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class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-02-15/34/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 15 Feb 2006 - —the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> as currently administered is causing serious <strong>poverty</strong> traps and <strong>disincentive</strong> to work </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-06-28/20/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=supplement&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=rent&highlight%5B5%5D=supplement&highlight%5B6%5D=rent&highlight%5B7%5D=supplement&highlight%5B8%5D=rent&highlight%5B9%5D=supplement&highlight%5B10%5D=poverty&highlight%5B11%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Rent Supplement Scheme </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-06-28/20/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 28 Jun 2012 - Deputy Kevin Humphreys The Minister is trying to reform the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> scheme....Some of the changes made in the budget proved to be problematic for people availing of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>...As part of the budget, new upper limits for the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> scheme were published....This is far in excess of the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> limit of €475 for all of Dublin....<strong>Rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> should not function as a <strong>poverty</strong> trap and a <strong>disincentive</strong> to take up employment. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-02-15/34/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=rent&highlight%5B2%5D=supplement&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=crippled&highlight%5B5%5D=rents&highlight%5B6%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B7%5D=rent&highlight%5B8%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Rent Supplement: Motion (Resumed). </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-02-15/34/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 15 Feb 2006 - support the motion because it focuses attention on what is correctly described as the single worst <strong>poverty</strong>...The denial of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> to people on low incomes obliges them to spend a large proportion of their...<strong>supplement</strong> and be <strong>crippled</strong> with high <strong>rents</strong>....That provides a massive <strong>disincentive</strong> to work....Another aspect of the scandal is the low <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> available to single people, for whom the maximum </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-02-14/21/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=supplement&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty&highlight%5B3%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B4%5D=crippled&highlight%5B5%5D=rents&highlight%5B6%5D=poverty&highlight%5B7%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B8%5D=rent&highlight%5B9%5D=supplement&highlight%5B10%5D=rent&highlight%5B11%5D=supplement&highlight%5B12%5D=rent&highlight%5B13%5D=supplements&highlight%5B14%5D=rent&highlight%5B15%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Rent Supplement: Motion. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-02-14/21/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 14 Feb 2006 - ; and —the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> as currently administered is causing serious <strong>poverty</strong> traps and <strong>disincentive</strong>...thousands of low-income families and low-income workers who are financially <strong>crippled</strong> with high <strong>rents</strong>...It is a direct cause of <strong>poverty</strong>, a source of resentment and a massive <strong>disincentive</strong> to work....An excellent report by Threshold on <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> in Cork found that 21% of people on <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>...The recent Threshold report on <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplements</strong> in Cork states that 21% of people on <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Joint Committee On Social And Family Affairs </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_social_and_family_affairs/2003-12-03/2/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=rent&highlight%5B2%5D=supplement&highlight%5B3%5D=renting&highlight%5B4%5D=rent&highlight%5B5%5D=supplement&highlight%5B6%5D=rent&highlight%5B7%5D=supplement&highlight%5B8%5D=disincentives" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Rent Supplement Scheme: Presentation. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_social_and_family_affairs/2003-12-03/2/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 3 Dec 2003 - I am also chairperson of European Anti-<strong>Poverty</strong> Network Ireland....No alternative to <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> is in place. Social housing is not available....The introduction of the six months <strong>renting</strong> test for <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> applicants will, we believe, see...Threshold would be among the first to agree that the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> system is flawed....The system involves work <strong>disincentives</strong>, undesirable regional differentiation and access problems. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-02-15/34/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=supplement&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=poverty&highlight%5B5%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B6%5D=rent&highlight%5B7%5D=supplement&highlight%5B8%5D=rent&highlight%5B9%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Rent Supplement: Motion (Resumed). </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-02-15/34/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 15 Feb 2006 - The vast majority of those who receive <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> are social welfare recipients....Someone employed for 30 hours a week will no longer qualify for <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>....It feeds into <strong>poverty</strong> and becomes a massive <strong>disincentive</strong> to work....How can people in receipt of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> take up offers of full-time work, which may not be well...paid, and immediately find they will lose <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> thus rendering them significantly worse off </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-02-14/21/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty&highlight%5B3%5D=rent&highlight%5B4%5D=supplement&highlight%5B5%5D=rent&highlight%5B6%5D=supplement&highlight%5B7%5D=rent&highlight%5B8%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Rent Supplement: Motion. