Showing results 1 - 10 of 34 for the category: Senators.
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…
VAT increase regressive
The budget was also discussed in the Seanad (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 6th December 2011, 44-73; 13th December, 328 – 365; 15th December 2011, 441-498). Katharine Zappone (ind, Taoiseach nominee), questioned the balance between tax increases and spending cuts and whether…
A critical reform – Joan Burton
Responding to the debate, the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, spoke of how Frank Cluskey had introduced the unmarried mothers allowance in the 1970s, which enabled the closure of the institutions on which they had, in the absence of…
Oireachtas Brief §26, December 2011 (2)
Oireachtas Brief §26 December 2011 (2) Welcome to Oireachtas Brief, the information service for social justice NGOs and voluntary sector activists interested in issues of poverty and social exclusion in the Oireachtas. Oireachtas Brief is provided by The…
1 Debates: Poverty proofing
The issue of poverty proofing and poverty reports was raised on a number of occasions, one of a set of concerns in the area. First, the Seanad debated an amendment under the Local government (household charge) Bill, 2011 that the…
Child poverty
In the Seanad, David Cullinane (SF, labour) asked for a debate on child poverty in the new year (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 1st December 2011, 1069). Between 2001 and 2010, the number of people experiencing enforced inequality doubled from 11% to…
Adjournment of the Seanad
On the adjournment of the Seanad, Martin Conway (FG, admin) appealed for more funding for energy efficient renovation works on local authority homes (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 8th December 2011, 269-270). Responding for the government, the Minister of State at the…
Funding People with Disabilities Ireland, National Women’s Council
Call to review disability sector There were further echoes to the end of government funding for People with Disabilities Ireland (PwDI), covered in earlier bulletins. In the Seanad, Martin Conway (FG, Galway E), reiterated that what was needed was an…
1 Debates: Closing down People with Disabilities Ireland
No more funding for Northside Community Law Centre? The Seanad debated, on the adjournment, the closing down of People with Disabilities Ireland following the withdrawal of its funding (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 30th November 2011, 1060-4). Opening the debate, Senator Martin…
1 Debates: Voluntary and community sector in the Seanad
The Seanad debated the role of the voluntary and community sector (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 9th November 2011, 267 – 290). Opening the debate, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan spoke of how his department was…
