Showing results 1 - 10 of 92 for the category: Ministers of State.
Poverty of the self-employed
Patrick O’Donovan (FG, Limerick) raised the problems of poverty of the self-employed, who had been described by the Society of St Vincent de Paul as ‘the new poor’ (Dail Eireann, Debates, 20th March 2013, 31-3). Their businesses had collapsed and…
2 News Postive ageing strategy adopted
The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Kathleen Lynch informed the Dail that the government had now adopted the new positive ageing strategy (Dail Eireann, Debates, 30th March 2013, 117). It was proposed that it be published shortly.
Underspend on Traveller accommodation
Asked by Joan Collins (PBP, Dublin SC) about the underspend on Traveller accommodation, the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government told the Dail that while her department will continue to monitor the drawdown…
1 Debates: Child poverty and child benefit
Senators again returned to the issue of poverty (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 19th February 2013, 203). Jillian van Turnhout (ind, Taoiseach nominee) drew attention to the increased level of child poverty in Ireland and that the Children’s Rights Alliance, in…
Disability cuts
Senators protested against the cut in mobility grant and transport allowance for people with disabilities (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 27th February 2013, 385). Marc McSharry (FF, industrial & commercial) said that he could not understand what the government had against people…
Attacks on Travellers
Finian McGrath (ind, Dublin NC) raised, as a topical debate, the burning of a Traveller family home in Donegal (Dail Eireann, Debates, 14th February 2013, 787-790). It was an appalling and horrific attack, he said and these kind of Ku…
Implementing alignment, transport
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, announced that nominations had been sought from parties invited to participate in the Alignment Implementation Group (Dail Eireann, Debates, 5th February 2013, 17). He told Willie O’Dea (FF, Limerick…
Water poverty
David Cullinane (SF, labour) warned of the danger of ‘water poverty’ arising from the forthcoming water charges, in the course of the debate on the committee stage of the Water services Bill (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 29th January 2013, 472-502). Earlier,…
Telephone, electric allowance for older people
Dara Calleary (FF, Mayo) denounced, as a ‘sneaky bombshell’ the reduction of 63% in the contribution to the phone allowance for older people (Dail Eireann, Debates, 24th January 2013, 682-4). This mean a reduction, for example, from €25.78 to €9.50. …
VAT on defibrillators for charities; property tax for charities
Ciaran Lynch (Lab, Cork SC) raised the issue of charities having to pay VAT on defibrillators to prevent sudden cardiac death (Dail Eireann, Debates, 22nd January 2013, 60-62). In the 12 months to end last October, 123 people had been…
