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RYAN VOICES CONCERN OVER KEANE REPORT ON MORTGAGE ARREARS
Posted on October 19, 2011 11:31 AM | Permanent Link
Brendan Ryan, Labour TD for Dublin North, spoke in the Dáil on Tuesday evening voicing concern over the Keane Report on Mortgage Arrears. Speaking to the House, Ryan raised concerns over the limitations placed on the Working Groups processes from the outset and raised potential problems for the recommended Mortgage-to-Rent scheme. Ryan, "My primary concern is that the Government will implement the Keane Report's recommendations without rigorously examining the key proposals. Given the scale of the mortgage crisis, which let us remember is a human crisis and in many cases a family crisis, I find this Report lacks enough rigorous...Continue reading....
RYAN PRAISES SUBMISSION BY PYRITE ACTION GROUP TO OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE
Posted on October 14, 2011 11:37 AM | Permanent Link
Labour Party TD for Dublin North Brendan Ryan has praised the submission by the Pyrite Action Group to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and Gaeltacht on 11 October 2011. Ryan "I have sat on many Committees in my time as Senator and now TD but seldom have I witnessed a more engaging and well-presented submission such as that which came from the Pyrite Action Group on Tuesday. Whilst the Government has announced the setting up of a Working Group to tackle the Pyrite crisis in recent weeks, it was timely that the Pyrite Action Group presented the...Continue reading....
RYAN CALLS FOR JOINED-UP STRATEGY TO EXAMINE POTENTIAL SOCIAL WELFARE FRAUD
Posted on October 11, 2011 11:34 AM | Permanent Link
In a Joint Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education last week, Brendan Ryan, Labour Party TD for Dublin North, asked the Department of Social Protection what efforts have been taken to address the question of non-Irish nationals coming into the country on short trips to collect social welfare payments. Deputy Ryan spoke to the Committee and congratulated the Department for its efforts to deal with fraud and how in this time of economic crisis, we must make the best use of resources that are available for genuine cases. Speaking to the issue of non-Irish nationals coming into Ireland...Continue reading....