SEANAD ÉIREANN

AN BILLE LEASA SHÓISIALAIGH AGUS PINSEAN, 2013 SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS BILL 2013 LEASUITHE COISTE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS

[No. 101 of 2013] [06 November, 2013]

SEANAD ÉIREANN

AN BILLE LEASA SHÓISIALAIGH AGUS PINSEAN, 2013 —An Coiste

SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS BILL 2013 —Committee Stage

Leasuithe Amendments

SECTION 3 1. In page 6, line 21, after “income” to insert “in excess of €6,000”. —Senator . 2. In page 6, line 29, after “income’ ” to insert “in excess of €6,000”. —Senator Paschal Mooney. SECTION 4 Section opposed. —Senators Paschal Mooney, . SECTION 5 Section opposed. —Senators Paschal Mooney, David Cullinane, , . SECTION 6 Section opposed. —Senators Paschal Mooney, David Cullinane, Jillian van Turnhout, Katherine Zappone. SECTION 7 Section opposed. —Senators Paschal Mooney, David Cullinane. SECTION 8 Section opposed. —Senators Paschal Mooney, David Cullinane. SECTION 9 —Senators Paschal Mooney, David Cullinane, Jillian van Turnhout, Katherine Zappone, Mary M. White, David Norris, Fiach MacConghail. SECTION 10 3. In page 11, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “10. Section 9 shall not commence until after the Minister for Social Protection submits a

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report to both Houses of the confirming the existence of an additional, newly created 20,000 places in education and training for young people.”. —Senator David Cullinane. 4. In page 11, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “10. Prior to the commencement of section 9 the Minister shall submit a report to both Houses of the Oireachtas assessing whether capacity exists within existing activation schemes to cater for all those affected by the section.”. —Senator David Cullinane. 5. In page 11, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “10. The Minister shall, as soon as practicable, lay before each House of the Oireachtas a report on the measures taken to ensure that the €32 million being deducted through reduced social welfare payments for the 18 to 26 year age group would be ring fenced and re-invested in productive targeted education, training and activation measures to maximise young people’s opportunities in this age cohort for work, now and in the future.”. —Senators , Paul Bradford. 6. In page 11, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “10. The Minister for Social Protection shall lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the introduction of a new apprenticeship scheme in order to incentivise work experience for welfare recipients aged under 26 years of age.”. —Senator Mary M. White. Section opposed. —Senators Paschal Mooney, David Cullinane. SECTION 11 Section opposed. —Senators Paschal Mooney, David Cullinane, Katherine Zappone. SECTION 12 Section opposed. —Senators Paschal Mooney, David Cullinane. SECTION 13 7. In page 14, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(c) the value of any credited contributions assigned to an injured person as a result of the personal injury up to the date of the issuing of a statement of the recoverable benefits.”. —Senator David Cullinane. 8. In page 18, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(3) In circumstances where the compensator has already made a reduced

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award in line with the provisions contained in section 343S to an injured person the Minister shall instead refund directly to the injured person any monies it would otherwise refund to the compensator under subsection (1).”. —Senator David Cullinane. 9. In page 18, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: “Future benefit entitlements 343X. For the purpose of calculating future social insurance entitlements any credited contributions the value of which has been recovered from a compensator shall be regarded as paid contributions.”,”. —Senator David Cullinane. SECTION 18 Section opposed. —Senator David Cullinane.

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