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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of placement officers working in each FÁS office, on a part-time and full-time basis; the number of days these officers are available to meet with clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2437/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of placement officers working in a FÁS office (details supplied); if they are working on a part- or full-time basis; if it is intended to increase the number of placement officers in the FÁS office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2438/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (20 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a specialist will be in place at a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2322/10]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (20 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she has taken to advertise the early childhood care and education scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2366/10]

Written Answers — Local Development Programme: Local Development Programme (20 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding provided to a programme (details supplied) in County Laois in 2010, for the ongoing implementation of the sports inclusion network of local sports partnerships, in view of the impact on the health and wellbeing of a number of persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2337/10]

Pension Provisions. (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: I support the points made by my colleague, Deputy Creed. I do not understand the rationale behind the Minister's approach to this matter other than as a money-saving mechanism. The section of the legislation to which Deputy Creed referred makes clear this is a matter of ministerial responsibility. It is clearly the Minister who has made the decision to contact these people to indicate that...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 720: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to change the one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2060/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount each hospital in an area (details supplied) has been penalised or awarded under the Health Service Executive case-mix award scheme for hospitals each year for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1127/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 721: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of dental applications made on behalf of multiple customers without their knowledge regarding the treatment benefit scheme; the action she will take in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2061/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 912: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if he is satisfied with the manner in which this application was dealt with; the reason this person was approved without the application being appropriately concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 1064: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on an application for capital grant aid under the summer works scheme 2010 by a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1225/10]

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: I welcome this example of vigilance on the part of the Department. Does the Minister know how many dental practices attempted to submit lists of patients without such applications having been signed by the patients in question? How did the Department realise that dentists seemed to be submitting patients' names without their consent? Was the alphabetical order issue the main one in this...

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Were the dentists involved in communication with each other?

Order of Business (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: The Taoiseach will be aware that as far back as 2003, Fine Gael published detailed proposals for the vetting of those working with children, both in a paid capacity and as volunteers. In light of reports today that only one third of our teachers have been vetted, will any urgency be given to the national vetting bureau Bill, which is currently in section C of the Government legislation programme?

Priority Questions (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: I thank the Minister.

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will increase the fuel allowance to help alleviate fuel poverty and to support vulnerable families who will face enormous heating bills in the coming months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2056/10]

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: I find it peculiar that one third of the Minister's answer relates to community welfare officers as a question I tabled for today on the community welfare service was disallowed because it does not come under the Minister's responsibility. To deal with the question in hand, I very much disagree with the Minister. Does she not see and appreciate the difficulty in asking people on low incomes...

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: What will the Minister do about it?

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: A certain figure has been allocated for supplementary welfare payments. Every time a difficulty arises for one in the social welfare system one is told to go to a community welfare officer to apply for a supplementary welfare payment. People whose houses were flooded were also told to go to a community welfare officer to apply for a supplementary welfare payment. That figure was agreed...

Social Welfare Benefits. (19 Jan 2010)

Olwyn Enright: They do great work but are constrained by their budgets.