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Social Welfare Code. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the Minister's statement that this matter is under serious consideration and that there should be a decision within the next few weeks. I urge the Minister to consider a reasonable time lag, perhaps of three months. If somebody has lost his or her job and comes up with an idea for a small enterprise, three months seems very reasonable in the current climate. I look forward to an...

Social Welfare Code. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The risk of giving up the payment is important.

Social Welfare Code. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: That is key.

Employment Support Services. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: I am concerned that there is a considerable overlap among the different employment services. Does the Minister accept that there is a strong argument for bringing FÁS employment services under the remit of her Department and having one coherent service to ensure people need not wonder whether they should go to the local LES or FÁS office or deal with the job facilitators in the Department...

Employment Support Services. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Yes.

Employment Support Services. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: A large number of people will leave school this year and there will not be jobs for them. Does the Minister accept there is a strong case for ensuring that people cannot go from school on to the dole and that they will progress directly from school into a training course? This issue will arise on a large scale this year and in the coming years. That is the critical time to catch people to...

Employment Support Services. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: We need to move beyond pilot schemes at this stage. A national scheme is needed.

Employment Support Services. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister extend it this year?

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: It exists already.

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister does not seem to get the point here. This is not something she can wash her hands of and claim it is nothing to do with the State. The issue for the State is its failure to ensure adequate pension protection. Arising out of the Robbins case the Government is legally required to do that. Its failure to do that is exposing the State to legal action. A pensions expert recently...

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister needs to make serious ones.

Written Answers — British-Irish Council: British-Irish Council (4 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on his participation in the meeting of the British-Irish Council in Cardiff on 20 February 2009. [8968/09]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (4 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he will take arising from the report presented to him by the Western Development Commission which forecast that the region's creative sector could generate employment for some 13,000 people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8969/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (4 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the payment of funds under the nursing home repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is deemed to be non compos mentis; the person who is therefore charged with the responsibility of such funds; and the position with regard to the person. [9097/09]

Written Answers — Carer's Strategy: Carer's Strategy (4 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the publication of a carer's strategy. [9299/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the reform of supports for lone parents. [9300/09]

Written Answers — Sports Museum: Sports Museum (3 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the sports museum and Irish literature museum as promised in the programme for Government 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8527/09]

Written Answers — Olympic Games: Olympic Games (3 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action taken by him since he received the report of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Task Force report in March 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8519/09]

Written Answers — Cabinet Committee Meetings: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach the dates of the past six meetings of the Cabinet committee on social inclusion. [8788/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to publicise the fact that medical card holders are exempt from the income tax levy, and specifically, to inform medical card holders and their employers or pension providers directly. [8313/09]