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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm the number of vacancies at executive officer level within his Department in Athlone and Tullamore as on 31 January 2009; when these vacancies will be filled from existing panels in the Public Service Appointment Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6769/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 619 of 9 November 2008, if details supplied were forwarded to the National Council for Special Education; if a direct reply was issued; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7077/09]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (24 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a reply was issued to a group (details supplied) in County Laois; the details of the reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7093/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the qualification criteria in place within his Department for tutors employed by parents to provide home tuition; the criteria regarding rates of pay for same by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7175/09]

Citizenship Applications. (25 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to address the delay in processing a citizenship application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7674/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will implement a similar arrangement with Bord Gáis as her Department has with the ESB to allow social welfare recipients to avail of free units in the same manner as they do with the ESB; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7870/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1363 of 27 January 2009, when a payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8097/09]

Tourism Industry. (3 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the culture and tourism initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8623/09]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (3 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department ensures that manhole covers and frames used on all major capital projects are certified and meet European standards; the action he will take to ensure these standards are being met; if his attention has been drawn to the threat non-compliance causes both in terms of accidents, retro-fittings and in terms of indigenous...

Written Answers — Local Authority Regulations: Local Authority Regulations (3 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has checked the compliance or non-compliance by local authorities and contractors to Circular Letter BC 9/2008 in relation to the correct specification for manhole covers and frames; if his attention has been drawn to the risks that procurement of non-compliant product causes to jobs in...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (4 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will meet a group (details supplied) to discuss their concerns regarding changes to the Vietnamese inter-country adoption agreement; and if her attention has been drawn to the urgency of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9085/09]

Departmental Staff. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that local office staffing levels are sufficient to process and pay welfare entitlements, particularly jobseekers' supports, within an acceptable and reasonable timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9371/09]

Departmental Staff. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: I welcome any steps taken to reduce the processing time but I am concerned about the pace of delivery of the changes. The Minister stated claimants could avail of the supplementary welfare allowance but the difficulty is that part of the service has gone beyond breaking point, according to some staff. The knock-on effect of not having sufficient staff in local welfare offices means...

Departmental Staff. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: I never mentioned the queues outside offices but they are appalling. I will ask the questions again that I asked earlier. What happened to the 50 facilitators, the appointment of whom the Minister announced last July? Were they all recruited and deployed? When did the number of facilitators change from 40 to 60? When community welfare officers assess an application for a supplementary...

Departmental Staff. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: The Minister stated 50 would be provided in July and it appears only 20 more have been added.

Departmental Staff. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: It is the same information.

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: It was a European court.

Social Welfare Benefits. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way she plans to reform the rent supplement scheme to ensure that those eligible for the payment can access good quality accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9372/09]

Social Welfare Benefits. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Members should desist from calling rent supplement a short-term payment because at this stage it is anything but. Is the Minister concerned that her Department has not come close to meeting its targets regarding the transfer of people from rent supplement to the RAS? The transfer rate is nowhere near what was expected. How does she intend to address this and when does she expect the...

Social Welfare Benefits. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Why are they not doing so?