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-02-14/21/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 14 Feb 2006 - I accept that the higher the <strong>rent</strong> allowance, the greater the <strong>disincentive</strong> for people to go back to work...A number of Deputies referred to <strong>poverty</strong> traps and wedges....We will continue to pay the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> until we can find other solutions, but it must be remembered...The means disregard is particularly important for people on <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>....The <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> retention income limit has not changed for some time and I will give it the attention </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Joint Committee On Social And Family Affairs </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_social_and_family_affairs/2004-11-16/2/?highlight%5B0%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Rent Supplement Scheme: Presentation. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_social_and_family_affairs/2004-11-16/2/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 16 Nov 2004 - This rule gives people yet another <strong>disincentive</strong> to work, to add to the medical card guidelines and several...premise of the social welfare system is that it acts as a safety net for people in crisis and living in <strong>poverty</strong> </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-01-29/30/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B2%5D=supplements" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Family Income Supplement. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-01-29/30/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 29 Jan 1997 - Expert Group on the Integration of Tax and Social Welfare identified significant unemployment and <strong>poverty</strong>...In the context of reducing <strong>disincentives</strong> to work, Partnership 2000 contains a commitment that priority...This will significantly increase the <strong>supplements</strong> payable under the scheme, thereby increasing the rewards </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2013-07-18/7/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=rent&highlight%5B5%5D=supplement&highlight%5B6%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2013-07-18/7/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 18 Jul 2013 - Niamh O'Donoghue It is not so much the case that it is a <strong>poverty</strong> trap, but we are acutely aware of the...<strong>disincentive</strong> effect of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> in the case of a person looking to progress from unemployment...There is conditionality attached to <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>....The expectation is to try to remove that <strong>disincentive</strong> to engagement by moving people to the housing assistance </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-09-20/272/?highlight%5B0%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B3%5D=rent&highlight%5B4%5D=supplements&highlight%5B5%5D=rent&highlight%5B6%5D=supplement&highlight%5B7%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B8%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-09-20/272/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 20 Sep 1995 - The Expert Working Group on the Integration of the Tax and Social Welfare Systems is examining <strong>disincentives</strong>...and <strong>poverty</strong> traps in the current systems, including the <strong>disincentives</strong> arising from the loss of "secondary...benefits" such as <strong>rent</strong> and mortgage <strong>supplements</strong> on re-entering or commencing employment....This report will address issues raised by the increased importance of <strong>rent</strong> and mortgage <strong>supplement</strong> as...a means of housing support in recent years, including the <strong>disincentives</strong> arising from the loss of <strong>supplement</strong> </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1988-11-22/33/?highlight%5B0%5D=supplement&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Family Income Supplement. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1988-11-22/33/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 22 Nov 1988 - Woods) The family income <strong>supplement</strong> is designed to lessen the <strong>disincentive</strong> to work caused by the narrow...claiming disability or unemployment benefit and the scheme is intended to reduce the extent of that <strong>poverty</strong> </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-05-30/7/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Priority Questions. - Family Income Supplement. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-05-30/7/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 30 May 2000 - Does he not see there is a <strong>poverty</strong> trap in that sector, and that this needs to be sorted out, irrespective...There is a <strong>disincentive</strong> for them to work, perhaps even an incentive to drive them into the black economy...Does the Minister not believe he has a responsibility to eliminate that <strong>poverty</strong> trap? </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-03-22/17/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=supplement&highlight%5B2%5D=rented&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=crippled&highlight%5B5%5D=supplement&highlight%5B6%5D=poverty&highlight%5B7%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B8%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B9%5D=poverty" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare Benefits. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-03-22/17/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 22 Mar 2006 - Penrose While I rarely disagree with the Minister, the modification to the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> scheme carried...There are 60,000 tenants in private <strong>rented</strong> accommodation and the <strong>supplement</strong> costs €400 million....work means that tens of thousands of low income families and workers have been financially <strong>crippled</strong>...