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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which, despite the issuance of departmental circulars on supplementary welfare allowances, community welfare officers in various Health Service Executive areas have reached different conclusions on the payment of rent supplement to a one-parent family payment recipient (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which a one-parent family payment recipient (details supplied) in County Cork can be deemed eligible for rent supplement in one area but deemed ineligible by a community welfare office after moving to a different area to return to full-time third level education; and if he intends to alter guidelines or introduce...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: Question 410: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will expedite the single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason the payment has not been made to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8834/06]

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: He was walking the streets.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: The Government is supposed to protect us from them.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: On law reform.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: We have lost all law and order.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: Talk about today, not eight years ago. What about now?

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: There is one shooting per day now.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: When will the family law Bill, the DNA database Bill and the enforcement of fines Bill be published?

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his progress to date on the implementation of the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9543/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the implementation of the nitrates directive, if he is satisfied that this legislation has taken into account all the advice he has received from different bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9544/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for the carer's allowance received in each of the past three years; the percentage in each case of persons who transferred to the carer's allowance from other social welfare payment; the approximate proportion for each year of such cases that transferred from carer's benefit, an unemployment payment, sickness...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of claimants for carer's allowance who receive 100% of their potential entitlement and the percentage receiving less than 50%, less than 75% and less than 90% of their potential entitlement at present; the equivalent figures for 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9701/06]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff currently working in the maintenance recovery unit of his Department; the number of these who have chosen to relocate under his planned decentralisation programme; the way in which he intends to fill the posts that will be vacated by staff who opt not to decentralise; the date by which he expects the full...

Written Answers — Disability Act 2005: Disability Act 2005 (8 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform , further to Question No. 414 of 13 December 2005, if he has received the draft codes of practice for the implementation of sections 26 to 28 of the Disability Act 2005 which cover the accessibility of public services, accessibility of goods and services supplied to a public body and accessibility of information...

Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: That is right.

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (9 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: I wish to raise a related point on this important issue regarding the carer's allowance and the need to make a report on a particular matter, namely, older people who look after spouses, parents, sons or daughters and are in receipt of carer's allowance. However, when they reach pension age, they are told they can have one or the other but not both. In effect, they are told that their work as...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (9 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: My colleague, Deputy Penrose, has made many points on my behalf and these were raised on Committee Stage. I refer to the case of a gentleman in receipt of a small occupational pension. His wife is currently in receipt of the non-contributory State pension. His occupational pension means he exceeds the income limit for the fuel allowance. It also reduces his wife's non-contributory pension by...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (9 Mar 2006)

David Stanton: We have debated this many times and it is complicated. It is important that people realise that if they accumulate money over a certain amount they will be liable to have a reduced non-contributory State pension. The clawback kicks in after they die. We should examine the possibility that if a person proved that he or she had no source of income other than the non-contributory payment the...