Budget | Maureen O'Sullivan TD

My take on Budget 2020

on: October 10, 2019In: Budget, Local & National, SliderNo Comments

Budgets are strange creatures. This is my 11th or 12th one. Listening to the Minister of the day, as we did yesterday, one hears of “X” billion going here and “Y” bil... Read more

A “caring budget” or a PR budget?

on: October 31, 2018In: Budget, Corporate Tax, Disability Funding, Drugs, Housing Crisis, SliderNo Comments

As the dust settles on Budget 2019, I’m posting snippets of my post budget speech made the day after it was announced to argue that there is no doubt but that inequality is growing and... Read more

Budget 2019 does nothing to address the numbers becoming homeless

on: October 12, 2018In: Budget, Homelessness, SliderNo Comments

The figures – €30 million here, €1.4 billion there, €110 million there – all sound very impressive but we need the breakdown and we need the answers to questions such as “W... Read more

Make a REAL difference and prioritise those with a mental or physical disability in Budget 2018

on: July 19, 2017In: Budget, Disability Funding, SliderNo Comments

Instead of spreading resources too thinly, I believe budgets should make a real difference for those suffering the most inequality. Currently many of these are the people with a disability,... Read more

My Budget 2017 Speech

on: October 14, 2016In: Animal Welfare, Budget, Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Inequality, International, Local & National, Medical Cards, Mental Health, SliderNo Comments

Is cinnte go bhfuil athrú tagtha ar chúrsaí a bhaineann leis an mbuiséad. Tá atmaisféar difriúil againn inniu. Bhí na buiséid a bhí againn le blianta beaga anuas go huafásach. Chuir siad ist... Read more

Government contradicting the Central Statistics Office

on: November 19, 2015In: Budget, Local & National, SliderNo Comments

I was horrified to hear a Minister state in a budget speech that the Government had protected young people, old people and the vulnerable because the statistics from the Central Statistics O... Read more

The Honest Truth About Budget 2016

on: October 29, 2015In: Budget, Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Local & National, SliderNo Comments

Beyond the headlines we have gone through and analysed Budget 2016 to give you the Good, the Bad and the Ugly details contained and what this means to you and what you care about. If you are... Read more

#Budget2016 should prioritise people… I won’t hold my breath..

on: October 13, 2015In: Budget, Inequality, Local & National, SliderNo Comments

I have been making my submissions for Budget 2016 to the Ministers over the past few weeks; Each time I’ve made the point that we should never have been made pay for the greed of those... Read more

Question to the Minister; Will you abolish the Universal Social Charge?

on: April 22, 2015In: Budget, Inequality, Local & National, Parliamentary Questions, SliderNo Comments

Unjust taxes such as the USC are contributing to the growing levels of inequality in Ireland. The Irish people have paid enough for the greed and reckless gambles of others and the USC is th... Read more

Austerity is not over

on: March 01, 2015In: Budget, Inequality, Local & National, SliderNo Comments

Austerity is far from over. Statistics and percentages may signal growth; but that is not what I see on the ground in Dublin Central and throughout Ireland, as usual it is the less well off... Read more

Principles of social justice and human sympathy are missing and the water charges are in that bracket

My Budget 2017 Speech

Budget 2019 does nothing to address the numbers becoming homeless

Who is better off after the budget?

Make a REAL difference and prioritise those with a mental or physical disability in Budget 2018