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Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: How long will the Minister give people to find alternative accommodation?

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Community welfare officers do not know where they stand on this. This is an arbitrary decision made by the Minister.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to address the waiting times at many social welfare offices. [17306/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will improve expenditure control measures by requiring nursing homes to notify her Department once a patient has been in their full-time care for a month or more. [16978/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that workers in a company (details supplied) who are to lose their jobs in 2009 will also lose their pension entitlements despite the fact that some of them have made the full 40 years worth of contributions; the action she is taking to protect the pension entitlement of such workers;...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, under the Revised Estimates under equality, E.7 gender mainstreaming and positive action, he will provide the breakdown of the €4.982 million under the gender mainstreaming and positive action Estimate; the allocation for the implementation of the national women's strategy; the budget for the equality for women...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civilian employees working for his Department or the Defence Forces under short-term contracts; the number of such contracts that will expire by the end of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17780/09]

Written Answers — Naval Service Vessels: Naval Service Vessels (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress he expects to make during 2009 in regard to the acquisition by the Naval Service of modern new replacement vessels; if the plan will be delayed by the cuts in the funding for his Department announced in the 7 April 2009 supplementary budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17781/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance the income levy rate that will apply to someone on €40,000 who worked for the first four months of the year but takes maternity leave for the remainder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18021/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the entitlement to mortgage interest relief and the relevant thresholds and rates of relief that apply in the circumstances in which a couple are purchasing an apartment that they will occupy themselves when one is a first-time buyer and the other a second-time buyer with eight years expired on their first property; and if different rates apply...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to persons with an intellectual disability who are in residential care and the contributions which they are required to make towards their care; the manner in which this contribution is set; the statutory basis for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18096/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason quinine sulphate tablets have not been approved for inclusion under the medical card scheme; and her views on extending the scheme to include this course of medication. [17799/09]

Written Answers — Patient Transport: Patient Transport (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the taxi service for Mater Hospital, Dublin, outpatient appointments; the reason this service has been scaled back; and the alternative measures put in place to assist patients who are unable to access transport, for various reasons, for regular out-patient appointments. [18095/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the legislative provisions under which a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was awarded only half rate mortgage interest supplement; if she will examine this case as an example of the dilemma facing certain home-owners who have lost their job and through personal circumstances cannot fund their mortgage; and if she will...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 419: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in regard to the transfer of community welfare office staff from the Health Service Executive to her Department; and the way she can guarantee that the flexibility, ethos and culture of the community welfare service can be maintained if the service is operated directly by her Department. [18062/09]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 420: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the penalties applying where a landlord declares a certain rent for the purposes of a rent supplement application but seeks a top-up from their tenant. [18063/09]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (6 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the penalties applying when a landlord declares a certain rent to the Private Residential Tenancies Board but seeks a top-up from his or her tenant. [18064/09]

Written Answers — Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (7 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to a case before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal on behalf of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 which has been ongoing for the past five years; the reason for this delay; and if this matter will now be decided. [18336/09]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (12 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the options for investors of offshore and onshore wind farm applications outside the gate three process; the position regarding the wind applications to the grid; the position regarding an update and overview of the gate three process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18717/09]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Infrastructure: Telecommunications Infrastructure (12 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the call from an association (details supplied) for a one stop shop for the communications market here; the position regarding his commitment to establish a one stop shop to provide service providers with open access to existing ducting infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the...