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Job Creation. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures she has taken, in co-operation with other Departments, to move people from welfare to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25547/09]

Job Creation. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Regarding the new initiatives announced by the Minister and the Tánaiste in recent weeks, is the former satisfied with the sufficiency of the number of places? The work placement and short-time working programmes consist of approximately 2,277 places over a 52-week period whereas 3,375 jobs are being lost every seven days. I have tabled a number of parliamentary questions regarding...

Job Creation. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Not to much.

Job Creation. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Even if the figure is not 7% by the end of the year, 87% of people referred to FÁS last year did not jump off the live register when they received their letters. What is occurring in respect of that large number? Having a referral system is easy, but the outcomes are important, as I am sure the Minister agrees. Judging by these outcomes, the system is failing. Given the Minister's...

Job Creation. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: The Minister should address it.

Financial Services Regulation. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she has taken to persuade lenders, other than members of the Irish Banking Federation, to sign up to the new IBF-MABS Operational Protocol: Working Together to Manage Debt; the reason she did not ensure that sub-prime lenders were made aware of and included in discussions on the new protocol; and if she will make a...

Financial Services Regulation. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: At the launch of the MABS protocol on 3 June, the Minister was critical of the fact that the sub-prime lending companies had not signed up to it. Her Department finances the operation of MABS and the lenders come under its auspices in that sense. Did the Minister not believe, prior to criticising the sum-prime lenders, that it would have been better to have them involved or to ask MABS to...

Financial Services Regulation. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: They have never been asked to do so and they do not know about the protocol. It is very hard to sign up to it if one does not know about it.

Financial Services Regulation. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: While the Minister is delighted the institutions took up the invitation, should MABS not have contacted them in advance to ensure that they would sign up? The Minister will probably be aware of the comments of the Master of the High Court. He still expects an avalanche of claims. The figure in this regard has trebled since he made his comment in February. Will the protocol be sufficient?...

Financial Services Regulation. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: That is because people sold their houses to pay the debts. People are still losing their houses.

Social Welfare Code. (25 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that the assessment procedure for social welfare benefits and entitlements is working effectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25549/09]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (18 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the climate change and energy security committee producing a Bill to facilitate off shore energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24166/09]

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (18 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person in his Department who is in charge of the full review of the file and report committed to by him (details supplied); the terms of reference for this report; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24315/09]

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (18 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has or will conduct a full audit of all files in his Department relating to allegations of abuse, including those where no complaint was made to the Laffoy-Ryan commission; the number of complaints in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24316/09]

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (18 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has requested the Attorney General to meet with a person (details supplied) in County Offaly and his legal representation. [24317/09]

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (17 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of files that existed in his Department relating to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; when each of these files started; the reason they were kept in separate locations; the person who had official responsibility for each file; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24043/09]

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (17 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a complaint against a person (details supplied) in County Laois was first made to his Department in respect of incidents at a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24044/09]

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (17 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a complaint against a person (details supplied) in County Laois investigated by his Department between 1964 and 1966 was not acted upon; the reason such a complaint was never acknowledged in response to inquiries from public representatives and media; the reason he continues to contend that the first notification it had...

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (17 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a file on allegations against a person (details supplied) in County Laois at a school was given by him to the Garda, when the Garda investigated the aforementioned person in the period 1996 to 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24046/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 Jun 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm whether the Vietnamese authorities have been in contact with her since her request regarding an interim agreement between Ireland and Vietnam; if she has been in contact with the Vietnamese authorities seeking a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23732/09]