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Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Nov 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting lists for day-services and residential services in each of the agencies working in the intellectual disability area; and the steps she is taking to meet this demand. [31407/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Nov 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who are inappropriately placed in the Mater Hospital and Beaumont Hospital; the funding available in the winter 2007 period or the initiatives she intends taking to ensure sufficient step-down and nursing home beds are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31408/07]

Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Róisín Shortall: That approach is not working.

Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Surely that is elitism.

Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Why should voting rights be confined to third level graduates?

Order of Business (29 Nov 2007)

Róisín Shortall: My point is that there is no reason that those who had the benefit of attending third level should have separate representation in the Upper House. There is no justification for that.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he plans to take to eliminate consistent poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32574/07]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept last week's EU-SILC figures are a serious indictment of the Government's record in recent years? According to those figures, Ireland has the third highest rate of people at risk of poverty. Does the Minister accept Ireland is still a shockingly unequal society?

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Does he accept the figures which show the rates of poverty are static? Last year 6.9% of people were living in poverty while the figure for the previous year was 7%. Little or no progress is being made on tackling the rates of poverty in our society. After a decade of so-called prosperity, why are 293,000 people still living in poverty? Given the targets set in the national anti-poverty...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: This is the equivalent of shooting the messenger. The argument about the way of measuring poverty in this country is over. Whatever disagreements may have existed about it in the past, we know now that all of those groups working in this area, including research organisations and indeed the Minister's Department, accept the way of measuring poverty in this country. What these figures show...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: As a point of information, last week's figures show that the rate of child poverty is increasing in this country.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, 96,000 of them.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: For goodness sake, pilot schemes in this day and age are a nonsense.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: What the Government needs to do is put in the resources.

Social Welfare Code. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: It is more than 18 months since the Department published proposals on providing supports for lone parents and it appears that little or no progress has been made in implementing these. The question relates specifically to the proposal to end the cohabitation rule. Does the Minister accept that it makes no sense for the State — as it is currently doing in respect of social welfare and tax...

Social Welfare Code. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: They are better off. The figures prove that.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: The survey to which the Minister refers shows that consistent poverty has remained static at approximately 7% for the past two years. What does the Minister think are the principal reasons that little or no progress has been made in reducing that rate? Does he accept the real scandal is that 96,000 children live in poverty and that little or no progress has been made on reducing that...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: While I welcome the Taoiseach's comments in respect of the nursing home legislation, I seek clarification regarding the arrangements the Government is making for consultation with the various groups representing older people. Will the Taoiseach guarantee that the consultation will take place prior to the legislation being finalised and published?

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his intentions in relation to the awarding of credits to home-makers and other carers for years spent on caring duties in place of the system of disregarding these years when computing average credit history; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32198/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will extend the age allowance to qualified adults over 80 years of age. [32195/07]