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Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Marie Moloney: ...the Minister of State and congratulate her on introducing substantial housing legislation that was badly needed. I have been pressing for HAP for many years because it gives people an opportunity to return to work without having to worry about losing their rent allowance payments. However, I have a number of concerns and observations that I wish to raise with the Minister of State. If...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister to the House. One of the most topical issues dealt with in the Bill is the provision allowing for the designation of post offices as the provider of cash services for the Department of Social Protection. I fully understand why the Minister has to bring forward these particular amendments, which are technical in nature. We cannot ignore EU law on procurement. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Department of Social Protection (28 May 2014)

Marie Moloney: I thank the officials for attending and their presentation. The committee has discussed the reduction in the level of youth unemployment which could be due to emigration and young people remaining in education, as well as some going back to work. How many have returned to work? We know the percentage reduction, but we would like to know how many are going back to work as opposed to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Support for Young People with Disabilities: WALK and Carers Association (7 May 2014)

Marie Moloney: I also welcome the two groups to our meeting. I have not dealt with WALK before but I have read its presentation which I found to be very impressive. It would be great if its programmes could be rolled out nationwide in the future. I have worked with Mr. Dunne from the Carers Association on various issues. On the cut to the respite care grant, Mr. Dunne knows that I moved very quickly to...

Seanad: End-of-Life Care and Bereavement: Motion (16 Apr 2014)

Marie Moloney: I am delighted to speak to the motion and commend Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell and her colleagues for bringing it before the House. End-of-life care is important not only for the person who is about to go to his or her eternal reward but also to his or her extended family. My family and I have experienced death under differing circumstances. My father died suddenly one morning at the age...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Welfare Entitlements for Self-Employed: ISME, SEA and SFA (26 Mar 2014)

Marie Moloney: My father died young at 55 years of age. When he passed away, he was working for the health board. We all expected that my mother would receive a pension from the health board but when we delved into the matter, we discovered that my father had opted out of the widows and orphans scheme. He probably only saved £2 or some similarly small sum per week by doing so. If people are given...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pensions Reform: Discussion (5 Mar 2014)

Marie Moloney: I have raised this issue before and I know people will say I am sounding like a broken record. However, we are still paying a lot of money in pensions to people living in other countries. If someone worked here for five years, they do not even reach the minimum requirement in this country to get a pension. If they work here for five years and then go to work in England, the US or another...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters.: Home-makers Scheme (18 Feb 2014)

Marie Moloney: I would have liked to have seen the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, attend debate but I will proceed in her absence. I tabled this matter because the budget moved the goal posts as regards qualifying for the State pension. Up to last year, a yearly average of 20 contributions would have given a person 95% of a State pension. With the graduation of rates of pay and bands,...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2014)

Marie Moloney: Last Wednesday, we had statements on the extent of the damage done by the storm in Ireland and the associated costs. At that very time there was a hurricane-like storm raging through Kerry, whipping off roofs of schools, nursing homes and private homes and knocking trees in the national park, on golf courses and across every road in Kerry. We were a little premature with that debate and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Implications for Employees of Changes to Pension Age: Discussion (12 Feb 2014)

Marie Moloney: I presume things like the free travel scheme and the household benefits package will move in line with the old age pension. Will Dr. Quinn indicate whether the dependant adult allowance will move in line with it also? Mr. Whelan said one could work up to the day before one's 66th birthday. However, I understand that when one is calculating for a social welfare pension - a State pension -...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Tax Credits (5 Feb 2014)

Marie Moloney: The recent changes in the budget to the single parent tax credit have had an adverse effect on single parents, predominantly men in this case. The devil is in the detail. Not only do single parents lose the tax credit, but they also move up to the higher tax band more quickly as a result. It is a double whammy. The knock-on effect is a large reduction in income, leading to a substantial...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Marie Moloney: I welcome and thank our guests for attending this debate. Like Senator Ó Murchú, I have always had a great interest in sign language, but I took it a little further and learned some. However, I would be afraid to use it today, as I have forgotten most of it. Like President Obama's interpreter, I could end up signing incorrectly. Having watched the interpreters who are present,...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister. She is becoming a regular visitor. I hope she will come before us on a few more occasions prior to Christmas in order to take Committee and Report Stages of this Bill and engage in a debate on the youth guarantee. Defined benefits mean exactly what they imply, namely, when one finishes making contributions - more than likely the point at which one will also finish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (20 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: ...a self-employed person qualifies for jobseeker's allowance if his or her employment ceases. For many, the employment does not cease. For example, a plumber or carpenter may get a call for a day's work to fix a leak or whatever is wrong with a house. That person may get a few hours work or a day's work now and again. In that case, their employment would not have ceased. Perhaps we...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: I would also like to welcome back our friend, Ms Jody Blake. We are delighted to see her back with her beautiful smile. I would also like to extend my sympathy to the Coghlan family and send my best wishes to my dear friend, Jimmy Harte, who is my neighbour down here in the back row. I wish the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the rugby authorities well in their bid to bring...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: I would like to refer to something that has not been mentioned during this debate. I commend the credit union movement on the role it plays in this regard. I refer to the generous grants they provide. People who have as little as €5 in their accounts are eligible for very generous grants. They do not need to have paid any social insurance. Nobody has mentioned this. Some trade...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Marie Moloney: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank her for dedicating so much of her time to the House this week to discuss this Bill. I commend her on her achievement in reducing the adjustment in the social protection budget to €290 million from €440 million. A total of €220 million of this will impact on recipients, which is almost half of what was sought, and this is...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Marie Moloney: I rise to add my voice in support of this legislation and to welcome this debate. Is Ireland a piece of land or is it its people? If our answer is the people, then, whether we like it or not, abortion is a part of life in Ireland. Whether one is pro-life or pro-choice, there is no getting away from that. Although abortion might not be legally permissible in this country, it is a reality...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Marie Moloney: I refer to the terrible accident that took place in Killarney town on Saturday morning. It claimed the life of a very popular businessman, Mr. James Gleeson, and I extend sincere sympathy to his wife, Grace, his son Eoin, his brother Donagh and his sister Maureen. He will be sadly missed by all. I congratulate the emergency services personnel who sprung into action and were there all day...

Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Marie Moloney: I did not intend speaking on the Bill but sitting here and listening to the debate, I found it very interesting. I commend Senator White for bringing this Bill forward. It is amazing that in all the years in which Government and the Oireachtas has been dominated by men, it takes a woman to look for paternity leave. Well done to Senator White for that. We cannot overestimate the importance...