Results 7,801-7,820 of 15,805 for speaker:Michael Ring
- Job Creation (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: We will not get into it again unless the Minister wants to. There are 67 people in place to deal with people who are unemployed, meaning each facilitator must deal with almost 7,000 people. That is unacceptable. Will the Minister provide more staff under the Croke Park agreement by moving people to this area? People are unemployed and we must get them back into the workplace. How will...
- Job Creation (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: Will it be a one-stop shop?
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the fact that certain welfare rates and benefits available under the social welfare system inhibit a return to work; the action he plans to take on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43939/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: According to media reports, couples on welfare earn more than people on the minimum wage. Irish small and medium enterprises confirm that even when they offer rates of as much as â¬15 per hour, they cannot compete with social welfare. At a time when 460,000 people are unemployed here, why did we offer 6,600 work permits this year to people from outside the EU? Does the Minister agree with...
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: People on the minimum wage or low incomes do not qualify for the back-to-school clothing and footwear scheme but they have to compete with those in receipt of child benefit, rent allowance and other State payments. What is the Minister and his Department doing to encourage people to take up work rather than rely on State benefits? People want to work but they are caught by the social...
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: They have to be in receipt of social welfare payments.
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: The problem is they are not receiving the family income supplement.
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: I am speaking about people who will not take the family income supplement because it is a social welfare payment.
- Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: That was not my question. My question was about people being better off on social welfare than at work.
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to assist persons who are over indebted and need help and advice in coping with debt problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43940/10]
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: According to the Financial Regulator, over 40,000 mortgages were in arrears for over 90 days at the end of September, an increase from 26,000 last year. Independent forecasts estimate 300,000 people will be in negative equity this year and over 500 homes have been repossessed in 2010. Some of the recommendations of the report published last week by the expert group on mortgage arrears are...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: Will the Minister ensure the revised code of conduct on mortgage arrears is implemented immediately? Which banks have signed up to the deferred interest scheme? This is the most important issue. It is now that people need help. The Minister referred to MABS. The major problem people have is that, given the waiting lists, they cannot get appointments with MABS and must wait weeks, which...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons claiming rent supplement for more than 18 months for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43941/10]
- Rental Accommodation Scheme (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: Currently there is a very serious economic crisis in the country. The Minister is correct. We spend between â¬500 million and â¬600 million per year on rent allowance. We also have NAMA - through which many thousands of houses are being paid for by the State and the taxpayer. Has the Minister had discussions with the Minister of State with responsibility for housing, Deputy Michael...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: What about NAMA?
- Rental Accommodation Scheme (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: I must disagree with the Minister. It is only when one walks the streets in Donegal, canvassing, that one sees the vacant estates all over the place. NAMA has many vacant estates and we should seek a way to have such estates made available to the State which is already paying for them I have another question that I would like the Minister to take up with the Minister of State with...
- Rental Accommodation Scheme (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: There is a mix-up between the two.
- Social Insurance (23 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: No.
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (18 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ascertain from the Office of Public Works if its officials met an engineer from Mayo County Council regarding the flooding problem at a location (details supplied) in County Mayo; if so, the outcome of the meeting and the proposals the OPW has to resolve the problem [43429/10]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Nov 2010)
Michael Ring: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the back to school footwear and clothing allowance [43433/10]