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Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: This costs €600,000 a month.

Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister accept this scheme is in need of urgent reform? The Department's view is that everything is okay as long as it is treading water. The fact is there is a huge demand for places on this scheme. What on earth is the reason for not allowing people to participate in third level courses after being unemployed for three months? There seems to be a mindset in the Department that...

Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: That is the very point we are making.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: I refer to items of promised legislation. The first concerns the growing problem of sham marriages for the purposes of circumventing the residency laws. The Latvian authorities have been in touch with the Government on a number of occasions, going back to 2006, expressing grave concern for the welfare of many of their citizens who engage in, or are enticed into participating in, sham...

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: May be?

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The matter has been raised with the Minister by many eastern European governments.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Is it not the case that the laxity in the law is in this country?

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: A serious issue arises about the welfare of their citizens.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Is there no timescale?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is committed to maintaining the current value of child benefit in 2011. [40067/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his response to the sovereign annuity proposal made to his Department by the Irish Association of Pension Funds and the Society of Actuaries. [40041/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to deal with the backlog on social welfare claims. [40366/10]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of places filled under the short-time working training programme; the amount spent on the scheme; when the scheme commenced and when it is due to wind up; the number of employers involved; if she will provide any information she has on any reviews of the effectiveness of the scheme; her plans to expand the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the respective gross cost to the Exchequer if the withdrawal rate above allowances for rent supplement was changed from 75% to 15%, 20%, 25%, and so on at intervals of 5% up to 60%. [39692/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the respective gross cost to the Exchequer if the withdrawal rate above allowances for mortgage interest supplement was changed from 75% to 15%, 20%, 25%, and so on at intervals of 5% up to 60%. [39693/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform rent supplement to enable the payment to be made directly to the landlord instead of the tenant [39267/10]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 548: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to extend the deadline for the employment subsidy scheme. [39895/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 93: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all bodies, committees or groups under his Department or any of the agencies within his Department's remit associated with social partnership established in the past 15 years; the details of all funding allocated to these bodies in that period; the details of all funding provided to social partnership bodies or persons...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all bodies, committees or groups under her Department or any of the agencies within her Department's remit associated with social partnership established in the past 15 years; the details of all funding allocated to these bodies in that period; the details of all funding provided to social...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have commenced apprenticeships with the Office of Public Works who were subsequently offered fixed contracts in the years 2000 to date in 2010 and the subsequent number of those who have been made redundant. [40505/10]