destinations
Niall Collins (FF, Limerick) raised the issue of €1.3m cuts in services provided by voluntary organizations for Irish emigrants abroad (Dail Eireann, Debates, 17th January 2012, 771-2). The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore, said he did not expect frontline…
Fuel poverty: government Bill amended
On the fourth, report stage of the Energy (miscellaneous provisions) Bill, 2012, the government introduced an amendment to the energy efficiency fund to include a specific remit of alleviating energy poverty (Dail Eireann, Debates, 18th January 2012, 15-17). Earlier, Martin…
Ballymun regeneration: appeal to finish the last 10%
John Lyons (Lab, Dublin NW) appealed, in the course of a topical debate, for the final 10% of the budget to be paid for the cost of the regeneration of Ballymun (Dail Eireann, Debates, 12th January 2012, PDF page references…
Distressed mortgages: avoiding homelessness
Dessie Ellis (SF, Dublin NW) raised the issue of distressed mortgages (Dail Eireann, Debates, 19th January 2012, 266-8). According to him, there were now about 100,000 distressed mortgages, with over €1bn arrears owed, the average being between about €17,000 and…
23% VAT on charitable donations by text
Eamon O Cuiv (FF, Galway W) raised the issue of telecommunications companies charging 23% VAT on charitable text message donations, even though they were VAT-exempt (Dail Eireann, Debates, 11th January 2012, 123-4). The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, told him…
Poverty-proofing bus fare increases
When asked by Clare Daly (SP, Dublin N) whether a poverty impact assessment had been made on the recent Dublin bus far increases, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar told her that this was a matter for…
11,000 food parcels: deputies, senators highlight poverty impact
The 2012 budget was presented to and approved by the Dail on 6th December (Dail Eireann, Debates, 6th December 2011, 854-957; 7th December, 19-110; 8th December, 250-323; 9th December 2011, 393-460). Maureen O’Sullivan (ind, Dublin C) told the Dail that…
Fuel cut ‘crude and cruel’
Barry Cowen (FF, Laois – Offaly) described the cut in the fuel allowance as ‘crude and cruel’. Although the government had promised to publish a strategy on fuel poverty, all we had was a reduction in the weeks of the…
Community Employment projects a lifeline
Community Employment (CE) schemes, she continued, faced a 66% cut in operating budgets. Those participating in CE were early school leavers, persons caught up in addiction or the homeless, who had an opportunity to learn and develop new skills, a…
