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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jun 2007)

Martin Cullen: The person concerned was in receipt of jobseeker's allowance from 12 July 2004. On 1 December 2006 he returned his Christmas bonus and weekly payment to his local office as he was unhappy with how his name appeared on the receipt from the Post Office. Staff in the local office explained the problem to him and wrote to him on 6 December 2006 confirming that the receipt from An Post had been...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jun 2007)

Martin Cullen: The free travel scheme is available to all people living in the State aged 66 years or over. All carers in receipt of carer's allowance and carers of people in receipt of constant attendance or prescribed relative's allowance, regardless of their age, receive a free travel pass. It is also available to people under age 66 who are in receipt of certain disability type welfare payments, such as...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jun 2007)

Martin Cullen: In order to qualify for child benefit, applicants must satisfy the Habitual Residence Condition (HRC). The requirement to be habitually resident in Ireland was introduced as a qualifying condition for certain social assistance schemes and child benefit with effect from 1 May 2004. It was introduced in the context of the Government's decision to open the Irish labour market to new EU Member...

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (26 Jun 2007)

Martin Cullen: My Department administers a scheme of grants for the development and promotion of information and welfare rights. Under the scheme grants are awarded having regard to the purpose of the scheme and the availability of funding. I can confirm that an application has been received from the organisation concerned and is currently under consideration by my Department.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (26 Jun 2007)

Martin Cullen: The social welfare system is based on income replacement with entitlement related to defined contingencies such as sickness, unemployment, old age and widowhood. Social welfare legislation provides that, with some exceptions, only one social welfare payment is payable at the one time. This approach is common to most social security systems across the world and is intended to ensure that...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (26 Jun 2007)

Martin Cullen: Social welfare pension schemes have always featured a standard qualifying age for men and women, currently 65 or 66 years of age depending on the scheme. The position in relation to private and occupational schemes is different in that the normal retirement age for each scheme depends on the rules of the individual scheme. Historically, many such schemes provided for different retirement...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jun 2007)

Martin Cullen: The back to school clothing and footwear allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a one-off payment to eligible families when their children start school each autumn. The allowance is not intended to meet the full cost of school clothing and footwear but to provide assistance towards these costs. A person may qualify for payment of an allowance if they are in receipt of a social welfare payment (...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (26 Jun 2007)

Martin Cullen: Following a review, the person's claim for carer's allowance was disallowed by a Deciding Officer on the grounds that her means exceeded the statutory limit for receipt of this payment. The person concerned appealed to the Social Welfare Appeals Office against this decision. In accordance with the statutory requirements, the relevant department papers and comments of my Department have been...

Written Answers — Departmental Projects: Departmental Projects (26 Jun 2007)

Martin Cullen: My Department has not had any projects approved in 2007 which exceeded the threshold for a cost benefit analysis.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (26 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: Articles 3 and 6 of Directive 2005/66/EC have been fully transposed. The provisions of Article 4, which has been partially transposed in respect of passenger cars with transposition in respect of small vans outstanding, and Article 5 are required to be implemented with effect from 25 May 2007. Regulations to fully transpose Articles 4 and 5 are being prepared by the Road Safety Authority...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (25 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: On 1 March 2007 I signed the Road Traffic Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 86 of 2007). The Order brings into operation, with effect from 5 March 2007, sections 6, 7 and 18 of the Road Traffic Act 2006. Sections 6 and 18 have no retrospective application whereas section 7 applies to a disqualification order that "has been made, whether before or after the commencement of Section...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy must be joking.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: The only bad connection around here is Fine Gael and the Labour Party.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: The Ceann Comhairle is looking at waste.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: Everything about me is remarkable.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: Hear, hear.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I thought Deputies O'Sullivan and James Breen would thank me for obtaining a transition agreement but they have not done so.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: It is past Ennis at this stage. What is Deputy Ó Snodaigh talking about? We opened the Ennis bypass recently.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: It is not. It is being built. What more does the Deputy want? Does he want me to build it myself?

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I thank all colleagues for their contributions to the debate and in general terms the welcome for what EU-US open skies will mean to Europe and, more importantly, to Ireland — notwithstanding some of the particular points of which I am well aware such as the concerns in the west. I absolutely reject any idea that I as Minister for Transport during recent years or the Fianna Fáil Party in...