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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is standard procedure.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It will be the exact same thing.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know that but the payment will be the same.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not. I am saying the opposite.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Listening to Deputy Shortall I was beginning to think I was in some kind of Alice in Wonderland world because she said we did not encourage people to go on courses. People can take up part-time courses and keep social welfare benefits. If one takes up a full-time course one can get the back to education allowance. The Bill states the exact opposite to what Deputy Shortall tried to infer....

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If one did not have sanctions, the number of inspectors one would have to have and the amount of difficulty one would create in tracking down the fraudsters would mean that one would shield the fraudsters.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Sin atá an Teachta ag déanamh agus tá a fhios aige go maith gur sin atá sé ag déanamh.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, but when I go to do it the Deputy wants to make it difficult. In theory, he is in favour but in practice, when somebody tries provide the legal power to make it possible the Deputy steps back and does not have the guts-----

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 34, to delete "this Act" and substitute "Parts 1 and 2". This technical amendment provides for the correct collective citation of the Social Welfare Acts.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will deal with each of the five paragraphs in Deputy Shortall's amendment. On the insurance company issue, I gave an undertaking on Committee Stage to begin the process of consultation on the question of requiring insurance companies to compensate the Minister for illness or disability payments where they have admitted liability and where the value of social welfare entitlements are...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is no proposal before us to do anything other than produce more reports. With regard to the proposal in paragraph (e), we are only weeks away from having a report completed and published. With regard to the proposals in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d), a much more comprehensive look at the whole PRSI regime is being undertaken at present. It is not true to say we find excuses not to hit...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We discussed this previously. I have been advised that the Courts Service is an independent body established under statute with five functions, namely, to manage the courts, provide support services for the judges, provide information on the courts system to the public, provide, manage and maintain court buildings and provide facilities for uses of the courts. Family law is administered in...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish I could get information because the more information circulating between State services the better. Data matching can be a very useful tool in avoiding duplication of claims, fraud and so on. There may be very serious issues regarding data protection in this situation. I will look at it. The idea is a good and convenient one and the finances of the State could be protected....

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Law Reform Commission issued a discussion document in September 2009 on legal aspects of family relationships which included the issue of registration of a father's particulars. It has invited submissions from interested parties and will issue recommendations in a further report which is not expected to issue before autumn of this year. The provisions contained in the amendment are...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On the face of it I have no difficulty. I have not done very much study of this and perhaps there are overriding issues that will come forward when the Law Reform Commission reports as to why this should not be done. Perhaps even the Deputy may find she will change her mind. There are two issues involved, as raised by the Deputy, namely, the right of a child to know who its father was or...

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (29 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Social Insurance Fund (SIF) operates under the terms of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. The Fund comprises a current account and an investment account. The Minister for Social Protection manages and controls the current account from which benefit payments are made, while the Minister for Finance, through the National Treasury Management Agency manages the investment account....

Written Answers — Employment Action Plan: Employment Action Plan (29 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The national employment action plan (NEAP) is the main welfare to work measure under which all persons between the ages of 18 and 65 years who are approaching 3 months on the live register are identified by the Department of Social and Family Affairs and referred to FÁS for interview with a view to assisting them enter/re-enter the labour market. The provisions contained in the Social...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Despite significant State spending on one-parent families the results have been poor in terms of tackling poverty and social exclusion and encouraging economic independence. Social welfare supports for lone parents should be designed to prevent long-term dependence on welfare and facilitate financial independence. The changes to the One-Parent Family Payment that are outlined in the Social...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (29 Jun 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The recently published National Pensions Framework is the Government's plan for pension reform. It encompasses all aspects of pensions, including social welfare pensions, private occupational pensions and public sector pension reform. Development of the framework was informed by the range of views raised during the comprehensive consultation process which followed publication of the Green...