Results 21,081-21,100 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the national average time for family mediation services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31857/08]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and percentage of workers who make a PRSI contribution and who also benefit from the PRSI ceiling above which no PRSI is paid. [31852/08]

Written Answers — World Trade Negotiations: World Trade Negotiations (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's response to the collapse in the World Trade Talks in July 2008; her views on having the talks re-opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30933/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average industrial wage earned by a male worker and female worker respectively; the average male earnings and average female earnings; if she plans additional measures to help bridge the earnings gap between males and females; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30932/08]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a request by Dublin City Council and other local authorities for humanitarian aid in respect of those affected by flooding in August 2008; the amounts so far allocated by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30551/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances under which a PAYE taxpayer may qualify for tax relief or credits on expenditure on childcare; the amount of tax expenditures that have been paid by the Exchequer to employees and employers in each of the past three years for which figures are available on childcare costs; the number of employees and employers who benefited in...

Written Answers — Contraband Seizures: Contraband Seizures (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 335: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of contraband cigarettes seized by the Customs and Excise Service on Saturday 11 March 2006 at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [30741/08]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 347: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 8 May 2008, if he will provide a similar breakdown by salary levels of tax foregone by the Exchequer in respect of contributions to small self-administered pension plans or schemes for the past three years for which figures are available. [31074/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 obtaining an appointment with a consultant dermatologist; and if she will ensure that there is no further delay. [29964/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the customer service targets regarding appeals of domiciliary care allowance; the average length of time to process appeals in respect of domiciliary care allowance; the reasons for the delay in an application by persons (details supplied) in Dublin 11; when the applicant will be reviewed by a medical officer; and when a decision will...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 535: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no social welfare or foster care payment available to the guardian of children who are left in his or her care by a sole surviving parent who has been incarcerated; and if she will ensure that contact is made with the Department of Social and Family Affairs to address this...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 640: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the waiting time for assessment of ear, nose and throat services at Temple Street Children's Hospital; the reason there are so few weekly clinics; the further reason so few patients are seen at these clinics; the further reason that there is no provision made for parents to be notified when the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1186: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding provided to local partnership bodies in 2008 in order to allow them to extend their catchment areas. [30511/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1316: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on the term "abandon" or "abandonment" in view of the condition that a qualifying child must be abandoned in terms of guardian's payment; if the term is defined is legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30548/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1317: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no social welfare or foster care payment available to the guardian of children who are left in their care by a sole surviving parent who has been incarcerated; if this was the intended effect of the change in the legislation in 2005; and if she will ensure that contact...

Written Answers — Registration of Births: Registration of Births (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1334: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the circumstances under which a father's name on a birth certificate may be altered or deleted and the procedure for doing so. [30687/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the maximum income the spouse of a person receiving jobseeker's benefit may earn for the jobseeker to retain entitlement to the maximum and the minimum amount of assistance possible under the private mortgage interest supplement scheme; and if she will provide a sliding scale of entitlement by income level. [31163/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the general criteria applying to those applying to their local community welfare officer for humanitarian aid following the August 2008 floods; if income thresholds are applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31164/08]

Written Answers — Millennium Partnership Fund: Millennium Partnership Fund (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants for the Millennium Fund are not being entertained by some local area partnerships on the basis of their address due to the lack of funding to extend the fund into new locations; the action he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31162/08]

Written Answers — Early School Leavers: Early School Leavers (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1682: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the School Completion Programme will be affected by the 3% reduction in public service payroll costs; if he will reduce funding to SCPs; and, if so, the impact this reduction will have on young people attending SCPs in Dublin north west. [29962/08]