Results 421-440 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Under standard supplementary welfare allowance assessment rules, rent supplements are calculated to ensure that an eligible person, after the payment of rent, has an income equal to the rate of supplementary welfare allowance appropriate to his or her family circumstances, less a minimum contribution of €13 which recipients are required to pay from their own resources. Up to €50 in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: The South Western Area Health Board was contacted regarding this case and has again advised that the position remains as outlined in my reply to Question No. 419 which I answered for the Deputy on 11 May 2004. In particular, the board has advised that certain documentation, which the person concerned has already been requested to furnish, is still outstanding. The community welfare officer at...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: The scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. These include road, rail and ferry services provided by companies such as Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann, as well as services provided by over 80 private transport operators. Most private contractors providing services under the scheme operate in rural...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: The North Eastern Health Board was contacted regarding the cases raised by the Deputy. The board has advised that, as part of a periodic review of rent supplements, the community welfare officer visited a number of addresses in the area to verify that people were actually residing at the address in respect of which they had claimed rent supplement. In the course of a review of claims, several...

Written Answers — Community Services: Community Services (1 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Following consideration of a submission received from South Mayo Money Advice and Budgeting Service late last year, my Department's regional co-ordinator for the west region recommended on 23 April this year that additional funding be provided to South Mayo MABS to recruit an additional money advisor. This recommendation has been approved and my Department wrote to South Mayo MABS on 27 May...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Arrears amounting to €63.00 in respect of fuel allowance for the period 5 March 2004 to 28 April 2004 will issue to the person concerned this week.

Written Answers — Departmental Audits: Departmental Audits (1 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: My Department's internal audit unit conducts audits in respect of the operations and activities of the Department's local, regional, branch and HQ offices. It is also responsible for the auditing of the bodies operating under the aegis of the Department. Since January 2001, the unit has conducted 41 audits. However, for reasons relating to the control and management of internal and external...

Written Answers — Departmental Audits: Departmental Audits (1 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Recipients of social welfare or health board payments who have been prescribed a special diet as a result of a specified medical condition, and whose means are insufficient to meet their needs, may qualify for a diet supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The amount of supplement payable depends on which of two categories of diet, lower cost diet or higher cost diet, has...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: The person concerned applied for carer's benefit on 23 March 2004. The principal conditions for receipt of the benefit are that full-time care and attention is required and being provided, and certain PRSI conditions are satisfied. Her application was initially refused on the grounds that full-time care and attention was not required in this case. In light of further medical evidence and a...

Written Answers — Government Policy: Government Policy (17 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Government policy is designed to ensure that the State meets its constitutional obligations to the institution of marriage. Social, economic, demographic and other changes are having an impact on families and on the institution of marriage and policy has to be developed and adapted having regard to these changes. The Commission on the Family, which reported in 1998, made a number of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Subject to certain conditions, the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of my Department by the health boards, provides assistance to eligible people whose means are insufficient to meet their basic needs. In addition to a basic allowance, assistance may be given in the form of supplements which are payable in respect of certain needs such as rent, mortgage...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jun 2004)

Mary Coughlan: The date for the medical examination of the person concerned had to be changed and unfortunately, due to an administrative error, this information was not communicated to him. The inconvenience caused to him is regretted. The examination has now been re-scheduled and the person concerned has been informed.

Seanad: Residential Institutions Redress. (6 Jul 2004)

Mary Coughlan: I dtus báire, ba mhaith liom leithscéal a ghabháil ar son an Aire; ní raibh sé in ann bheith anseo. Tá mé thar a bheith buíoch den Seanadóir as ucht an ocáid a úsáid le cur in iúl don Seanad cad atá ag dul ar aghaidh go díreach faoi St. Patrick's and St. Philomena's. I am pleased to have the opportunity to outline to the House the current position on the inclusion of St....

Seanad: Essential Repairs Grant. (6 Jul 2004)

Mary Coughlan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to reply to this Adjournment debate and to be afforded the opportunity to clarify the position on the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of my Department by the regional health authority. It provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their basic needs and those of any...

Pigmeat Sector. (5 Oct 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Ba mhaith liom, ar dtús báire, mo bhuíochas a ghabháil don Teachta as ucht ócáid a thabhairt dom cur in iúil don Dáil cad atá ag dul ar aghaidh. The decision by Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited to close its pig slaughter line was a commercial one for the society, made in the wider context of Dairygold operations and in accordance with broader rationalisation objectives. I fully...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Oct 2004)

Mary Coughlan: This plantation is currently the subject of a field inspection by the forest service of my Department. I have asked that a decision in the matter be given as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Oct 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Amendments to the single payment database in respect of all premia claimed during the reference years by the person named have not yet been finalised. A statement of provisional entitlements will issue when the necessary amendments have been processed.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Oct 2004)

Mary Coughlan: The applicant referred to was one of 140 potato growers who applied for grant aid under the first round of the 2000-06 NDP scheme for capital investment in the potato sector. The first round of the scheme covered the period January 2001 to December 2002. The applicant was one of 102 who was not approved for grant aid and he was notified to that effect in August 2001. There has been no further...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (5 Oct 2004)

Mary Coughlan: The person named began his REPS contract on 1 May 2001. He died on 1 July 2003, during the third year of his contract. My Department issued his third-year REPS payment on 31 July 2003. REPS payments are made annually in advance. Where a participant in REPS dies within the period of the REPS contract, the contract is terminated and my Department does not look for a refund of payments already...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 Oct 2004)

Mary Coughlan: The person named has to date lodged two applications under the 2004 EU special beef premium scheme; one on 25 March 2004 in respect of five animals and one on 20 April 2004 in respect of one animal. Under the terms and conditions of the scheme all animals are required to be CMMS compliant on the date of application. Following computer validation, two of the animals included on the application...