Showing results 1 - 10 of 27 for the category: Poverty and social inclusion.
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…
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…
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…
Re-setting poverty targets
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, told Caoimhghin O Caolain (SF, Cavan Monaghan) that she was overseeing a comprehensive review of the national poverty target (Dail Eireann, Debates, 22nd November 2011, 454-5). The purpose was to enable Ireland to…
Need to address poverty
Several members demanded more action on poverty. In the Dail, Barry Cowen (FF, Laois Offaly) drew attention to the pre-budget submission of the Society of St Vincent de Paul which spoke of how Ireland faced into a serious social crisis,…
Poverty, debt, low pay, national poverty targets and the budget
There were discussions in both houses on the report of the interdepartmental working group on mortgage arrears (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 25th October 2011, 48). Katherine Zappone (ind, Taoiseach nominee) described this as a prime opportunity to tackle poverty. Instead of…
Appeal for action on begging
Several senators raised the issue of begging. John Kelly (Lab, administrative) told of how he was approached every night by two, three or four more people (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 4th October 2011, 503). One night last week, he was approached…
Concluding costs for the Combat Poverty Agency
The Minister for the Social Protection confirmed that her department was no longer paying the costs of the premises of the Combat Poverty Agency (Dail Eireann, Debates, 12th July 2011, 406). The lease costs for its offices had been €228,000…
Fuel poverty
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, announced changes in the system of fuel and related allowances (Dail Eireann, Debates, 20th July 2011, 533-5). From September, the fuel allowance would be standardized at €20 a week, with no additional allowances…
Poverty, old age and low wages
Raising pension age, reduction of low wages attacked The Social welfare and pensions Bill, 2011 attracted critical comment for its implications on poverty (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 23rd June 2011, 744, 797). Katherine Zappone (ind, Taoiseach nominee) pointed out that the…
