Results 641-660 of 4,782 for speaker:Olwyn Enright
- Written Answers — Preschool Services: Preschool Services (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason her Department chose to make additional funding to assist child care providers in the provision of the early childhood care and education scheme available under the top up funding that is being provided as a transitional agreement during the introduction of the ECCE scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Preschool Services: Preschool Services (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether cognisance should be given to additional costs including rent or mortgages by private child care providers in the rollout of the early childhood care and education scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34840/09]
- Social Welfare Fraud. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money saved in her Department through fraud prevention measures to date in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34865/09]
- Social Welfare Fraud. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: I am interested in the Minister's last point about anonymous reports because it was stated at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Social and Family Affairs - I do not know whether it was the Minister herself or an official who said it - that despite the large number of anonymous reports, when they are actually investigated the percentage that turn out to be correct is quite small. I do not...
- Social Welfare Fraud. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: How many spot checks are being carried out at this point? We are all hearing about businesses that cannot compete in the private sector because when they give quotes they are competing against people who are on social welfare. Why did the Minister set a target of â¬616.5 million given the smaller target set last year was not reached and what advice did she receive in setting that target?...
- Social Welfare Fraud. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: The Minister must have a breakdown of what constitutes fraud as compared with error.
- Social Welfare Fraud. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: Does the Minister not break down the information?
- Social Welfare Fraud. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: How will the Minister address the problem?
- Departmental Staff. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: The reality of the situation is that files are left sitting on the desks when staff are absent from work due to illness, maternity leave or annual leave. I am being told when I contact the social welfare office that particular matters are not being dealt with as the person dealing with them is out of the office. The Minister needs to tackle this issue. It is not in one or two places, it is...
- Public Service Numbers and Expenditure. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: The Minister claims that blacking out passages allows for debate, something I do not understand. One section in the report received by Deputy Kenny's office covers carers' allowance, carers' benefit and respite care grant. Every single possible option is considered and 12 paragraphs are blacked out. How does that enable debate? How do we know what is being considered for carers? There is...
- Public Service Numbers and Expenditure. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: It was the Government that created the panic by ordering the report.
- Social Insurance. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: Will the Minister change the eligibility criteria as part of the review? If one person in a household is working more than 30 hours, he or she will not get mortgage interest supplement, regardless of how much money the household is bringing in. Does the Minister intend to make any changes to that? People are being penalised and being refused mortgage interest supplement on the basis that...
- Social Insurance. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: The Government is going to support the bank who gave the person that loan through NAMA, yet the person will not be supported in his or her own home. It is very difficult to explain that to somebody.
- Social Insurance. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: The Minister surely cannot expect a family to let out a room.
- Social Insurance. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: If he was paying tax, he would not have got it anyway.
- Social Insurance. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: Over 200,000 people are in negative equity.
- Social Insurance. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: That does not help people in debt already.
- Back to Education Allowances. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: I appreciate the table was not circulated in the House. What is the minimum, maximum or average time it takes to process these claims? A figure of 4,000 outstanding still in October seems a significant number. I appreciate that if people did not apply on time, they cannot be processed on time. However, what about those who did? From the people I know, I am sure a significant number of...
- Back to Education Allowances. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: Are there any plans to increase the post-graduate option, which only applies to certain courses currently, for the back to education allowance?
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service. (7 Oct 2009)
Olwyn Enright: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has satisfied herself with the Government effort to assist people experiencing financial difficulties and struggling to cope with debt problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34863/09]