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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…
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…
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…
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…
