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Employment Support Services. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: There are 60 facilitators, one for every 7,500 people unemployed. What do they do that is different from what the FÁS employment service does?

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: It is not possible to have any weaker supervision arrangements than we have had in place up to now. There has been a lack of effective regulation in this area. Another aspect that is of equal importance was the lack of awareness among employees of the risks to which they were being exposed in that they are only now discovering, in the light of what has happened in Waterford Crystal, the...

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: They were short-term measures which were important and needed. I do not know whether the Minister grasps the fact that people are terrified about what will happen when they retire. They do not know what will have happened to the schemes that they have paid into for their entire lives. When will the Government reach a decision? We are forced to ask questions on different things. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to review the mortgage interest supplement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9375/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (10 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the agency that has the responsibility for the management of a river (details supplied) in County Offaly in event of flooding; the person who has responsibility for sluice gates along same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9994/09]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (10 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing the Financial Services or Insurance Ombudsman examine warranty type situations (details supplied) in view of the fact that they are not subject to an appeals system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9665/09]

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (10 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role of the regional planning committees on domestic violence; the persons who sit on these committees; the persons who chair these committees; the number of times a year they meet; the role of same in view of the establishment of the national office for the prevention of domestic, sexual and gender based violence; and if she will...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (10 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the communications that have taken place between her Department and the Office of Public Works regarding the provision of additional accommodation for their Department; the specific locations under consideration for extra accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10045/09]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (10 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 384: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on allowing the Financial Services Ombudsman or the Insurance Ombudsman to examine warranty-type situations (details supplied) in view of the fact that these are not subject to an appeals system at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9666/09]

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (10 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way money will be allocated to the Health Service Executive for the operation of the former special housing aid for the elderly scheme in 2009; the amount which will be allocated under same to counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9676/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Offaly, which has applied for the replacement of its old building and prefabricated buildings on site, will be considered under his Department's multi-annual school building and modernisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9590/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Offaly under the school buildings programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9591/09]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (10 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider the granting of a waiver to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in respect of the leaving certificate; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the same person had a similar waiver for their junior certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9677/09]

Planning Matters. (11 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he plans to address a backlog of appeals being dealt with by An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10232/09]

Unemployment Levels: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: I commend the Labour Party on tabling this important motion. It is particularly timely in light of the unfortunate, if somewhat expected, increase in the live register figures in the past month. That the unemployment figure is likely to exceed 450,000, as the Taoiseach has acknowledged, is a matter of great concern to everyone. I will speak principally to those aspects of the motion which...

Unemployment Levels: Motion (11 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: I know.

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (11 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way a tenant ensures the enforcement of the requirements of the building regulations under the Building Control Act 1990, in particular in relation to the transfer of noise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10341/09]

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (12 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the home energy saving scheme started; the amount of funding available for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10432/09]

Written Answers — Pigmeat Sector: Pigmeat Sector (24 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress that has been made in relation to the pork dioxin compensation package; the amount of the fund that has been drawn down to date; the number of processors that have been paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11929/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (24 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in respect of the negotiations on the renewal of the bilateral agreement between Ireland and Vietnam regarding adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12668/09]