<strong>supplement</strong> to employment constitutes a <strong>poverty</strong> trap and a <strong>disincentive</strong> to work....It could be an important factor in ensuring the elimination of this <strong>disincentive</strong> to work and <strong>poverty</strong> </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-12-10/38/?highlight%5B0%5D=rents&highlight%5B1%5D=rent&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=rent&highlight%5B4%5D=crippled&highlight%5B5%5D=rent&highlight%5B6%5D=rent&highlight%5B7%5D=poverty" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-12-10/38/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 10 Dec 2019 - <strong>Rents</strong> are out of control and continue to rise....The annual 4% <strong>rent</strong> increase permitted in <strong>rent</strong> pressure zones is something that families have come to...In 2016, the family's <strong>rent</strong> was €1,400 per month, which they could just about afford....In a few short years, this financially <strong>crippled</strong> family has seen its <strong>rent</strong> increase from €1,400 per month...The annual <strong>rent</strong> increase has not only pushed working families into <strong>poverty</strong>; it has pushed many into homelessness </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-11-22/26/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentives" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed). </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-11-22/26/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 22 Nov 2006 - replace the <strong>rent</strong> allowance scheme with a new housing support, which will eliminate the <strong>poverty</strong> traps...and <strong>disincentives</strong> to work associated with the current scheme; </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-11-02/312/?highlight%5B0%5D=supplement&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty&highlight%5B3%5D=rents&highlight%5B4%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Anti-Poverty Strategy. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-11-02/312/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 2 Nov 1999 - Child benefit is acknowledged in the <strong>supplement</strong> to be "the most direct and effective means of assisting...The link between the risk of <strong>poverty</strong> and family size has been firmly established and my Department's...The Government agrees that child benefit is one of the most effective means of tackling child <strong>poverty</strong>...universal, not taxable and not assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>..., medical cards, etc. it does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment or improving wages. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-12-14/34/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=supplement&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=poverty&highlight%5B5%5D=rent&highlight%5B6%5D=supplement&highlight%5B7%5D=rent&highlight%5B8%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-12-14/34/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 14 Dec 2010 - These two amendments and the following couple all relate to the payment of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>....<strong>Rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> probably is the area of social welfare that is crying out most for reform....The manner in which it operates at present poses the greatest <strong>poverty</strong> trap to people in receipt of social...Approximately 7% of jobseekers are in receipt of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> and for people in such circumstances...This is because of the manner in which <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> is withdrawn if someone goes to work. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Joint Committee On Finance, Public Expenditure And Reform </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_finance_public_expenditure_and_reform/2014-07-16/2/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=poverty&highlight%5B5%5D=rent&highlight%5B6%5D=supplement&highlight%5B7%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_finance_public_expenditure_and_reform/2014-07-16/2/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 16 Jul 2014 - The European Anti-<strong>Poverty</strong> Network Ireland proposal sets out short and long-term objectives....traps - and rid ourselves of current <strong>poverty</strong> traps - one needs to look at ways through which other more...We spoke earlier about the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> scheme and the fact that its withdrawal on a progressive basis...rather than slowly as people move back into work and so on is leading to the creation of <strong>poverty</strong> traps...The sudden withdrawal of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> is a serious <strong>disincentive</strong> to people returning to work. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-12-11/254/?highlight%5B0%5D=supplement&highlight%5B1%5D=rent&highlight%5B2%5D=supplements&highlight%5B3%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B4%5D=rent&highlight%5B5%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Anti-Poverty Strategy. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-12-11/254/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 11 Dec 2001 - introduction of net income assessment for the purposes of determining entitlement to family income <strong>supplement</strong>...takes up work or gets a pay increase; a more tapered withdrawal of supplementary welfare allowance <strong>rent</strong>...or mortgage <strong>supplements</strong> and the introduction of an income disregard of £25 – 31.74 – for those in part-time...traps and employment <strong>disincentives</strong> are removed....Third, I have increased the income disregard under <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> which applies to earnings from part-time </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-11-25/193/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=rents&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-11-25/193/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 25 Nov 1997 - Child benefit remains one of the most effective means of tackling <strong>poverty</strong>, as it channels resources directly...takes up employment and is not assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>..., medical cards, etc., it does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Select Committee On Social And Family Affairs </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_social_and_family_affairs/2010-06-24/6/?highlight%5B0%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B1%5D=rent&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=rent&highlight%5B5%5D=supplement&highlight%5B6%5D=rent&highlight%5B7%5D=supplement&highlight%5B8%5D=rent&highlight%5B9%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Committee Stage </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_social_and_family_affairs/2010-06-24/6/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 24 Jun 2010 - The necessity for landlords to wait until the end of a rental period to be paid serves as quite a <strong>disincentive</strong>...for them to <strong>rent</strong> out their properties to tenants who are in receipt of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>....Amendment No. 11 also pertains to <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>...., they lose a corresponding amount of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>....The same should apply to <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2003-12-17/24/?highlight%5B0%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2003-12-17/24/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 17 Dec 2003 - It has not been done for several years and is a <strong>disincentive</strong>....a headline in the newspapers, he should be aware that, in terms of child benefit, the ending child <strong>poverty</strong>...initiative is an evaluation of the family income <strong>supplement</strong> and CDA, not child benefit. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-03-04/19/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=supplements&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=poverty&highlight%5B5%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B6%5D=supplementation&highlight%5B7%5D=rent&highlight%5B8%5D=supplement&highlight%5B9%5D=rent&highlight%5B10%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-03-04/19/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 4 Mar 2008 - There are more than 60,000 <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplements</strong> in payment and 13,000 tenants have chosen to have <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>...to individuals and families and in alleviating <strong>poverty</strong> and social exclusion....At a policy level, measures are in place to remove the <strong>disincentives</strong> to taking up employment and to assist...<strong>supplementation</strong> while enabling <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> to return to its original role as a short-term income...eligible to receive <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong>. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-11-27/57/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=rents&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-11-27/57/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 27 Nov 1996 - Child benefit remains one of our most effective means of tackling <strong>poverty</strong>, as it channels resources directly...takes up employment and is not assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>...Therefore, it cannot act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment or improving wages. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-11-02/224/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty&highlight%5B3%5D=rents&highlight%5B4%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Child Poverty. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-11-02/224/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 2 Nov 1999 - One of the central means by which child <strong>poverty</strong> can be tackled is child benefit....The link between the risk of <strong>poverty</strong> and family size has been firmly established and the Department of...provision of income support in respect of children plays a crucial role in combating the incidence of child <strong>poverty</strong>...universal, not taxable and not assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>..., medical cards, etc., it does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment or improving wages. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-11-24/33/?highlight%5B0%5D=rents&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B2%5D=supplement&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=supplements" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers - Child Poverty. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-11-24/33/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 24 Nov 1998 - universal, not taxable and not assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>..., medical cards, etc., it does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment or improving wages....In addition, family income <strong>supplement</strong> plays a significant role in assisting low income families through...the payment of a regular weekly <strong>supplement</strong> to parents on low pay....The scheme is now calculated on a net income basis which will significantly increase the <strong>supplements</strong> </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Seanad Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/seanad/2009-12-15/9/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplements&highlight%5B4%5D=disincentives" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2009-12-15/9/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 15 Dec 2009 - after the budget changes, therefore, we will achieve the commitment in the national action plan against <strong>poverty</strong>...We have also been conscious of the need to avoid <strong>disincentives</strong> for people to move from welfare to work...Currently, when basic welfare rates and secondary benefits such as the <strong>rent</strong> and mortgage interest <strong>supplements</strong>...The changes in welfare rates will address these <strong>disincentives</strong>. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-11-24/27/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=rents&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers - Child Support. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-11-24/27/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 24 Nov 1998 - It is effective in tackling <strong>poverty</strong> as it channels resources directly to the main carers of children...unemployed parent takes up employment or assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>..., medical cards, etc., it does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment or improving wages. