Results 3,901-3,920 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: No, never.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I will amend that.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: It is not just Daft.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The PRTB and CSO figures.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy asked the question. It was the PRTB and the CSO.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Deputy has access to the figures in the same way we have.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: No, that is not my Department. It is the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
- Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) is the main Government funded service which provides assistance to people who are over-indebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems. There are 53 independent companies with voluntary boards of management operating the local services throughout the country. In addition, the MABS National Telephone Helpline is available from 9am...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: A person who resides in Ireland, and who has previously worked in the United Kingdom, must apply to the Department for State Pension Transition or State Pension Contributory. The person's standard Irish pension entitlement will be fully processed within 4 weeks of receipt of their claim (where all required information is available), and they are notified of the outcome. Most applicants apply...
- Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take questions 102 and 103 together. The Family Support Agency provides funding through a Scheme of Grants to voluntary and community organisations providing marriage and relationship counselling, marriage preparation courses, child counselling in relation to parental separation and bereavement counselling and support on the death of a family member. The focus of the scheme is on...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: According to the department's records, the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for Jobseeker's Benefit on 17/2/09. On the basis of the information he supplied, he did not fulfil the condition for Jobseeker's Benefit whereby a person must be fully unemployed for at least 3 days in any period of 6 consecutive days. Consequently, he did not qualify for benefit. He does not...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Following on a review of the staffing levels in local offices due to the increased number of claims for jobseeker's payments, an additional 2 staff were assigned to Kilbarrack Local Office and 3 staff to the Coolock office. Coolock Local Office was the parent office for Balbriggan Branch Office up to the time the office closed in late 2008 following the retirement of the Branch Manager. The...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Early Childcare Supplement was introduced in April 2006 and is administered by the Department of Social and Family Affairs on behalf of the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The expenditure on the Early Childcare Supplement (ECS) for 2006, was â¬292 million, the corresponding figure for 2007 was â¬417 million and for 2008 was â¬477 million. The expenditure in...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes such as the scheme to which the Deputy is referring are required to comply with the Funding Standard provisions set out in the Pensions Act. This requires DB pension schemes to maintain sufficient assets to enable them discharge all accrued liabilities. Where schemes do not satisfy the Funding Standard, the sponsors/trustees must submit a funding...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes mortgage interest supplement, is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive. Mortgage interest supplement provides short-term support to eligible people who are unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which is their sole place of...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The claim for jobseeker's allowance, by the person concerned, was refused by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 16 February 2009 on the grounds that she did not satisfy the Habitual Residence conditions. An appeal was opened on 3 March 2009 and, I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: The Medical Review and Assessment system is the principal control mechanism for all illness and disability schemes administered by the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Medical Assessors carry out desk assessments of medical evidence/reports supplied by customers and where required, conduct in person assessments in order to provide a second medical opinion for the guidance of Deciding...
- Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: In the context of tough decisions having to be made across the entire range of Government expenditure, social welfare has been prioritised in this supplementary budget. Almost â¬21.3 billion is being provided for welfare services in 2009, which represents an increase of â¬1.7 billion, or 8.7%, on the amount originally provided for in this year's budget and it is â¬3.6 billion or...
- Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: A total of 90% of the population has a passport.
- Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)
Mary Hanafin: Those who generally do not have a passport tend to be older. Older people are not obliged to provide photo identification when they collect their money at the post office.