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Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 14: In page 6, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: 3.—The Minister shall as soon as may be after the passing of this Act prepare and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the need for foster parents to be considered a qualified parent and for fostered children to be considered a qualified child for the purposes of qualifying for the one parent...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that but it will not help people in the circumstances I have described. The Minister has stated one cannot receive two payments. If the man in question had a child of his own, he would receive another payment. Foster allowance is not a payment for the adult providing foster care but a payment to meet the expenses that result from fostering a child. The man to whom I referred...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I am not asking the Minister to make the change in isolation. The circumstances I describe are very rare and could be dealt with through a legislative change.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I agree with Deputy Enright. I ask the Minister to put on the record his commitment for replacing the one-parent family payment with the parental allowance payment, which would be neutral as regards there being one or two parents in the family and neutral also as regards whether they were in or out of employment. Is he committed to doing that, and doing it this year?

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I join the Minister in thanking the officials for all of their work on this Bill and for their courtesy. It is unfortunate that the Minister did not accept even one amendment, despite acknowledging the point of a number of them on Committee Stage. From the point of view of parliamentary business, retaining an interest and working on legislation, it is disappointing when there is a blanket...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: If the Minister does not give an inch, there is not much point.

Written Answers — Sale of Alcohol: Sale of Alcohol (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use the powers available to him under Section 22 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 to provide for the traceability of alcohol sold for consumption off premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8988/08]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken in regard to the report into the circumstances in which the Gardaí failed to act on information supplied through Interpol from the Austrian authorities in relation to the alleged involvement of people based here in a global child pornography ring; the reason the report will not be published; if he is...

Written Answers — Economic Growth: Economic Growth (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 187: To ask the Taoiseach the details of the respective assumptions made by the Central Statistics Office in terms of expectations of growth in the economy in arriving at its M1 and M2 projections for migration flows to and from Ireland to 2036 in its publication Population and Labour Force Projections, 2006-2036. [8774/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 205: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the customer service targets operated by the Revenue Commissioners; and the way performance related to these targets in 2007. [9171/08]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (4 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason payment under the long stay repayment scheme was not issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 on behalf of their deceased mother in view of the fact that they have submitted all the necessary information to support their claim; if she will reconsider this application. [9014/08]

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (5 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on an opt out system of organ donation in order to increase the number of organs available to those who need transplants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9317/08]

Written Answers — Eating Disorders: Eating Disorders (5 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when there will be an increase in dedicated in-patient beds for people with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9315/08]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (5 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1331 of 30 January 2008, if a full health risk evaluation on CFLs will be carried out prior to the introduction of proposals; the level of mercury contained in CFLs; and if, in view of an increase in the number of CFLs being introduced into households here, he will...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress on the development of a network of motorway service and rest areas on the national road network; the number of motorway service and rest areas proposed in total; the completion date for each of the rest and service areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9608/08]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent allocation of €618 million for the regional and local roads programme 2008; the annual level of funding for the regional and local roads programme by year since 1997 to date in 2008; if he has written to all local authorities to ask them to increase their current level of funding for road maintenance and...

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (11 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the public consultation and public information that will be provided to the public on the Lisbon Treaty in advance of the referendum. [10026/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (11 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the response made to recent bombings in Somalia by US forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10298/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (11 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on ongoing discord in Sri Lanka; the assistance the European Union has offered with regard to assisting in the ongoing conflict; if Ireland in particular will offer a useful service to the region in view of the experience of the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10299/08]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Mar 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the assessment of the prospects for geological storage of carbon here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10586/08]