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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4781/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of agency workers employed by her Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of her Department. [4778/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of agency workers employed by her Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of her Department. [4783/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 516: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4782/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 555: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4789/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 612: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4785/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 652: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of agency workers employed by his Department and by State agencies which fall under the auspices of his Department. [4780/08]

Departmental Bodies. (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: There are 100,000 people on the housing list.

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, that the Government and the Minister for Health and Children recognise the incalculable suffering of the victims of Dr. Michael Neary by extending the terms of reference of the redress scheme to take full cognisance of the extent of the pain and suffering...

Family Support Services. (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I was disappointed by the Minister's reply, the majority of which was culled from his budget speech and which we have heard several times. Is the Minister aware there are 290,000 people living in consistent poverty, many of whom are children? Is he aware that 770,000 people, many of whom are children, are at risk of poverty? These figures come from a State organisation, the Combat Poverty...

Family Support Services. (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: They have not.

Family Support Services. (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: The House heard from Deputy Enright about the increases in electricity and oil prices. I do not want to quote the figures again. The Government has not kept pace with those costs.

Family Support Services. (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I would be happy to itemise any amount of deficiencies yielded by the budget, not least of which is the lack of an increase in the living alone allowance, which affects more older people because they comprise a high percentage of its recipients. The Minister stated that it is a question of choices. Would he accept the choice he has made, which is the choice the Government has consistently...

Family Support Services. (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: The Minister has abandoned them.

Family Support Services. (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: The evidence shows otherwise.

Family Support Services. (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I am getting the figures from the Government.

Family Support Services. (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: What about the consistent poverty figures I quoted?

Employment Support Services. (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I am sure all Members of this House have many constituents who visit their clinics and express the huge difficulties faced by individuals and families seeking to move from social welfare to work. Does the Minister accept that a relatively low cost measure, such as extending the period of validity of the medical card for people moving from welfare to work, could be of benefit to the economy...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Sinn Féin made several proposals in its pre-budget 2008 submission on social welfare, very few of which were taken on board. The amendments would have gone some way towards bringing about a more efficient and better social welfare system. We support the Bill on the basis that any increases in areas such as child benefit and the one-parent family payment are sorely needed. We will not act...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Feb 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether it is the large cost of providing welfare to lone parents that is the main motivation for the reforms to the lone parent payment, as opposed to a desire on the Government's behalf to help parents re-enter the work force or to tackle poverty in one parent families. [4611/08]