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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding that his Department made available to an organisation (details supplied) each year from 2000 to date in 2007; the amount returned unspent in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8597/07]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (6 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (details supplied); the submission which was made by the State in this matter; the implications for the State if the European Court of Justice follows the opinion of the Advocate General; the actions he will take on this issue;...

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (6 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 20 February 2007, the breakdown of the 52,962 surgical procedures arranged by the National Treatment Purchase Fund to the end of 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8443/07]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (6 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 20 February 2007, the exact amount that is being made available from within the vote of the Minister of Children to support the implementation of the establishment of youth cafes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8596/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of families in his estimation who are not claiming family income supplement at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8599/07]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Morale: Defence Forces Morale (6 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 12 October 2006, the progress that has been made in the time at sea issue; the number of personnel who typically spend more than the two years in a ship based appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8591/07]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts his Department is making to address concern raised by the European Commission report (details supplied) that there is an increasing prevalence of people in employment who are at risk of poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7964/07]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation pertaining to children, not born in the State, whose parents have been granted permission to remain in the State on the basis of parentage of a Irish born child; the procedure involved for such children who arrived in the State at the same time as their parents to get permission to remain in the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1191 of 31 January 2007, the schemes whose recipients will be allowed to qualify for the new half-rate carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8234/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if will provide details of each of the reports and reviews commissioned or conducted by his Department each year since 2003 to date in 2007; the cost of same; the publication dates of each of these reports; the progress made in implementing the recommendations of these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Social Welfare Benefits. (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs whether he will pay all qualified adults directly; his views on reviewing State pension contributory qualification criteria to improve the eligibility chances of older women who have returned to work following many years of homecaring duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8199/07]

Social Welfare Benefits. (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. He stated only new claimants will qualify automatically. Does he have plans to extend the scheme to existing claimants? Does the Minister agree the impact of the marriage bar is now being felt and it is most unfair? Prior to 1973, women employed in the public service were forced to give up their jobs and to attend to homemaking duties. Because of...

Employment Support Services. (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts his Department is making to assist older people and pensioners to remain in and return to the workforce, in view of his commitment to improving the employment prospects of older people; the reasons pensioners cannot avail of the back to education allowance, BTEA, scheme and older people are not included in FÁS...

Employment Support Services. (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: How successful was this income disregard for older non contributory pensioners? Is it true that just 398, or 0.4% of non-contributory pensioners availed of the scheme? What efforts are being made to promote the scheme? Does FÁS operate a quota system for people over the age of 55 on their training and CE schemes? If so, is that discriminatory? Could the Minister examine that please and...

Social Welfare Code. (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 14 December 2006, if he has brought forward proposals and an implementation strategy on the lone parent proposals for the Government's consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8201/07]

Social Welfare Code. (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: The Minister provided us with a great deal of new information.

Social Welfare Code. (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Has the Minister brought any proposals and an implementation strategy to the Government for its consideration? Can the Minister give a timescale for the action he outlined to happen? We were led to believe it would happen by the end of last year but it did not. Can he give us more information about the tests he mentioned? What does he mean by tests? Will people be involved in them and...

Social Welfare Code. (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Will the Department or FÁS be responsible for the activation measures on work advice and education and training opportunities? Has a decision been made on that?

Social Welfare Code. (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Yes.

Social Welfare Code. (1 Mar 2007)

David Stanton: Will there be changes?