Results 3,581-3,600 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- National Carers Strategy. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Did the Government not know that when the programme was drawn up?
- National Carers Strategy. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: It was stated in the programme for Government that the strategy would be published by the end of 2007.
- National Carers Strategy. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: I want both questions answered.
- National Carers Strategy. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: My question relates to the carers strategy. When can we expect it to be published?
- National Carers Strategy. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: There is no sign of it after ten months.
- National Carers Strategy. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: I will repeat my question. When does the Minister expect to be in a position to publish the carers strategy, which is now ten months late? It is not good enough to suggest that the strategy can wait because the Government is, in the meantime, taking steps to improve the position of carers. That is not the case. The budget for 2009 provides carers with the smallest increase, a mere 3%, out...
- National Carers Strategy. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister indicate in what year she expects it to be published?
- Tax Code. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: In her contribution in the budget debate, the Minister told us that expenditure this year in regard to the social insurance fund would exceed income by â¬200 million and that this shortfall is expected to increase to â¬900 million next year. Will she explain how it is proposed to plug that hole this year and next? Given the size of the gap, why did the Government not fulfil its...
- Social Welfare Benefits. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister has studiously avoided answering my question. The Vincentian Partnership carried out worthwhile research into minimum essential budgets. In this regard, it added up the weekly expenses of people in different categories and measured this against their social welfare income. It found that the cost of living for a single pensioner is equal to approximately 73% of a couple's...
- Social Welfare Benefits. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister is being disingenuous in what she is saying.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister is being extremely disingenuous in terms of how she is dealing with this question. I asked her if she accepts the findings of the Vincentian Partnership that the cost of living for a single pensioner is equal to 73% of the cost of living for a couple. Does the Minister accept this? If she does, what is her defence of the fact that the living alone allowance has not been...
- Social Welfare Benefits. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: The point is the relativity between a single pensioner and a couple.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister is avoiding the question.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: That is not true.
- Written Answers — Combat Poverty Agency: Combat Poverty Agency (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views and intentions in relation to the safeguarding of the independence of the Combat Poverty Agency. [34865/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to ensure that the definition of an orphan under social welfare legislation is amended in order that it includes the scenario in which a child has no parent available to them due to the incarceration of their parent or parents. [34873/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance if the income levy announced in Budget 2009 will be applied to income from community employment schemes. [36069/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance if the income levy announced in Budget 2009 will be applied to income from job initiatives. [36070/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance if the income levy announced in Budget 2009 will be applied to income from occupational or private pensions. [36071/08]
- Written Answers — Health Levy: Health Levy (21 Oct 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the categories of pensioner to which the health levy will apply; if a pensioner over 70 without a medical card is subject to this levy; and if a pensioner under 70 without a medical card is subject to this levy. [36072/08]