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Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided by his Department through the Rapid, CLÁR and LEADER programmes to County Donegal over the past three years; the way this funding compares to amounts allocated to other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32608/07]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (5 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 9 October 2007, in relation to 2007 allocations under the young peoples facilities and services fund and in view of the fact that some groups received the entire amount applied for while others only received a fraction, the criteria under which these decisions were...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his intentions in relation to the awarding of credits to home-makers and other carers for years spent on caring duties in place of the system of disregarding these years when computing average credit history; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32198/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he will extend the age allowance to qualified adults over 80 years of age. [32195/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration which he has given to the reduction or removal of VAT from home heating fuel for senior citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32572/07]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provisions of the new deal scheme in respect of the treatment of married couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32571/07]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the entitlement of medical card holders to chiropody services; the regulation in respect of chiropodists charging a fee as a top-up fee for such services at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32573/07]

Written Answers — National Carers Strategy: National Carers Strategy (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason he has not kept the commitment in the Programme for Government to develop a National Carer's Strategy by the end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32575/07]

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children under 16 years who are currently excluded from school and awaiting an alternative school place; her views on whether the National Education Welfare Board is adequately resourced to meet the demands on it at present; her plans to enhance this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32544/07]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he plans to take to eliminate consistent poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32574/07]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept last week's EU-SILC figures are a serious indictment of the Government's record in recent years? According to those figures, Ireland has the third highest rate of people at risk of poverty. Does the Minister accept Ireland is still a shockingly unequal society?

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Does he accept the figures which show the rates of poverty are static? Last year 6.9% of people were living in poverty while the figure for the previous year was 7%. Little or no progress is being made on tackling the rates of poverty in our society. After a decade of so-called prosperity, why are 293,000 people still living in poverty? Given the targets set in the national anti-poverty...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: This is the equivalent of shooting the messenger. The argument about the way of measuring poverty in this country is over. Whatever disagreements may have existed about it in the past, we know now that all of those groups working in this area, including research organisations and indeed the Minister's Department, accept the way of measuring poverty in this country. What these figures show...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: As a point of information, last week's figures show that the rate of child poverty is increasing in this country.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, 96,000 of them.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: For goodness sake, pilot schemes in this day and age are a nonsense.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: What the Government needs to do is put in the resources.

Social Welfare Code. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: It is more than 18 months since the Department published proposals on providing supports for lone parents and it appears that little or no progress has been made in implementing these. The question relates specifically to the proposal to end the cohabitation rule. Does the Minister accept that it makes no sense for the State — as it is currently doing in respect of social welfare and tax...

Social Welfare Code. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: They are better off. The figures prove that.

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 Dec 2007)

Róisín Shortall: The survey to which the Minister refers shows that consistent poverty has remained static at approximately 7% for the past two years. What does the Minister think are the principal reasons that little or no progress has been made in reducing that rate? Does he accept the real scandal is that 96,000 children live in poverty and that little or no progress has been made on reducing that...