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- Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)
Martin Cullen: The only bad connection around here is Fine Gael and the Labour Party.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)
Martin Cullen: The Ceann Comhairle is looking at waste.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)
Martin Cullen: Everything about me is remarkable.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)
Martin Cullen: Hear, hear.
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (25 Apr 2007)
Martin Cullen: On 1 March 2007 I signed the Road Traffic Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 86 of 2007). The Order brings into operation, with effect from 5 March 2007, sections 6, 7 and 18 of the Road Traffic Act 2006. Sections 6 and 18 have no retrospective application whereas section 7 applies to a disqualification order that "has been made, whether before or after the commencement of Section...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (26 Apr 2007)
Martin Cullen: Articles 3 and 6 of Directive 2005/66/EC have been fully transposed. The provisions of Article 4, which has been partially transposed in respect of passenger cars with transposition in respect of small vans outstanding, and Article 5 are required to be implemented with effect from 25 May 2007. Regulations to fully transpose Articles 4 and 5 are being prepared by the Road Safety Authority...
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: Self employed (Class S) contributors are entitled to the following payments: Widow's/Widower's (Contributory) Pension; Orphan's (Contributory) Allowance; Old Age (Contributory) Pension; Maternity Benefit; Adoptive Benefit, and Bereavement Grant. When Class S was introduced for self-employed persons in 1988, coverage for both short-term insurance-based payments such as disability benefit and...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: Under the Decentralisation Programme announced by the Government in 2003, the Department is to relocate 85 posts to Carrickmacross. In addition, the Combat Poverty Agency, which is under the aegis of the Department, is designated to relocate to Monaghan Town. The Decentralisation Implementation Group Progress Report to the Minister for Finance in September 2006 indicates that the indicative...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: The person concerned applied for State Pension (Contributory) in May 2006. According to the records of my Department, she has outstanding PRSI liabilities as a self-employed person for the following years, 1995/6, 1996/7, 1998/9 and 1999/00. Section 110 (1) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act of 2005 provides that a self-employed contributor shall not be regarded as satisfying the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: An application for a bereavement grant from the person concerned was received on the 17/01/07 but, based on the information provided, a grant is not payable as there is no record of any reckonable PRSI contributions having been paid by the person concerned. A deciding officer disallowed the claim on 17/01/07 and a notice of the decision with a right of appeal was issued to the claimant on...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: The person's claim for disability allowance was refused by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the view that he was not medically qualified for this payment. The person appealed this decision and was examined by another Medical Assessor and the comments of the Deciding Officer were also sought. The papers have now been referred...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: The person concerned applied for an invalidity pension on 2 March 2007. Prior to this he was in receipt of Illness Benefit with effect from 23 November 2005. A medical examination was carried out on the 10th May 2007 following which the person concerned was found to be not permanently incapable of work. The application for Invalidity Pension was refused on 23rd May, 2007. The person...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly Allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. Processing of claims for Disability Allowance necessitates a medical examination of the claimant in some instances, and also investigation of the claimant's means by a Social Welfare Inspector, which may require a visit to the claimant's home. These processes can add...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: The person concerned applied for disability allowance which is a means tested scheme. The Deciding Officer disallowed the claim on the grounds that the person's means exceeded the means limits for that scheme. He appealed against this decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. The Appeals Officer proposed to hold an oral hearing on 6 June 2007. This hearing was cancelled due to the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: The living alone allowance, or living alone increase as it is now known, is an additional payment of â¬7.70 per week made to people aged 66 years or over who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and who are living alone. It is also available to people under 66 years of age who are living alone and who receive payments under one of a number of invalidity type schemes. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: The person concerned was awarded respite care in respect of 2006. A Deciding Officer disallowed his application in respect of 2005 on the grounds that the care recipient was not so incapacitated as to require full-time care and attention at that time. On 15 January 2007 the person concerned appealed against the decision to refuse him a Respite Care Grant for 2005. In accordance with the...
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 405 and 406 together. Permanent and pensionable employees in the public service â other than those who were recruited after 6 April, 1995, registered doctors and dentists employed in the Civil Service, GardaÃ, commissioned army officers and members of the Army Nursing Service â are liable to pay social insurance contributions at the modified PRSI Class D...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: The household benefits package, which comprises the electricity/gas allowance, telephone allowance and free television licence schemes, is generally available to people living in the State, aged 66 years or over, who are in receipt of a social welfare type payment or who satisfy a means test. The package is also available to carers and people with disabilities under the age of 66 who are in...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 408 and 413 together. The Family Income Supplement (FIS) is an income support for employees on low earnings with families. There are currently 20,780 people in receipt of a weekly FIS payment with an average value of over â¬130. Entitlement to FIS is based on an applicant satisfying a means test and on certification of employment by the employer. My...
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (26 Jun 2007)
Martin Cullen: Approximately 76 per cent of workers pay PRSI Class A and Class H at the rate of 4 per cent. A further 11 per cent of workers pay social insurance contributions at the Class S rate. These contributions which are subject to various thresholds, allowances and ceilings, accrue entitlement to a range of benefits and pensions under various social insurance schemes. The current employee PRSI...