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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (23 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: This year the Department will spend approximately €91.6 million on the farm assist scheme and it is expected that an average of 9,900 individuals will be in receipt of this payment each week. The farm assist scheme is based on jobseeker’s allowance and recipients retain all the advantages of the jobseeker’s allowance scheme such as retention of secondary benefits and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (23 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The non-commercial State sponsored bodies that operate under the aegis of the Department are the Pensions Authority and the Citizens Information Board (CIB). The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman also comes under the remit of the Department. Their remuneration packages, before and after implementation of the Haddington Road agreement, are outlined in the table attached. Remuneration...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 41 and 42 together. The appropriate rates of welfare supports in 2015, including the weekly rates of disability payments and back to education allowance, will be considered in the context of the Government’s discussions on the next Budget. In this regard, a €20 increase per week in disability payments (such as Disability Allowance, Illness...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Administration (24 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The rural social scheme (RSS) provides income support for farmers and those engaged in fishing who have an entitlement to specified social welfare payments. Participants are engaged for 19½ hours per week to provide certain services of benefit to rural communities. An individual in receipt of a widow’s or widower’s pension may retain his/her payment whilst on the RSS....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: There were 71,886 persons in receipt of one-parent family payment at the end of August.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (24 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The Lucan/Adamstown area has been designated by the Department for the provision of INTREO services. The OPW have been exploring options in the both Lucan and Adamstown for an Intreo Office and they are progressing a number of options with a view to obtaining a satisfactory solution. Given the limited choice of properties on the market and the unusual market conditions, this process is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (24 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: Individuals can undertake a maximum of 3 JobBridge internships, however, the total cumulative time spent on the scheme cannot exceed 18 months (78 weeks). The maximum duration of any one internship is 9 months (39 weeks). The terms and conditions of employment of former interns are a matter for the individual and the employer.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (24 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: This year the Department will spend approximately €91.6 million on the farm assist scheme and it is expected that an average of 9,900 individuals will be in receipt of this payment each week. The farm assist scheme is based on jobseeker’s allowance and recipients retain all the advantages of the jobseeker’s allowance scheme such as retention of secondary benefits and...

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: In regard to the attack on Jonny Cooper at the weekend, to which I presume the Deputy was referring, I offer Mr. Cooper and his family the sincere sympathies of the House. It seems to have been a particularly horrific attack. I was surprised, when the Deputy referenced Dublin city, that he was not aware of the complete overhaul taking place on both sides of the city centre over a...

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: Good.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The Deputy suggested that he has some experience of speaking to gardaí but his comments did not reflect the efforts the Garda is making-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: Sorry, but the Deputy is in denial-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: As I speak, an initiative that the Garda has taken to revitalise community policing, using a model developed in the city centre and which has been in operation for a considerable period, is bearing significant fruit. It is popular with members of the public and there is appreciation in the community. The heart of the policing relationship is with the community at a local level, and I agree...

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The practice has been that if a vacancy arises in the Seanad from one of the Government parties, the party from which the vacancy arises would nominate a person to fill the vacancy. Deputy McDonald would be familiar with the parallel practice for city and county councils, as well as the European Parliament. When people from the Deputy's party have stood down and a vacancy arose, the party...

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: -----with city councils and in the European Parliament.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: All parties and Independents have followed-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: -----that practice. Fianna Fáil and Independents have followed the practice in the past. It is the norm.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: The nomination is a matter for the Fine Gael Party, its leader and its members. It is not a matter for the Labour Party but rather it is for Fine Gael.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: It is a matter for the party which has the vacancy and it is for that party to make that nomination.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joan Burton: With regard to the Deputy's comment on the gender of the individual, she asked where the Labour Party stands. Of the 11 appointments to the Government from the Labour Party, five of those are women and two of them are at a senior Government level. There are two at the Minister of State level and the Attorney General is also a woman. If the Deputy is trying to throw some dust on the policy...