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-12-18/109/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=rents&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-12-18/109/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 18 Dec 1997 - Child benefit remains one of our most effective means of tackling <strong>poverty</strong>, as it channels resources directly...unemployed parent takes up employment or assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>..., medical cards, etc., it does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment or improving wages. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-10-20/5/?highlight%5B0%5D=rented&highlight%5B1%5D=crippling&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=supplements&highlight%5B5%5D=supplement&highlight%5B6%5D=rent&highlight%5B7%5D=supplement&highlight%5B8%5D=rent&highlight%5B9%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-10-20/5/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 20 Oct 2005 - The high cost of private <strong>rented</strong> accommodation is often <strong>crippling</strong> and the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> system creates...and mortgage <strong>supplements</strong>....<strong>supplement</strong>....The recipient of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> can receive up to €275 per week....Under this order from the Minister, such people cannot be provided with any <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> and consequently </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-02-20/25/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=supplement&highlight%5B2%5D=supplement&highlight%5B3%5D=rent&highlight%5B4%5D=supplement&highlight%5B5%5D=rent&highlight%5B6%5D=supplement&highlight%5B7%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B8%5D=poverty&highlight%5B9%5D=rent&highlight%5B10%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed). </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-02-20/25/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 20 Feb 2007 - The <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> scheme is part of the overall <strong>supplement</strong> package announced in last December's budget...This includes an extension of the qualifying conditions and an easing of the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> means test...The key objectives of the changes are to simplify the means test, so that a <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> recipient...can judge the impact of an offer of work, and address the <strong>disincentives</strong> and eliminate the <strong>poverty</strong> traps...faced by <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> recipients seeking to increase their hours of work, or wishing to take up full-time </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-11-26/15/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=rents&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Other Questions. - Social Welfare Benefits. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-11-26/15/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 26 Nov 1997 - Ahern It is now widely recognised that child benefit is a very effective mechanism for tackling <strong>poverty</strong>...takes up employment and is not assessed as means for other secondary benefits, such as differential <strong>rents</strong>..., medical cards, and so on, it does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-09-28/446/?highlight%5B0%5D=supplement&highlight%5B1%5D=supplement&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty&highlight%5B3%5D=disincentives" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare Benefits. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-09-28/446/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 28 Sep 2005 - Brennan) My Department administers a number of income support measures, including family income <strong>supplement</strong>...Economic and Social Council is examining the merging of child dependant allowances with the family income <strong>supplement</strong>...scheme into a second tier child income support payment as a way of addressing the issue of child <strong>poverty</strong>...by channelling resources to low income families without creating <strong>disincentives</strong> to employment. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Select Sub-Committee On Finance </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/select_sub_committee_on_finance/2012-02-29/2/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=crippled&highlight%5B3%5D=rent" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Finance Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_sub_committee_on_finance/2012-02-29/2/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 29 Feb 2012 - Has the Department examined the consequences of the increase and the impact it will have on fuel <strong>poverty</strong>...Has there been any engagement with those who are trying to address fuel <strong>poverty</strong>?...foster and support small and medium enterprises but if we talk to SMEs, they will say they are being <strong>crippled</strong>...by all the different charges and the cost of energy is at the top of that list along with rates and <strong>rent</strong> </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-11-17/4/?highlight%5B0%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B1%5D=rent&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty&highlight%5B3%5D=poverty" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Ceisteanna—Questions. - Interdepartmental Strategy Group. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-11-17/4/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 17 Nov 1998 - Mitchell Is the Taoiseach aware there is a <strong>disincentive</strong> for a person living in an inner city flat complex..., who must pay <strong>rent</strong> on his or her gross income which is also used to calculate his or her eligibility...More than 200,000 people remain on the live register because of such inbuilt <strong>poverty</strong> traps....staff from continental Europe because people in Ireland will not take up jobs as a result of those <strong>poverty</strong> </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-10-07/22/?highlight%5B0%5D=rents&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B2%5D=supplement&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=supplements" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Other Questions. - National Anti-Poverty Strategy. