Results 18,041-18,060 of 22,424 for speaker:Finian McGrath
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: There are issues, for which I totally accept responsibility, but I can equally tell the Deputy that corrective actions are being taken by the Government. To my knowledge, at the end of December a claims intake of just over two months was awaiting processing. That is what I am being told by departmental officials. The Government acknowledges the crucial role carers play in society. It is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: I have already covered it. I do not know where the Deputy is going here on this question. We have put in extra staff to resolve the problem. The direct answer to the Deputy's question is that the claims, in accordance with departmental standards, are processed within 12 weeks on average during December 2017. Of course we recognise that there are problems. There are people who, in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: We have an important national disability inclusion strategy and that will be implemented over the next four years.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: I said some Opposition Members, like the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: It is not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: Absolutely not. I have listened to Deputy Connolly for the past 12 months on many of these issues.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: Deputy Connolly never acknowledges.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: Deputy Connolly has been out of order.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: Accusation of what?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: What was the accusation?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: What I stated clearly-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: -----was that many Opposition Deputies, including Deputy Connolly-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: -----make this criticism and do not acknowledge enough the work that has been done.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: That is my point.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: It is not appalling. Deputy Connolly can give it but she cannot take it. That is the Deputy's problem.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: The Deputy can give it but she cannot take it.
- Section 39 Agency Staff Reimbursements: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: I thank Deputies for raising this important matter and providing us with an opportunity to debate it in the Dáil. I welcome our friends and colleagues from section 39 organisations who are in the Visitors Gallery and thank and commend them for their work. I have met many of them in the past two years as Minister of State with responsibility for people with disabilities. I have made no...
- Section 39 Agency Staff Reimbursements: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: We are listening to those who are putting forward their issues. We have been listening in recent months. That is why we have met those I have mentioned. We know this issue needs to be addressed. It is a complex matter that needs careful thought and consideration if a solution is to be reached. Under section 39 of the Health Act 2004, the HSE funds organisations by means of a grant. The...
- Section 39 Agency Staff Reimbursements: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: I did not cut their funding.
- Section 39 Agency Staff Reimbursements: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2018)
Finian McGrath: I did not make the cuts.