Results 21,341-21,360 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 550: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide a monthly schedule, in respect of 2008, of the planned expenditure under each sub-heading as set out in the revised Estimates for Public Services Vote 38, and the actual expenditure for each heading for January and February 2008; and if he will provide the expected monthly income to the social insurance fund...

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the fact that the income and expenditure of the social insurance fund is not included in the Government's monthly Exchequer statement, he will publish on his Department's website a monthly analysis of his Department's income and expenditure similar to the Exchequer statement provided by the Department of Finance....

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 781: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to an application from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for emergency works funding in order to erect security fencing; and if, in view of the on-going threat to the school from break-ins and Garda requests for such fencing, she will give early approval to this application. [11934/08]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 936: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of inspections of private rented accommodation in 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number which did not meet housing standards in each year; and the number of prosecutions of landlords in each year. [12565/08]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: To 1.7%.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept there is a serious difficulty with the tax system in that people on the minimum wage, being out of the tax net, do not benefit from the tax improvements generally arising for most people out of the annual budget? The way to tackle this is to introduce a system of refundable tax credits. What is the position of the Minister and his Department in regard to the working...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: However, those benefits are of limited value where the persons concerned are in employment.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Yes. These workers derive no benefit from taxation changes in the budget.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister have a view on refundable tax credits?

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: The Department of Social and Family Affairs has a role to play on this issue. Does the Minister have a view on refundable tax credits?

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Will he share it?

Social Welfare Fraud. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: It is all very well to say we have to remain vigilant. I am not sure that the Department of Social and Family Affairs is being vigilant. The recent report produced by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General showed that there is a fraud rate of 14%, in relation to child benefit, in respect of non-resident children. Some €137 million is spent each year on child benefit and early...

Social Welfare Fraud. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: How many reviews have been done?

Social Welfare Fraud. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: That is not what I asked.

Social Welfare Fraud. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I would like the Minister to respond to Question No. 83, which refers to the payment of child benefit for non-resident children. There are approximately 3,000 non-resident children in receipt of the benefit. What steps has the Minister taken in respect of the fraud uncovered to date and how many payments have been suspended since the Comptroller and Auditor General reported on the matter?...

Social Welfare Fraud. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister did not.

Social Welfare Fraud. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: The figure of 2,769 is the overall figure for child benefit and does not pertain superficially to non-resident children.

Social Welfare Fraud. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: I went to the trouble of tabling a question and the Minister should be respectful enough to reply today. I asked about child benefit fraud in respect of non-resident children and it seems the Minister has no figures at all, which is very disappointing.

Data Protection. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: When does the Minister expect to receive the review of the Data Protection Commissioner? Will he put on record his commitment to implementing the recommendations of that review?

Data Protection. (2 Apr 2008)

Róisín Shortall: When does the Minister expect to receive the review?