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-10-07/22/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 7 Oct 1998 - parent takes up employment nor assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>..., medical cards and so on, it does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment or improving wages...In addition, family income <strong>supplement</strong> plays a significant role in assisting low income families through...the payment of a regular weekly <strong>supplement</strong> to parents on low pay....The scheme is now calculated on a net income basis which will significantly increase the <strong>supplements</strong> </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-04-29/35/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=rents&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Child Support. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-04-29/35/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 29 Apr 1998 - It is effective in tackling <strong>poverty</strong> as it channels resources directly to families most in need and is...unemployed parent takes up employment or assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>..., medical cards, etc., it does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment or improving wages. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-06-20/104/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=disincentives" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Child Support. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-06-20/104/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 20 Jun 2006 - Child <strong>poverty</strong> is a complex area requiring coordinated action across a range of government services and...The development of income supports which can make the most effective contribution to child <strong>poverty</strong> lies...While the solutions to the problem of child <strong>poverty</strong> cover a wide range of measures, including income...National Economic and Social Council was asked to examine the feasibility of merging the family income <strong>supplement</strong>...families without creating significant <strong>disincentives</strong> to employment. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-05-11/92/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=disincentives" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Anti-Poverty Strategy. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-05-11/92/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 11 May 2006 - Brennan) Child <strong>poverty</strong> is a complex area requiring coordinated action across a range of government services...The development of income supports which can make the most effective contribution to child <strong>poverty</strong> lies...While the solutions to the problem of child <strong>poverty</strong> cover a wide range of measures, including income...National Economic and Social Council was asked to examine the feasibility of merging the family income <strong>supplement</strong>...families without creating significant <strong>disincentives</strong> to employment. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-12-06/52/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty&highlight%5B3%5D=rent&highlight%5B4%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-12-06/52/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 6 Dec 2017 - I am focusing on lone parents in particular and of all the different groups, the <strong>poverty</strong> statistics among...This is a <strong>disincentive</strong> for people among the poorest group in society to earn a little extra income which...It is a classic <strong>poverty</strong> trap....In many cases, they do not have any room to <strong>rent</strong> out....In other cases, the <strong>disincentive</strong> is so strong that it is just not worth their while to do it. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-12-14/34/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=supplement&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=rent&highlight%5B5%5D=supplement&highlight%5B6%5D=rent&highlight%5B7%5D=supplement&highlight%5B8%5D=poverty" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2010-12-14/34/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 14 Dec 2010 - A total of €420 million in <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> is being paid to private landlords at present but there is...no system in place to ensure that those landlords who are recipients of <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> are tax compliant...The Labour Party proposes that <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> would not be paid to any landlord unless that landlord...For all kinds of reasons, it makes absolute sense to have radical reform of the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> system...<strong>poverty</strong> trap. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-02-02/21/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=rents&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=supplements" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers - Family Support Services. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1999-02-02/21/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 2 Feb 1999 - It is effective in tackling <strong>poverty</strong> as it channels resources directly to families with children and is...unemployed parent takes up employment or assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>..., medical cards, etc., it does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment or improving wages....I should also mention that the family income <strong>supplement</strong>, FIS, scheme has been enhanced as a means of...This measure significantly increases the <strong>supplements</strong> payable under the scheme, thereby increasing the </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Seanad Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/seanad/2010-12-17/5/?highlight%5B0%5D=rent&highlight%5B1%5D=supplement&highlight%5B2%5D=rent&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=supplement&highlight%5B5%5D=rent&highlight%5B6%5D=supplement&highlight%5B7%5D=rent&highlight%5B8%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2010-12-17/5/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 17 Dec 2010 - If, however, a property is occupied by <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> tenants, it must meet the minimum standards....Regulations were introduced that allowed the HSE to refuse <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> for a property that does not...<strong>supplement</strong> tenant....When the issue is resolved, the tenant simply leaves taking the <strong>rent</strong> <strong>supplement</strong> money....At the moment, <strong>rent</strong> allowance acts as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to work. