Results 961-980 of 20,682 for speaker:Mary Hanafin
- Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: The current position in relation to birth registrations is that no man who is not married to the mother can be named as the father of a child in an entry unless he consents, or unless he is found to be the father of the child by the Courts in proceedings relating to guardianship or maintenance, or by way of a declaration of parentage, made under section 35 of the Status of Children Act 1987....
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: The Department endeavours to process applications for refunds of PRSI as efficiently as possible. However, the volume of applications for refunds of PRSI has increased dramatically in recent years. For example in 2009 some 23,400 applications were received compared to 14,000 in 2008 and 9,000 in 2007. The increased volume of applications has inevitably given rise to a delay in processing...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: The current arrangements for paying child benefit are defined under the provisions of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 with the detailed rules set out in article 159 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations, 2007. The day-to-day needs of the children are the priority consideration in the operation of the current child benefit payment...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: The Department assists social welfare recipients with heating costs, through their basic payments, through the fuel allowance scheme and through the household benefits package of electricity and gas allowances. The household benefits package is payable throughout the year to almost 380,000 pensioners, people with disabilities, and carer households to assist them with their heating, light and...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: The Guardians' payment schemes currently allow for the provision of a weekly allowance to a guardian of a child who has either been orphaned or whose parents have abandoned and failed to provide for the child. The child must live with the claimant and they must be responsible for his or her care. The payment must benefit the child. The current weekly rate of Guardians' payment is â¬169 per...
- Written Answers — Maintenance Payments: Maintenance Payments (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: The one-parent family payment acts as a safety net for people caring for children on their own, who receive inadequate maintenance, where maintenance payments are irregular, or where efforts to secure maintenance in the first place fail. Applicants for one-parent family payments must satisfy the department that they have made reasonable attempts to obtain such maintenance. They are also...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: Since its introduction, the underlying objective of the back to education allowance (BTEA) scheme has been to equip people on social welfare payments with qualifications that will enable them to obtain employment in the labour market. It is a second chance educational opportunities scheme for people on welfare payments who wish to participate in full time education and who would not...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: The requirement to be habitually resident in Ireland was introduced as a qualifying condition for certain social assistance schemes and child benefit with effect from 1st May 2004, in the context of the Government's decision to open the Irish labour market to workers from the new EU Member States. The purpose of the habitual residence condition is to safeguard the social welfare system from...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 331 and 375 together. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) exists to support workers who lose their jobs as a result of changing global trade patterns or the global economic and financial crisis so that they can be prepared to find another job as quickly as possible. Strict eligibility criteria apply subject to which Member States may make an...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The scheme primary purpose is to provide short term assistance, and not to act as an alternative to the other social housing...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336, 343 and 370 together. Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2010)
Mary Hanafin: Due to the staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.