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Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (20 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: I am unaware of any other cases. I have been told five cases have been referred to the Chief State Solicitor, who will deal with the issue. If I become aware of any other cases I will pass the information to the Deputy. There is a Lariam action group which was set up to deal specifically with this issue, and the Minister has met its representatives twice, in May 2011 and February 2012. He...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (20 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The claims are being managed by the State Claims Agency in conjunction with the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and these are the five cases involving the Defence Forces. I hope the Deputy appreciates I cannot comment on any individual case. The Minister has met the support group on two occasions. As soon as the final report is published, he will meet them again. Deputy Ó...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reorganisation (20 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: That is agreed. Information not given on the floor of the House. I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 and 22 together. Arising from the comprehensive review of expenditure which reported at end 2011, the Defence Forces must operate within a significantly reduced resource envelope. The Minister for Defence secured the agreement of the Government to stabilise the strength of the Permanent...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reorganisation (20 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy stated the security threat on the Border has not gone away and we have seen this in recent weeks, specifically during the week before last in Dublin. The PricewaterhouseCoopers review of the Defence Forces was completed in 1994. It set out a range of options the organisation of the Permanent Defence Force at varying strength levels. This did not include an option for a strength...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Levels (25 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Live Register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Benefit, Jobseeker's Allowance and other registrants as registered with the Department of Social Protection. Figures are published for each county and local social welfare office. The most recent Live Register figures available are for August 2012. The table below contains the numbers signing on...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Parliamentary Questions Numbers (25 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Programme for Government sets out an ambitious Oireachtas Reform agenda, which will be implemented over the lifetime of the Government. The Government has already introduced the first phase of its Dáil Reform programme with a package of reforms which included an additional Leader’s Questions session, taken by the Tánaiste on Thursdays; the introduction of Topical...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Disability Numbers (25 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: According to the Census 2011 results, there were 333,571 persons aged between 16 and 64 years who indicated that they had either a physical or intellectual disability. Of these, 105,429 persons stated that they were working for payment or profit in April 2011. On 1st November 2012, the Central Statistics Office will be publishing “Profile 8 – Our Bill of Health”,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Emigration Data (25 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The information requested by the Deputy regarding emigration is not available for the period specified, namely from 1 January 2010 to date. Annual Population and Migration Estimates are published in respect of Mid-April each year and the most recent release showed the number of emigrants from the Republic of Ireland for the 12 month period ending April 2010 was 65,300 and for 2011 was...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Care Services (25 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: According to the Census 2011 results, there were 187,112 people who said they provide regular unpaid help for a friend or family member with a long term illness, health problem or disability. 50.8 per cent or 83,376 persons signaled that they provided care for 15 or more hours per week. On 1st November 2012, the Central Statistics Office will be publishing more detailed information in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Income Statistics (25 Sep 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC) in Ireland is a household survey covering a broad range of issues in relation to income and living conditions. The results for 2010, the most recent year for which SILC data is available, show that the bottom 10% of persons had, on average net disposable equivalised income of €118.16 per week, while the top 10% of persons had...

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy must have written that when he was in government.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy has done a fair bit of that.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy is getting a good bit of mileage out of it.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Paul Kehoe: It is a pity Fianna Fáil did not have these principles when it was in government.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Paul Kehoe: Fair play to the Deputy. He has manners that others do not.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Paul Kehoe: Was Deputy McGrath at the gate collecting fivers?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Minimum Wage (2 Oct 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey (EHECS) collects information from enterprises on the number of employees paid at or below the national minimum wage. The table shows the results from this survey by economic sector for Quarter 1 2012, the latest period for which data is available. - Q1 2012 - - Economic Sector Number of Employees on National Minimum Wage(NMW)* Total...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Enterprise Statistics (2 Oct 2012)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 91 together. The information sought by the Deputy is not available through the CSO for all of the years requested. However, the latest CSO Business Demography returns for 2010 were released on 22 June 2012 and the tables below provide data on business start ups and closures. The terms used in this release are "enterprise birth" which refers to a new...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Statistics (2 Oct 2012)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 93 together. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates relating to the labour force. Estimates from the QNHS are available for each quarter since the first quarter of 1998, prior to that annual estimates were available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The data requested by the Deputy is presented in the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Poverty Statistics (2 Oct 2012)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94, 95, 100 and 101 together. Statistics on poverty are compiled from the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) which was introduced in 2004. The latest results are for 2010. The survey provides statistics on the at risk of poverty rate (the percentage of persons below 60% of median income) and consistent poverty (the percentage of persons who, in...