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- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: That is not a solution. The Minister needs to reform the scheme for the 100,000 people on it.
- Rental Accommodation Scheme (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister needs to provide for that.
- Rental Accommodation Scheme (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister needs to transfer the budget to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
- Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he plans to reform the social welfare system to provide greater social security for the self-employed [43859/10]
- Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: I heard it the first time.
- Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: This is another area about which I asked the Minister to outline his plans for reform. He recognises, as does everybody else, that there is a significant problem and yet is doing nothing about reforming the system. There is dispute about figures. The Minister should have figures to give us a better picture of the situation. The bottom line is that self-employed people get a very poor deal...
- Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Beyond looking at something, we would like to see some action. I hope the Minister will introduce these reforms in next month's budget. Is he prepared to give consideration to introducing a voluntary arrangement whereby self-employed people can pay the full stamp in order to give them the cover that is necessary in the event of them losing their employment?
- Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Last August the Minister announced 10,000 new scheme places but three months later not a single additional scheme place has been provided. We heard much talk from the Minister throughout the year about various initiatives to help people access employment but, unfortunately, we have seen very little action. When does the Minister intend to establish this promised scheme? How does he propose...
- Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister has had quite a bit of mileage out of this in recent months, that is, announcing various initiatives, including this one. Let us see some action. Can he put some meat on the bones of this? How many places does he intend to provide? We know that if one opens up new places on a voluntary basis, they will be hugely oversubscribed. That is the reality. The majority of people on...
- Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Not this year. Is that what the Minister is saying?
- Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: On a point of order, nobody is arguing with the Minister about that. We are asking him about this promised scheme. He is supposed to provide 10,000 places.
- Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: When will the Minister provide those places and will they be voluntary?
- Job Creation (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept that the transfer of FÃS staff to his Department provides an opportunity to set up a proper one-stop shop system for unemployed people? This seems to be the weakest link currently, as unemployed people cannot get basic information about available training schemes. Specifically, it seems there is nobody within the Department in a position to advise unemployed people...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to allow far greater access to postgraduate study under the back to education allowance. [43858/10]
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: I wish to comment on the bringing forward of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill which would have clashed with the committee meeting examining the Estimates for the Department of Social Protection. If business is rescheduled there should be consultation with the Whips and the party spokespersons. This is no way to do business. We should have been afforded the...
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: We should not have found ourselves in that situation, where there was such discourtesy to the Opposition spokespersons.
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: A legitimate question was asked. We have the Order Paper for this week.
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: I am asking why the Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010 has been pulled. It had been on the schedule, we were due to debate it after the Order of Business but last night a decision was taken to pull it.
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: That does not affect the business today. It could have been taken.
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)
Róisín Shortall: You have pulled it. You might do us all a favour.