Results 7,601-7,620 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: It is not a case of luxuries. I simply made a point, not necessarily as a Minister but as a parent.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: I take a simple view which has nothing to do with parents' income. At 17 years they are not children and would give an answer if they were called a child. There is nothing wrong with going out and supplementing one's income by earning a few bob. That opportunity prevails right across the spectrum today. I disagree with the basis of Deputy Shortall's point that we are expecting 17 years old...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: I never suggested that.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: The danger in trying to have an open debate is that one will end up being misquoted. I was not suggesting that all children in school must go out to work. I was speaking about a kid working for a few hours on a Saturday morning.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: One ends up in a position where, because one says something in respect of which one has experience as a parent, it will suddenly be portrayed as something else.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: I have suggested that there is no reason a 16 or 17 year old cannot work for a few hours on a Saturday morning to earn a few bob for himself or herself. That is all I suggested. It was as simple as that.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: It goes back to the point Deputy Shortall tried to make that we were expecting one child in a family to live on â¬24 a week. I explained why she was wrong and indicated that the supports payable by the State were more substantial. I went on to state there was nothing wrong with a 15, 16 or 17 year old working for a few hours, wherever it might be, on a Saturday morning. It might even be...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: I was only making a point, which is a simple one. I would make it anywhere.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: That is all I said.
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: The second point very much concerns the argument about family income supplement which is targeted at people on low incomes. It is to support people on low incomes to get them out of the poverty trap, in other words, the payment is only for parents who are working, not for those on social welfare. It is targeted at getting people back to work in order that there is an incentive to come out...
- Social Welfare Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: The evidence is blindingly clear that where the main provider or both partners is or are working, there is a much better atmosphere in the family, a much better ethos and approach to issues. That is what we need to achieve. That is why I say to Deputy Shortall â others whom she has quoted can speak for themselves â that some are vehemently opposed to creating new poverty traps. That is...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: The national fuel allowance scheme assists householders on long-term social welfare or health service executive (HSE) payments with meeting the cost of their heating needs during the winter season. Fuel allowances which are paid from end-September to end-April represent a contribution towards a person's normal heating expenses. It is not intended to meet those costs in full. In Budget 2008...
- Written Answers — Departmental Computer Systems: Departmental Computer Systems (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: All overpayments are recorded on the new Overpayment & Debt Management (ODM) computer system. The overpayment amounts relating to the headquarter buildings in question are: Dublin: â¬4,194,749. Letterkenny: â¬4,442,884 Longford: â¬14,894,223 Sligo: â¬69,255,373
- Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: The Direct Provision accommodation system is the responsibility of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and of the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of that Department.
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: The person concerned applied for a State Pension (Transition) on 4th May 2006. According to the records of my Department, he has a total of 1,768 contributions in the period from 1956 to 2005 of which 936 are self-employed contributions which are not reckonable for State Pension (Transition). The remaining 832 contribution equate to a yearly average of 17, which is insufficient to qualify...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: The provision of support to people who are not in receipt of a social welfare payment to return to education is addressed through the education system, I understand that the Department of Education and Science has a range of programmes for people wishing to return to education and provides supports for people participating in certain education programmes funded by VECs. This Department...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: The aim of the national fuel scheme is to assist householders on long-term social welfare or health service executive payments with meeting the cost of their additional heating needs during the winter season. Fuel allowances are paid from end-September to mid-April. The allowance represents a contribution towards a person's normal heating expenses. A detailed review of the fuel allowance was...
- Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (13 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: Based on the economic analysis provided by the Department of Finance the live register forecast underpinning the recently published Budget 2008 estimates for Jobseeker's Allowance and Jobseeker's Benefit is 170,000. This is 10,000 higher than the figure of 160,000 underpinning the 2007 estimates. The provision made in the 2008 estimates for the increase of 10,000 in the live register is...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 151 together. Illness Benefit, which was known as Disability Benefit prior to 2nd October 2006, is a payment for insured people who cannot work due to illness. Annual Statistics in relation to the number of recipients of Illness Benefit are published annually by my Department in the form of a report entitled Statistical Information on Social Welfare...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (13 Dec 2007)
Martin Cullen: Under the decentralisation programme announced by the Minister for Finance on 3 December 2003, my Department has, to date, relocated 111 posts (118 people) to Carrick-on-Shannon and 66 posts (67 people) to Sligo. Given the number of posts involved and the fact that they have been relocated at various stages since mid 2006, the information concerning overtime and mileage costs is not readily...