30th January 2012. Distressed mortgage holders offered lifeline by new Insolvency Bill – Clune. Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune, has said the Personal Insolvency Bill published this week by the Government will give a vital lifeline to distressed mortgage holders and those overwhelmed by personal debts. The Heads of the Bill was published by Ministers [...]

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See below a clip of me speaking on the Household Charge on the Late Debate. I begin speaking at 0.5.40. http://www.rte.ie/radio1/latedebate/#Podcasts

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The review of expenditure within An Garda Síochána by the Garda Commissioner will be released in the next fortnight. The findings were presented to the Minister in a document entitled Draft Policing Plan for 2012. The review was made in light of the fact that the Justice budget will have €100 million less next year. [...]

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NAME : Senator Deirdre Clune CONSTITUENCY: Cork South Central   Date: 19/11/2011 Reforming, reshaping and refocusing the public sector will mean better service delivery – Clune.   Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune has said the public service reform measures outlined by the Government will ensure a more streamlined and efficient public service that is better equipped to [...]

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Out on the canvass over that last few days people have been telling us that they welcome Fine Gael’s Mortgage Interest Relief proposals as genuine effort to address the crisis face by a growing number of households across the country. Out on the canvass people are welcoming Fine Gael’s plan for Mortgage Interest Relief as [...]

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Fine Gael Spokesperson on Innovation & Research Deirdre Clune TD has welcomed the recommendations for reform contained in the Law Reform Commission’s Personal Debt Management and Debt Enforcement Report. Deputy Clune has urged the Government to respond to the report by reforming our outdated insolvency laws without any further delay. I agree with the Law [...]

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Fine Gael Innovation & Research Spokesperson Deirdre Clune TD has described the Budget as a needless attack on the lowest paid that will damage the economy. By cutting the minimum wage by €1 per hour, and applying the new Universal Social Charge to those on annual incomes as low as €4,000, the Government has needlessly [...]

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Tax increases on low and middle income families in Budget 2011 will only damage the economy and stymie growth, according to Fine Gael Innovation & Research Spokesperson Deirdre Clune TD. Budget 2011 is an attack on low and middle income working families. The tax changes will reduce their spending power and suck money out of [...]

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Fine Gael Spokesperson on Research & Innovation Deirdre Clune TD has criticised the Government’s four year plan as a document with no future. It lacks any proposals on the banking sector or any package for job creation and seems yet again to target the vulnerable in society. Instead of a vision and hope the Government’s [...]

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