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Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the decision to remove child benefit from a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has been upheld by the deciding officer despite the significant amount of evidence supporting this person's claim and the fact that an internal review of the case has found the social worker who wrote the letter on which the original decision was based...

Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I raised an individual case because I have serious concerns about the handling of this by the Department. These are separated parents, both of whom claim to be the principal carer of the child. When the Department found in favour of the mother I queried the decision and discovered it was based on a letter from a social worker which was on the file. The social worker had no professional...

Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is not answering the question I asked.

Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is ignoring circumstances where a decision is based on a flawed understanding of the case or a strange letter which appears in the file. Surely there is a need to refer a case of this nature to a different deciding officer. If it is referred back to the original officer, he or she will be required to admit that he or she made a mistake. I have serious concerns about this...

Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The original deciding officer who made the mistake in the first instance.

Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Which will be costly and lengthy. A mistake has been made and it should be addressed.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection following her signature of Statutory Instrument S.I. 616/11, the reason no pre-existing claimants were directly informed of the changes introduced to the rules of the scheme; the protocols in place in her Department to inform claimants of rule changes so that they may remain in compliance with the conditions of the scheme under which they are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an application to have the local property tax deducted from a person's old age pension (details supplied) in Dublin 9 has not been completed despite the application being lodged in July of this year; when this process will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43941/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Note Issues (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of the promissory note deal as it was applied in Budget 2014. [44059/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the saving to the Exchequer that would arise if the current arrangements for landlords, whereby they can claim interest repayments against tax for residential rental properties, was ceased for new entrants and the data upon which this estimate was based; and if he will provide similar details in respect of commercial properties. [44074/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 191. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rates for foster payments that will apply in 2014. [43982/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Expenditure (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 21% reduction in the operational budget of the Daughters of Charity Services for persons with intellectual disabilities since 2009; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the chief executive officer believes that any further reduction in funding will result in the closure of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 112. To ask the Taoiseach the name and current salary of each political staff member appointed by him. [44101/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Health Insurance Prices (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of health insurance customers who will pay additional health insurance as a result of the budget announcement on tax relief on medical insurance. [44890/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is targeting in 2014 to give effect to the commitment in the Programme for Government to cap taxpayers’ subsidies for pension schemes which deliver pension income of more than €60,000; the total saving that will be made in 2014 in implementing this policy with a breakdown of the saving for each measure; the way these measures...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the yield in 2014 and in a full year of the measures announced in Budget 2014 in respect of pension contributions, pension pot size and so on with a breakdown for each measure. [44788/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance how the new tax arrangements in respect of persons with medical insurance, as announced in budget 2014, will work in practice, with an example of the impact on a family paying a premium just below the new tax relief cap, an example of the impact on a family paying slightly above the new tax relief cap, and an example of a family paying a premium well in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Issues (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if PRSI will be payable on interest on savings in 2014; to whom it will apply; and the rate of same. [44738/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Issues (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how the imposition of PRSI on interest on savings in 2014 will be applied in respect of accounts held in the name of children. [44787/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the budget 2014 allocation to address long-term homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44667/13]