Results 16,781-16,800 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Children enrolled in play-schools will receive free pre-school provision of three hours per day, five days each week over a 38 week year. This equates to a weekly capitation grant to the service provider of â¬64.50 and parents with children enrolled in these services will not be charged. Children enrolled in full or part-time child care services will receive free pre-school provision of...
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: All community and private pre-school services which meet the requirements of the scheme will be invited to apply for entry to the scheme and all notified pre-school services will be contacted by the office of the Minister of State with responsibility for children and youth affairs by the end of May 2009. To introduce the scheme as quickly as possible and maximise the number of children and...
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Social Welfare Bill also provides for changes to the jobseeker's allowance which are designed to incentivise 18 and 19 year old jobseekers to avail of education and training opportunities and avoid becoming welfare dependent from a young age. The rate of jobseeker's allowance that will be paid to new claimants under the age of 20 is being reduced from â¬204.30 per week to â¬100 per...
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The other scheme is immediate.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The new scheme.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I outlined two schemes.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: If one is getting jobseeker's benefit, one can immediately access the back to work enterprise allowance.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: No, immediately.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: If one qualifies for jobseeker's benefit, one no longer has to fulfil the criterion of actively seeking work and one can immediately get on a back to work enterprise scheme. One can have that for the duration of the period one would normally qualify for jobseeker's benefit.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: No. The majority of people are on jobseeker's benefit, not on jobseeker's allowance.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputies are public representatives.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: No, never.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: No. I never questioned the educational value but did question the value of providing it in primary schools.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I have never questioned the educational value.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: No, never.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I will amend that.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: It is not just Daft.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The PRTB and CSO figures.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy asked the question. It was the PRTB and the CSO.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy has access to the figures in the same way we have.