Results 15,101-15,120 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The review of the jobseeker schemes which was undertaken under the expenditure review process, focused on the application of the schemes conditions to workers who are not employed on a full-time basis. The review was completed in November 2006. The review contained a range of recommendations, some of which may result in savings to the Exchequer or to the Social Insurance Fund while others...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The Department conducted an internal review of payments to carers during the period 2004 to 2006. The review was designed as a vehicle to build on the review of the carer's allowance which was published in 1998. The review examined all aspects of carer's allowance, carer's benefit and the respite care grant and made a broad range of recommendations covering issues such as the definition of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: A value for money review of the Department's information services and the Citizens Information Board is currently being carried out. The review will cover the period 2005-2007 and will examine direct and indirect expenditure incurred in the provision of information on social welfare schemes. It is expected that the review will be completed by the end of 2008 and any recommendations arising...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The person concerned was awarded and paid jobseeker's allowance from 8 February 2008 to 15 April 2008. A Deciding Officer has also awarded him a retrospective allowance payment of â¬379.58 for the period from 15 December 2007 to 8 February 2008. The payment issued to him on 2 July 2008.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Family income supplement (FIS) is designed to provide cash support for employees on low earnings with families. This preserves the incentive to remain in employment in circumstances where the employee might only be marginally better off than if he or she were unemployed and claiming other social welfare payments. FIS is paid on a weekly basis over a period of 52 weeks, taking into account a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Rent supplement is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive (HSE) as part of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that there is no record of an application for rent supplement or an exceptional needs payment from the person concerned. If he wishes to make an application for rent supplement or an exceptional needs payment he should apply to the community welfare officer at his local health centre.
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 544 and 555 together. Spouses working for self-employed contributors are specifically excepted from social insurance contributions. However, spouses who are actively engaged in a commercial partnership, including the operation of a farm, as opposed to simply being the joint owners of a property, are treated as individual self-employed contributors and are thus...
- Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) provides assistance to people who are over-indebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems. There are 53 independent MABS companies with voluntary boards of management operating the service nation-wide. The MABS companies directly employ over 240 staff to provide the service. From time to time, temporary staff are employed by...
- Written Answers — Free Travel Scheme: Free Travel Scheme (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The free travel scheme is available to all people living in the State aged 66 years or over and to people receiving certain disability or care payments. Proposals to extend the free travel scheme to Irish born people living abroad and those receiving pensions from my Department have been examined and, in this regard, officials of the Department have engaged in discussions with EU Commission...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: As of 1 June 2008 there were 4,857 staff employed by the Department. I am not aware of any staff member in the Department in the situation as described by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: Under current agreements, all permanent clerical posts in the Department's existing offices in Louth, Meath and Cavan must be filled, in the first instance, from a central transfer list under arrangements agreed at Civil Service General Council. The names of civil servants wishing to relocate to these locations are noted in order of their date of application. Under the Programme of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The ESB Contract Meter Readers were treated as self-employed for Social Insurance / PRSI purposes. On a number of occasions they have sought to have their employment status changed to that of employee. In 1999 a Deciding Officer, having reviewed their status, decided again that they were self-employed and subject to PRSI at Class S. The Meter Readers appealed this decision to the Social...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The requested information on the Combat Poverty Agency is as follows: Board Member Date of Appointment: Membership Expiry Date: Appointed by Minister for Social and Family Affairs: Maria Gorman 27/06/06 26/06/11 Séamus Brennan T.D. Kitty King 27/06/06 26/06/11 Séamus Brennan T.D. John Loughran 27/06/06 26/06/11 Séamus Brennan T.D. John Monaghan 27/06/06 26/06/11 Séamus Brennan T.D....
- Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The requested information on the Family Support Agency is as follows: Name of Board Member Date of Appointment/ Reappointment Term to Expire Appointed/Reappointed by Mr Michael O'Kennedy SC â Chairperson 6th May 2006 5th May 2009 Minister Seamus Brennan Ms Brid Rocks 6th May 2008 5th May 2011 Minister Martin Cullen Mr Dick Hickey 6th May 2008 5th May 2011 Minister Martin Cullen Ms...
- Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested is currently being compiled within the Department and will be made available to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: No staff member in the Department is earning the national minimum wage.
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: The information requested is currently being compiled within the Department and will be made available to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I wish to share my time with Deputy O'Hanlon.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Mary Hanafin: I welcome the opportunity to detail for the House the actions that the Department of Social and Family Affairs will be taking as part of the Government's collective approach to controlling short-term expenditure in the interests of Ireland's future prosperity. As the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance outlined yesterday and today, with the downturn in the global economy and the...