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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (29 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Subventions (29 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (29 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant (29 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I wish to inform the Deputy that there are no proposals to expand the qualifying criteria for the motorised transport grant.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: We might take away the allowance of €42,000.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I was not boasting.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: This is all because of the bank guarantee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes. The opt-in provision to this new measure-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: -----will ensure that the difficulties projects have in acquiring matching funding will be lessened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: There is always a concern in this respect. We have all come across such incidents; some have been blatant, some have been subtle, some have been institutional and some have been against an individual. We have laws to deal with this issue. This is a specific offence. Anyone who experiences racist abuse or has been treated differently because he or she is a different colour, a different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: We are not born with racist attitudes. It is always adults who instill them into society. It is a learned behaviour and it is something we need not only to confront in society but in terms of the law. It is a big issue and a consequence of such behaviour is that these people will retrench into their own communities and we do not want that. We need people to mix and be part of the general...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I was checking that with my officials because the ones we know of are those in regard to the GAA and the local authorities. The multi-agency integration groups in all local authorities work very well. It is at that local level we can have a bigger impact. National publicity campaigns are important but I am not certain that the people we need to convince regarding these issues take any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: With regard to reception centres and accommodation, where we can have an impact is in the speeding up of the process in terms of status.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: That all follows from it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: It is very difficult to provide information in that regard, particularly as our own budget is only one week away from being announced. However, the budget for last year was between €1.2 million and €1.4 million. This was split between the two funds, namely, the return fund and the repatriation fund.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes. For the current year, the amount for the refugee and integration funds was €1.5 million. The provision for the return fund - this relates to people who wish to voluntarily return to their own countries - was €720,000 in 2012. We are assuming that the amounts for next year will be similar, but we do not know because the budget process has yet to be concluded. A clearer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Given that organisations, etc., will only be required to raise 5% of the funding, a great many more projects may now be able to come on stream.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I thank the Senator. Fortunately or unfortunately - I do not know which - we do not have responsibility for child benefit, the payment of which comes under the Department of Social Protection. Projects relating to languages, crèches and similar child supports which are very specific to those who come from countries other than Ireland, can apply for funding. Their applications will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: In the case of the refugee and integration funds combined, for up to the programme year of 2009 - the eligibility period for which ended on 30 June 2011 - we used approximately 54% of our allocation. Some 65% of the allocation for the return fund was used in the programme year of 2008, while 90% was used in 2009. The proposal is designed to make it easier for countries in a bailout...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: It is not all likely to be spent. Some 65% of the fund has been spent. The amount of €720,000 to which I referred was spent. Of the funding available, it was 65% of the allocation. The actual amount spent was €720,000.