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Social Welfare Code. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: When we raised this issue with the Minister last month, he more or less washed his hands of it. He said that it had nothing to do with him and that he was responsible for rent supplement and answerable to the client. The Minister is paying out €420 million per year in rent supplement. The question of whether the landlords who received that rent are tax compliant should be a matter of...

Social Welfare Code. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: That is exactly what he told us last month. He told us that he was not responsible for tax collection. I welcome the fact that he has seen the light and sees himself as having some responsibility in that area. Regardless of how late it has happened, now that the Department is participating in some discussions with Revenue and the PRTB, when does the Minister expect new agreements to be in...

Social Welfare Code. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Far from trying to put the responsibility on the client, I am asking the Minister whether he, the Minister who pays out €420 million annually in rent supplement, is prepared to accept his Department's responsibility in respect of ensuring that the landlords who receive that rent are tax compliant.

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 546: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of times in each of the past five years where rent supplement was refused or a claim suspended or cancelled due to the fact that the accommodation was found to be unfit for habitation. [12464/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that his Department are not operating the habitual residence condition in an over-rigid fashion; and if he will undertake to publish his Department's legal advice on the operation and application of the current criteria and any correspondence between his Department and the European Commission on...

Written Answers — Customer Service Performance: Customer Service Performance (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he is taking to improve his Department's application processing times and overall customer service performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12184/08]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 550: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide a monthly schedule, in respect of 2008, of the planned expenditure under each sub-heading as set out in the revised Estimates for Public Services Vote 38, and the actual expenditure for each heading for January and February 2008; and if he will provide the expected monthly income to the social insurance fund...

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the fact that the income and expenditure of the social insurance fund is not included in the Government's monthly Exchequer statement, he will publish on his Department's website a monthly analysis of his Department's income and expenditure similar to the Exchequer statement provided by the Department of Finance....

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 781: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an application from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for emergency works funding in order to erect security fencing; and if, in view of the on-going threat to the school from break-ins and Garda requests for such fencing, she will give early approval to this application. [11934/08]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 936: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of inspections of private rented accommodation in 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number which did not meet housing standards in each year; and the number of prosecutions of landlords in each year. [12565/08]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (3 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the meetings he or his Department have had or propose to have with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government in relation to the guidelines or protocol of implementing the waste electrical and electronic equipment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12477/08]

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (3 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way his Department will assist groups to develop the Gordon Bennett Car Rally theme in the towns and villages that facilitated the race at the start of the last century; the finance that will be provided to ensure that the route is clearly defined and protected and that each town and village and settlement has...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (3 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 4 March 2008, the reason a formal reply has not been issued by the Health Service Executive; and if she will furnish a reply to the question. [12516/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (3 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to correspondence of 24 March 2008 regarding an employment appeals tribunal case (details supplied); if he will establish the reason for an 11 week delay in the tribunal reaching a decision in this case; if he will request the Employment Appeals Tribunal to expedite this matter; and if he...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average processing times for applications for jobseeker's allowances and benefits by social welfare office; the efforts being made to improve same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/08]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (3 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale for applying the current formula used to assess entitlement to a pre-1953 State pension where credits from a country with which Ireland has a bilateral agreement are used to satisfy the minimum number of contributions required; if his attention has been drawn to the anomalous position whereby once this minimum is...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average letting duration for rent supplement claims in each of the past five years; and the average claim duration in each of these years. [12561/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures followed when a local authority inspector declares a rental accommodation to be unfit for habitation and where the rent for that accommodation was being supported by rent supplement; the policy of his Department in reviewing other rent supplement payments to properties owned or administered by the same landlord or...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the breakdown of the number of rent supplement recipients by rental type; and the expenditure on each category in 2006 and 2007 and the estimate for 2008. [12563/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rationale for imposing a flat rate contribution to rent for rent supplement recipients as opposed to a fixed percentage. [12564/08]