Archive for the ‘Social Welfare’ Category
Clare speaking on her amendments to the Social Welfare and Pensions bill 2014. Click on the link below to watch:
To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place to enable persons who are in danger of homelessness to access increased levels of rent supplement.
– Clare Daly.
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Clare speaking on the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014, raised the matter of the threat to the living standards of those on defined benefit pensions schemes. Click on the lilnk below to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnWjAkAmu90&feature=youtu.be
Clare speaking on the second stage of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill:
This legislation has many aspects to be considered but I will concentrate on the changes to the Pensions Act rather than the social welfare provisions which have been addressed by other Deputies. I agree with the points made by Deputy Pringle about our obsession with alleged social welfare fraud which has been shown in most cases to be incidents of error when it occurs. The Minister proposes to second 20 gardaí into a virtual hit squad to pursue social welfare fraudsters. This is unbelievable when white collar crime is one of the biggest problems in our society. This is an attempt to scape-goat some of the most vulnerable sections of society by turning these allegations of fraud into something they are not because the statistics show that the instances of fraud are quite minor. In any case, we can deal with that issue later.
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