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Written Answers — Financial Institutions Remuneration: Financial Institutions Remuneration (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if all senior management in Anglo Irish Bank are in compliance with the €500,000 salary cap; if none of these individuals are in receipt of pension cash allowances or bonus payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21265/10]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the person who is the accounting officer for Anglo Irish Bank in respect of accountability to Dáil Éireann and the expenditure of public money. [21266/10]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to end expenditure on corporate entertainment within Anglo Irish Bank. [21267/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which a person is allowed to retain a social welfare payment pending an appeal of the decision to deny them that payment by a deciding officer and specific statutory provision, if any, allowing the retention of such payments; if operational guidelines apply to these circumstances. [21256/10]

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

Róisín Shortall: Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the specific training services geared specifically to the needs of lone parents seeking work. [21261/10]

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in finalising full details on the PRSI incentive scheme for employers; and the way he intends to proceed [22002/10]

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister's response, and his performance regarding this issue, is not good enough. This scheme was announced in the budget in December and here we are, five months into the year, and not a single job has been provided under this scheme. Over a week ago I asked the Minister's Department for details of this scheme, what had been done to promote it and how it would operate and it has still...

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: They do not know about it. The Minister did not tell them about it.

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: It is all very well for the Minister to say it is urgent but his actions and those of his predecessors would indicate that no urgency is being attached to the issue of jobs within the Government. Funding has been provided for this scheme since last December. There is the potential for 12,000 jobs to be created yet the Minister has not taken any action to set up or promote this scheme. It...

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: What are those steps?

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister know what they are?

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: It is five months since it was announced and there is still no detail available.

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Did the Minister not think about that before he announced it in December?

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: For goodness sake, 12,000 people could be benefiting from this scheme.

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister's lethargy means that not a single job has been created through it.

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: That will be seven months, therefore, instead of 12 months.

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister did not tell employers about it. It appears there is no sense of urgency about job creation.

Pension Provisions (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept that his recent comments, in which he failed to rule out the possibility of a cut in the State pension, have caused widespread anxiety and concern among pensioners across the country? Is he prepared to give an undertaking that he will not target pensioners for cuts again, given that several cuts impacted on pensioners last year? Is he prepared to give an undertaking...

Pension Provisions (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Deputy Ó Cuív is the Minister for Social Protection and for that reason it would be helpful if he provided assurances for those who are dependent on the State pension that he will not target them again this year. The Minister said earlier that he was looking at all options. I asked him if he was barking up the wrong tree when it came to making savings in the pension area. Is he prepared,...

Pension Provisions (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: But the Minister is responsible for pensions policy.