Showing results 1 - 10 of 38 for the category: Social welfare.
Strategies against poverty
Willie O’Dea (FF, Limerick City) challenged the government’s record on food poverty in the course of questions to the Minister for Social Protection (Dail Eireann, Debates, 29th May 2013, 493-5). According to Safefood, he said, one in ten people was…
2 News: Advisory group on tax and social welfare
The Minister for Social Welfare, Joan Burton, informed Gerry Buttimer (FG, Cork SC) of the progress of the advisory group on tax and social welfare (Dail Eireann, Debates, 28th May 2013, 302-3). Its first module, family and child income supports,…
Confirmation, communion, domiciliary payments
Willie O’Dea (FF, Limerick City) challenged the withdrawal of exceptional needs payments for confirmations (‘religious ceremonies’) (Dail Eireann, Debates, 24th April 2013, 665-6). The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, told him that such payments had been reviewed by a…
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…
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…
Social welfare amnesty
Aengus O Snodaigh (SF, Dublin SC) moved a Bill to amnesty social welfare recipients who, through no fault of their own, had been in receipt of overpayments (Dail Eireann, Debates, 18th January 2013, 962-987). His party had presented a…
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. …
2 News: Advisory group on tax,welfare
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, told Joanna Tuffy (Lab, Dublin MW) and Patrick O’Donovan (FG, Limerick) of the progress of the advisory group on tax and welfare (Dail Eireann, Debates, 23rd January 2013, 560-2). So far, it had…
Seanad debates FLAC report on social welfare appeals
In the Seanad, Katherine Zappone (ind, Taoiseach nominee) moved a motion for the reform of the system of social welfare appeals (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 7th November 2012, 260-289). She started by citing the Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) report Not…
Social welfare cuts and CE
The impact of social welfare cuts on Community Employment (CE) was raised by Maureen O’Sullivan (ind, Dublin C) (Dail Eireann, Debates, 10th October 2012, 79-81). Projects were finding it difficult to fill their places, which also meant that the services…
