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Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion (11 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Minister tell us what the 88 allowances are?

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion (11 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is the number the Department has identified.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to confusion regarding the new process in respect of applying for rent supplement; her views on whether the change whereby persons can no longer make their urgent applications face to face to a community welfare officer but instead have to fill out forms and send these with documentation to a PO box is a backward step;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Issues (16 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her intentions with regard to the extension of further social welfare benefits to the self-employed. [44554/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Multi-annual Budget Plans (16 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is currently any legal impediment to the provision of multi-annual Government expenditure ceilings and multi-annual Ministerial expenditure ceilings. [44142/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (16 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department refused rent allowance and withdrew social welfare supports to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [44541/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice by general practitioners of charging medical card patients for filling out required social welfare and community welfare forms as much as €35; his views on this unjust practice by general practitioners; and the actions he will take to end this practice [44263/12]

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have listened to what people on all sides of the debate have had to say. It is useful to recap at this juncture on what we are agreed on. We are all agreed that it is better for older people to live and be cared for at home. There is a unanimous view across the House on this matter. We know that aside from the social desirability and the dignity concerns of people living and being cared...

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that between March 2001 and October 2011 Israeli forces destroyed €50 million worth of Palestinian infrastructure, €30 million of which was funded by the EU; and if he will raise this with other EU counterparts. [44806/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department, any body under his aegis or State agency for which he has responsibility; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the nature of the work...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legal Matters (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered into by him, any body under his aegis or State agency for which he has responsibility for the obtaining of advice from a senior or junior counsel and or a firm of solicitors; the subject...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company to him over the past 12 months, in tabular form....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department, any body under his aegis or State agency for which he has responsibility; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the nature of the work concerned; the fees paid to each...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Costs (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered into by him, any body under his aegis or State agency for which he has responsibility for the obtaining of advice from a senior or junior counsel and or a firm of solicitors; the subject matter for which advice was sought;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company to him over the past 12 months, in tabular form. [45331/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department, any body under his aegis or State agency for which he has responsibility; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the nature of the work concerned; the fees paid to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legal Matters (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 inclusive, of the arrangements entered into by him, any body under his aegis or State agency for which he has responsibility for the obtaining of advice from a senior or junior counsel and or a firm of solicitors; the subject matter for which advice...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to his Department such as ICT, legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company to him over the past 12 months, in tabular form. [45329/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details in tabular form for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 the total amount of expenditure on consultancy by his Department, any body under his aegis or State agency for which he has responsibility; the names of the consultancy companies awarded contracts; the nature of the work concerned; the fees...