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Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: That question was tabled last week. The Minister is answerable to this House.

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should be able to tell us what the arrangements are for helping poor families who are dependent on him to introduce this scheme, as he promised, to offset the carbon levy.

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: When will the Minister have it?

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Will the scheme be in introduced the en, before the carbon levy comes in?

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister promised this, so can he answer "Yes" or "No" to the question as to whether the new scheme will be operative before the carbon levy is introduced.

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: He does not know.

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: That is disgraceful. He is supposed to be the Minister for social protection. Clearly, however, he is not providing the protection to those 300,000 families who depend on him to provide them with protection.

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: If the Minister does not have the proposals as of now, how can he have a new scheme in place in ten days' time?

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: It is not me, it is the 300,000 families who look to the Minister for assistance.

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should kindly refrain from those kind of comments. I expect him to do his job as a Minister.

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: I am expecting him to keep the promises he made to low-income families that are dependent on him and his Department to provide some kind of assistance for them in offsetting the additional cost involved in the carbon levy. It is outrageous that he comes in here ten days before the new scheme is supposed to be in place and tells us that he does not know whether there will be a scheme, and...

Pension Provisions. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Foolishly.

Pension Provisions. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: A case has been taken against the Minister.

Social Welfare Benefits. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: That is not true.

Social Welfare Benefits. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: We all agree with the concept of FIS. However, the scheme is just not working at present. The Minister could do worse than making the reform of FIS his first priority in his new role. At the moment there is a serious problem with the incentive to work for families, especially those with young children given that the early child care supplement has been halved. The Minister talked about...

Social Welfare Benefits. (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: That was 13 years ago. The Government has had plenty of time to deal with this.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure that Ireland is in compliance with EU Council Directive 80/987/EC on pension security [15367/10]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a redundancy payment will be issued to a person (details supplied). [14681/10]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 3 March, 2010 if he will give details of the right qualities required of the chairperson of FÁS; the measures taken to ensure that the person in question had the required qualities; and the discussions that took place in connection with the appointment. [14973/10]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (20 Apr 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of training courses provided directly or sourced by FÁS for each consecutive year since 2003 to date in 2010. [14975/10]