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-06-23/142/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=poverty&highlight%5B3%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B4%5D=supplement&highlight%5B5%5D=rent&highlight%5B6%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Tax and Social Welfare Codes. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-06-23/142/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 23 Jun 2005 - Brennan) In its policy statement, Ending Child <strong>Poverty</strong>, which I launched recently, the Combat <strong>Poverty</strong>...countries, is a comprehensive, wide-ranging and valuable contribution to the ongoing drive to ending child <strong>poverty</strong>...been introduced across the social welfare system to make them more employment friendly by removing <strong>disincentives</strong>...are disregarded; farm assist — 30% of earnings from self-employment are disregarded; family income <strong>supplement</strong>...— 40% of net earnings are disregarded; retention of <strong>rent</strong>-mortgage interest <strong>supplement</strong> and other secondary </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-09-30/279/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=rents&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentive" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers - Social Welfare Benefits. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-09-30/279/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 30 Sep 1997 - Child benefit is an effective means of tackling <strong>poverty</strong>, as it channels resources directly to families...takes up employment and is not assessed as means for other secondary benefits such as differential <strong>rents</strong>...Child benefit, therefore, does not act as a <strong>disincentive</strong> to taking up employment or improving wages. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Select Committee On Finance And General Affairs </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_finance_and_general_affairs/1993-05-25/3/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentive&highlight%5B3%5D=rent&highlight%5B4%5D=poverty" class="c-search-list__title-link" > SECTION 1. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_finance_and_general_affairs/1993-05-25/3/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 25 May 1993 - Doyle The Minister referred to the <strong>poverty</strong> trap and the scenario which gives rise to this — net pay...On the question of <strong>poverty</strong> traps, the Minister, in addition to examining the threshold limits, should...threatened loss of a medical card, on which so much more than medical services now hinge, is an enormous <strong>disincentive</strong>...In my health board area a medical card and <strong>rent</strong> allowance are not given to anyone at work....This would go some way towards eliminating <strong>poverty</strong> traps for people on low pay. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-16/40/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B2%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B3%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B4%5D=supplement&highlight%5B5%5D=supplement" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Working Group Report. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1996-10-16/40/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 16 Oct 1996 - The report sets out comprehensively the <strong>poverty</strong> traps and work <strong>disincentives</strong> in the present tax and social...traps and work <strong>disincentives</strong>....and <strong>disincentives</strong> to work....The second option is child benefit <strong>supplement</strong>, a payment in respect of children which would be related...the expert group is to retain the broad structures of the existing system but to reform family income <strong>supplement</strong> </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Seanad Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-19/7/?highlight%5B0%5D=poverty&highlight%5B1%5D=poverty&highlight%5B2%5D=supplement&highlight%5B3%5D=poverty&highlight%5B4%5D=disincentives" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2007-12-19/7/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 19 Dec 2007 - An unacceptable number of children remain in consistent <strong>poverty</strong> and the Government remains focused on...further substantially reducing child <strong>poverty</strong>....was asked by the Department of the Taoiseach to examine the feasibility of merging the family income <strong>supplement</strong>...Such a payment would be aimed specifically at targeting child <strong>poverty</strong> by channelling resources to low...income families without creating significant <strong>disincentives</strong> to employment. </div> </li> <li class="c-search-list__item"> <h4 class="c-search-list__type"> Debate: Dáil Éireann </h4> <h2 class="c-search-list__title"> <a href="/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-02-04/48/?highlight%5B0%5D=supplement&highlight%5B1%5D=disincentives&highlight%5B2%5D=supplement&highlight%5B3%5D=supplement&highlight%5B4%5D=poverty&highlight%5B5%5D=poverty" class="c-search-list__title-link" > Written Answers. - Child Poverty. </a> </h2> <div class="c-search-list__url"> https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-02-04/48/ </div> <div class="c-search-list__result"> 4 Feb 1998 - First, in the area of income support measures, such as child benefit and family income <strong>supplement</strong> and...secondly, in the introduction of measures aimed at removing <strong>disincentives</strong> to taking up employment....A further initiative which impacts on children was the amendment of the family income <strong>supplement</strong> scheme...; income limits were increased and eligibility for the <strong>supplement</strong> is now based on net income....Child <strong>poverty</strong> is perhaps the greatest single justification for a national anti-<strong>poverty</strong> strategy, NAPS </div> </li> </ul> <div class="c-pagination-footer -mobile-edge-pad"> <p class="c-page-num -left-align" > Page <span class="c-page-num__ref"> 1 of 11 </span> </p> <div class="c-pagination-num-selector -left-align" role="navigation" aria-label="Pagination" tabindex="0" aria-expanded="false"> <p class="c-pagination-num-selector__current js-page-num-selector-trigger" aria-live="polite">Show: <strong>50 per page</strong></p> <ul class="c-pagination-num-selector__options is-hidden js-pagination js-page-num-selector-target"> 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