Results 401-420 of 14,127 for speaker:David Stanton

Written Answers — Public Service Card: Public Service Card (10 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has satisfied himself that the proposed issue of public service cards is being dealt with expeditiously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15035/05]

Written Answers — Public Service Card: Public Service Card (10 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the Government first considered proposals for the integrated social services system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15036/05]

Written Answers — Public Service Card: Public Service Card (10 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the key potential developments described for the integrated social services system described in a report published in 1996; the progress regarding each of them in the period since 1996 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15037/05]

Written Answers — Public Service Card: Public Service Card (10 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the potential developments described for the integrated social services system described in a report published in 1996 which are no longer considered relevant due to the passage of time, technological innovation or changes in policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15038/05]

Written Answers — Public Service Card: Public Service Card (10 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if any work on standards for social service cards or their replacement, that is, the public service cards, was undertaken or could have been undertaken in earlier years, particularly in the context of the interdepartmental report on the development of an integrated social services system, which was published in August 1996; and...

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (10 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of directors, managers, secretaries or other officers of bodies corporate who have been charged with offences under section 213(7) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15045/05]

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (10 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the alarming rise in the value of cash taken in armed robberies, he will consider accelerating the take-up of electronic funds transfers or equivalent payment arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15048/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (10 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of perceived risks that persons could emigrate while continuing to claim social welfare assistance payments and that such frauds could be facilitated by the adoption of EFT, he has considered an extension of An Post arrangements for unemployment payments whereby his Department could be enabled to receive precise and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (10 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if estimates have been made of the administrative and agency services charge savings for printing, distribution, cashing and reconciling; if any estimates have been made of the potential losses that could occur under EFT systems using the Department's own experience with equivalent systems and the experience of the private...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (10 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which farmers who need to spread slurry on their own land may be affected by building development which is to occur on the boundaries of their land; if the REP scheme guidelines regarding the advice not to spread within 50 m of residents will apply when the housing development is new; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (11 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the practice of health authorities holding the pension books of elderly patients to pay for their long-term care has reconvened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11893/05]

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (11 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the computerisation of births, deaths and marriage records has eliminated the perceived risks previously identified with electronic funds transfer payment systems for social welfare recipients; if automatic computer systems are in place to link in appropriate ways and subject to data protection requirements the computerised...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (11 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to any country that requires electronic funds transfers or equivalent arrangements for the standard method of paying most benefits and making analogous payments; if so, if any such country has experienced levels of fraud and error that suggest that electronic funds transfer might not be a...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (12 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made in the decentralisation of State agencies to Mitchelstown; the number of posts to be decentralised to this location; the number of personnel identified and willing to move to Mitchelstown; if he has secured suitable accommodation in this location for decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (17 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has carried out its own review of the living conditions and health of asylum seekers in accommodation across Ireland since their introduction in 2000; the findings of such reviews; if his Department is satisfied with the living conditions and health of asylum seekers in accommodation centres; when his...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (17 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT his Department received from the annual monitoring fees charged by service providers for socially monitored alarms which are provided through the scheme of community support for older persons in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15971/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (17 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the programmes, schemes and services administered by his Department and which were reviewed in 2003 and 2004 or are under review in 2005; the number of these reviews which have been completed; the number of these reviews that are not completed and when he expects these reviews to be complete; the persons who are carrying out...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider increasing the family income supplement payment to persons whose income has decreased since first being awarded FIS and who still qualify for FIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16052/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Charges: Departmental Charges (17 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to the publication of the Travers report, if his Department has carried out a review of the legal basis for all charges and fees levied by his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the outcome of such review; and if charges have been identified which do not have an adequate legal basis; and if he...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (17 May 2005)

David Stanton: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Cobh area of County Cork for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 under each headline, including the total recorded and detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15984/05]