Results 7,161-7,180 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I will clarify the matter once again. All those who have a means-tested medical card will continue to have that entitlement.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: A person whose sole income derives from a social welfare pension——

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: ——will continue to be entitled to a medical card.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The 140,000 people who are not in that category will be subject to a simplified means test. The HSE will provide a simplified form.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The starting point for that means test will be €201.50. All other expenses will be taken into consideration.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: As Members of the Oireachtas, we are acutely aware of these issues, as we all fill in forms for our constituents.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The first €20,000 of cash savings are exempt.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: To be fair to Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, she raised this issue to get some clarity. She mentioned that provision has been made on the basis of automatic entitlement when a person who is over the age of 70, but whose spouse is not yet 70, has applied for a medical card.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: In such cases, the assessment has been made under a higher net threshold, solely on the basis of the automatic entitlement. As there is no longer an automatic entitlement——

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: ——this facility, which existed on the basis of that entitlement, is no longer relevant.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: However, it is important to say that those who went through the means testing process will continue to get a medical card.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: No.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: It is important to clarify that those who have an entitlement under a means test will continue to have that entitlement.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I will conclude by answering the half-relevant question that was asked about legislation.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The legislative framework in which this will be dealt with will be facilitated through the social welfare Bill.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: We voted to sit until 7.30 p.m. tonight.

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (15 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: My Department and the Offices of my Department have not awarded any contracts to the company involved and consequently the information requested by the Deputy is not relevant insofar as my Department and its Offices are concerned. The awarding of contracts by the State Agencies that come under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for the State Agencies concerned, and...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (15 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The employment of contractual workers is a day-to-day operational matter for FÁS.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: We received it on the first day we came in here. We all got a big pack.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)

Mary Coughlan: It was the Deputy who caused all of this in the first place.