Results 21,161-21,180 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Social Welfare Benefits. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: I suggested establishing a formalised group.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister should set up a group to formalise strategy.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: The problem is that there is no strategy.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: That is not a strategy.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: There is no evidence of that at all.
- Pension Provisions. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: I have a concern over the timeframe involved. The Minister's predecessor gave a commitment that proposals would be ready to be brought to Government before the budget at the end of this year. The Minister seems to be moving away from that commitment and I ask her to clarify the position. Does the Minister accept we cannot continue with the very unfair tax-based reliefs system that very...
- Pension Provisions. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: While I accept this is an extremely complex area, given that the Minister will have the report this week or next week she will have several months to consider it and make proposals. Is she saying we cannot expect any proposals to go before Government in time for the budget this year?
- Pension Provisions. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: The Minister's predecessor gave a commitment that the proposals would be contained in the budget this year.
- Pension Provisions. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: That makes it all the more urgent that we introduce a fairer system.
- Social Welfare Code. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: If the Minister examines the figures, she will see there has been a very significant increase in the number of people seeking assistance with mortgage repayments. In the last two or three years it has increased by 35%. That is a fair measure of the increasing problems people are facing and the need, as Deputy Durkan said, to change the scheme to facilitate the reality of what is happening....
- Social Welfare Code. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: That is due to rising unemployment.
- Advocacy Services. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: What level of funding has been approved by the Department of Finance for the new post to be created this year? How many posts does this represent?
- Advocacy Services. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Of the â¬1.8 million that has been approved, apart from the director, how many advocacy posts are involved?
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to recent research undertaken by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, which indicates that many low-income family types are unable to meet basic living costs; her views on the findings of the report; and the way she will act upon it. [24771/08]
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: I asked for the Minister's opinion on the research conducted by the partnership. We would all acknowledge the work of its constituent members in respect of poverty. What are the Minister's opinions on the partnership's findings? While the research established that there have been improvements in many sectors, the partnership's approach to measuring what is required to survive and make ends...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: I did not say that.
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: I thought a second round of supplementary questions was allowed.
- Anti-Poverty Strategy. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Perhaps the Chair would indicate when we reach a certain time to ensure that a second round of supplementaries is allowed.
- Employment Rights. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the work that has been carried out by her Department in relation to the commitment in the programme for Government to examine the possibility of introducing paternity benefit. [24802/08]
- Employment Rights. (25 Jun 2008)
Róisín Shortall: There is a recognition in the programme for Government of the need to support parents in spending more time with their children. The Government also made a commitment in it to examine the possibility of introducing paternity benefit. It seems little progress has been made on that. That area comes under the remit of the Minister's Department. I do not understand why consideration of such...