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Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (28 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide the schedule of the actual expenditure for each Estimate sub-heading for the first quarter of 2009 with a breakdown by social assistance and social insurance fund supported schemes; and if she will provide the actual income received by the Social Insurance Fund during this period. [16758/09]

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (28 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 397: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way, in relation to a recent announcement by him and the ESB regarding plans to radically increase the usage of electrical vehicles, he will proceed with such moves; the time frame for same; if the roll-out of electric vehicles will provide significant employment opportunities in this field; and the main...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (28 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position with regard to funding for the new home insulation grant scheme, recently announced under the National Insulation Programme; the reason specific classification and funding was allocated separately to middle income families and low income and local authority housing with both categories receiving...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (29 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position of the National Drug Strategy; the number of staff assigned to the development of the strategy; if this number has been decreased; when the strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16743/09]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (29 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position of leased accommodation within his Department; the position in regard to the proposal of decentralisation as to the cost to date his Department has had in regard to leasing of property due to the stated proposal or to the capital cost of such a proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the cycle to work scheme introduced in the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2008 can be availed of by all employees under the remit of his Department. [16931/09]

Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (29 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the funding provided to the money advice and budgeting service for direct financial assistance for their clients in each of the past three years; and the criteria for the way this funding is allocated. [16930/09]

Pension Provisions. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way she will proceed in terms of pensions policy in order to address the outstanding issues; and when she will bring her full proposals to Cabinet. [17305/09]

Pension Provisions. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The reality is that we have been waiting years for this Government to address the pensions crisis facing the country. It is 19 months since the Green Paper was published and we are still awaiting a White Paper on the way forward. The minor changes the Minister made in December and this week amount to nothing more than robbing Peter to pay Paul. She is not doing anything fundamental in...

Pension Provisions. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: This has nothing to do with tax compliance, but rather with the cost to the Exchequer. I put it to the Minister that unless she is in a position to provide information on what the different types of pension relief are costing the taxpayer, her framework document will have no credibility. She should kindly get the figures and let us know how much tax reliefs to certain categories of pension...

Pension Provisions. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept that is not the case at present?

Pension Provisions. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I am just asking-----

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the fact that an appointments system has been put in place in some offices and I am glad that the Minister took on our suggestion. This should have happened earlier. I accept that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people applying and that has put serious pressure on the system but the Minister has failed to gear up the Department to deal adequately with that....

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: State expenditure of approximately €500 million per annum on rent supplement highlights the complete failure of the Government's housing strategy. An additional 1,000 places in the rental accommodation scheme is a drop in the ocean because the vast majority of people at the lower end of the private rented sector should be in the scheme. The Minister has failed to move quickly to address...

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: It is involved in the contract through the form and tax compliance requirements.

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: What will be the position if landlords refuse to reduce rent? How will the tenant be fixed in such circumstances? Will the Department continue to pay rent supplement until he or she finds alternative accommodation? These are important questions because they relate to real people who will find themselves in very difficult circumstances.

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Landlords can keep deposits. The Minister did not answer my questions.

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: We know that.

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I again ask the Minister to clarify today what the position is for people who are on rent supplement, go to their landlord to try and negotiate and the landlord refuses to reduce the rent? Many people on rent supplement are in very vulnerable circumstances and do not have the kind of choices people in the private sector have. They may have children at a local school and cannot move to...

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: People will end up homeless unless the Minister allows some time for them to find alternative accommodation. She needs to clarify what the reasonable period is with community welfare officers because otherwise people will be turfed out and will end up on the street as a result of this cost-cutting measure.