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(15 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: It is the same old story. Fianna Fáil and the golden circle. It never changes.

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (15 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give an update on the situation in Honduras. [46856/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (15 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in Afghanistan in view of ongoing tensions in that country; his views on the planned general election there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46855/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (15 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the request to waive his interest in a premises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46988/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 20 October 2009, the reason a formal reply has not been issued by the Health Service Executive; and if she is in a position to furnish a reply to this question. [46735/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 3 November 2009, the reason a formal reply has not been issued by the Health Service Executive; if she is in a position to furnish a reply to the question. [46745/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a decision has been reached regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 which was originally submitted July 2008; and if they will be notified of the decision. [46734/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason there has been an 11% cut in funding for the drugs initiative in his Department's Estimates for 2010; the way this cut will be applied; the areas affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47056/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (16 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will set up a dedicated T.D. inquiry line to assist with medical card queries in view of the recent changes to the handling of medical card applications, the setting up of the CPRS, and the subsequent rise in constituent queries. [47472/09]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (16 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 8 December 2009, if she will set out the qualifying criteria under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in view of the fact that NTPF customer services section claims that qualifying criteria are now set at six months and not three months. [47473/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to his budget announcement regarding the extension of mortgage interest for home owners in negative equity, the basis and the person by whom it is determined that a home owner has negative equity status. [48209/09]

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (17 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the high and low rates of mobility allowance which will apply in 2010. [47744/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rate of domiciliary care allowance in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47743/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Dec 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the arrangements in respect of fuel allowance or other measures that are planned to alleviate the extra cost of fuels on poor households as a result of the introduction of the carbon tax. [48186/09]

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will amend the back to education allowance to address a number of inadequacies such as its lack of compatibility with the academic year; the length of time an applicant must be unemployed to qualify for this scheme; the restricted access for persons who already have third level qualifications; and the restricted access to...

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister said at the outset that this scheme was intended for early school leavers. The point I am making is that the qualifying criteria for the scheme are very outdated and do not meet the needs of the newly unemployed. It is fine for the Minister to talk about the minor changes she has made, which are welcome, but the reality is that there has been unprecedented growth in...

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Time does not permit me to go through the various suggestions that I have received from constituents and from groups working in this area. There are six or seven things that could be done and which would not result in a huge cost to the Exchequer, but which would open the scheme up to more people. These people are going to be drawing the dole anyway. People may have received a postgraduate...

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Róisín Shortall: What about the round-table discussion?

Social Welfare Fraud. (19 Jan 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Department held details of the death.

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Did the Minister poverty-proof the measures?