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Seanad: Respite Care (13 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Taoiseach has made the Government's attitude to the importance of respite care clearly known. I have worked for many years with the Brothers of Charity and Ability West in Galway and I am more than aware of the challenges faced by the sector. I will continue to work with them in helping to overcome the challenges we all face. The Government's commitment in the areas of disability and...

Seanad: Respite Care (13 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I look forward to the HSE clarifying the position. It is noted a majority of service providers are continuing to provide respite care services, despite the reductions in their allocations. The arrangements for the public sector moratorium apply across the publicly funded health services and there can be no question of exempting voluntary service providers or providing them with additional...

Seanad: Respite Care (13 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister has sought clarification on the even distribution of savings as they were constructed in such a way that they should not impact on front-line services. As this is an ongoing process, the Minister will only be able to pursue the matter further when the information is received from the HSE. The intention is to ensure services such as respite care are maintained.

Seanad: Respite Care (13 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I met the representatives of the Brothers of Charity last week. We are all committed to ensuring front-line services are maintained, in particular respite care.

Seanad: Respite Care (13 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister has requested information and when it is received, the matter will be discussed further. The Brothers of Charity indicated the issue of continuing respite care services would come to the fore at the end of the year. They told me that some months ago. Apparently, it was indicated to them at a recent meeting that further cuts were to be implemented. The Senator will be aware I...

Seanad: Civil Marriage Registrars. (13 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. Gabhaim buíochas leis as ucht an cheist a ardú. I will briefly outline the management and organisational arrangements for the delivery of civil registration services. Under the provisions of the Civil Registration Act 2004, the Registrar General is responsible for the maintenance, management and control of the system of civil registration. The...

Seanad: Civil Marriage Registrars. (13 Jul 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will ask the HSE to address the issue. I again confirm that the right to marriage is fundamental and we must within reason facilitate it.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1225, 1239, 1245, 1251 and 1366 together. The supplementary welfare allowance scheme provides for a weekly or monthly supplement to be paid in respect of mortgage interest to any person in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs. The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is administered by the community welfare service of the Health...

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The most recent estimates indicate that abolition of the PRSI ceiling for employees would result in an additional €119 million in contribution income in a full year.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the EU, publishes comparisons of social protection expenditure as a percentage of GDP across the EU. This encompasses not only social welfare expenditure but also expenditure in areas such as health care, social housing, employment support programmes and other social inclusion programmes. The latest such statistics were released on September 2nd 2010 and...

Written Answers — Death Certificates: Death Certificates (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The administration of the Civil Registration Service is statutorily a matter for the Registrar General. I have had enquiries made with the Registrar General and he has informed me that the position is as follows: When a person dies, it is the duty of a relative of the deceased to act as qualified informant. This means that the relative must give to a registrar of births, deaths and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Programme for Government included a commitment to expand the current free telephone rental scheme by providing for free broadband for older people. My Department has agreed that where people access the internet using a landline, the telephone allowance can be used to cover the cost of calls or internet usage up to the level of their allowance. In addition if a person wishes to subscribe...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Preventing long-term unemployment is important from both economic and social perspectives, especially because long-term unemployment tends to lead to erosion of skills and self-confidence, and damages future employment prospects. Effective prevention depends on being able to identify those at risk of becoming long-term unemployed at an early stage, and referring them to appropriate labour...

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos: 1231 and 1232 together. The projected PRSI forgone from the above measures, on a full year basis, is detailed in the following table: €m 2% reduction in 10.75% rate to €40,000 429 Reduce 8.5% rate to 4.25% 232

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Constituency staff salary and expenses details, in respect of the Minister's constituency office staff during my term, to date, and those of my predecessors, since 14th June 2007, are shown in the following tabular statement. No premises or utility costs were incurred by the Department in relation to the constituency office of former Minister, Martin Cullen, in Waterford City, nor in...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 1234 and 1289 together. The Department is currently renting two premises — Office Suites 1-3, Bridgewater Business Centre, Islandbridge, Dublin 8; and the Community Social Services Centre Bishopsgate, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. The Community Social Services Centre is the operational location for the Department's Disability Activation Project which is...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In order to qualify for rent supplement a person must have been residing in private rented accommodation or accommodation for homeless persons or an institution (or any combination of these) for a period of 183 days within the preceding 12 months of the date of claim for rent supplement. A person may also qualify for rent supplement where an assessment of housing need has been carried out...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme (SWA) is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE). Apart from a number of excluded categories, anyone in the State who satisfies a habitual residency condition (HRC) and a means test, has registered for employment, unless they have a physical or mental disability, and can prove...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The person concerned was in receipt of disability allowance from 14 August 1996 to 26 May 2010. It came to the department's attention that the person was in receipt of farm payments from the Department of Agriculture which she had not disclosed. The weekly rate of disability allowance depends on the amount of means assessed. The legislative provisions regarding disability allowance state...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (29 Sep 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The qualifying conditions for State pension (contributory) require the applicant to have entered insurable employment before attaining the age of 56 years have at least 260 paid contribution weeks, from employment or self-employment, since entry into insurance satisfy the yearly average condition. The person concerned applied for State pension (contributory) in 2010. Her claim was disallowed...