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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available to adults with intellectual disabilities in County Meath; the locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46340/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46087/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reports (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46100/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 496. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by her Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46086/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reports (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 513. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46098/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by her Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46091/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46095/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reports (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 588. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by her Department since March 2011, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46088/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 592. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the development and protection of the Ráth Chairn Gaeltacht in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46397/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (12 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: 593. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide funding to a centre (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46423/19]

Report of the Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (7 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: I accepted that at the time. I was just making the point that during our deliberations-----

Report of the Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (7 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: The report states that we should have maximum participation.

Report of the Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (7 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Minister of State for his very candid views on this topic. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the report of the Seanad reform implementation group as I was a member of the group, which met between May and November of last year. When I looked at the filing cabinet this morning to refer to the documents and saw the number of lever arch folders we had amassed during that period,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: I welcome Mr. McKeon and his team and thank them for their detailed note. Huge areas are covered by the Department and Mr. McKeon confirms that its customers are a huge part of our life and are made up of people of all ages, all demographics, rather than just people on the dole. There are three special chapters in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report that we are discussing, along...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: Is that correspondence issued on an annual basis? Many people are frugal up to turning 65 years of age, but perhaps their circumstances then change. They are not being deceitful on purpose, but they might come into some money. They are not checked until they are hit with a bill a number of years later. I mentioned the €100,000 in respect of the 80 year old. Has the effectiveness...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: Has the Department been able to extrapolate from the survey an estimate of the overall amount of irregular payments?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: How much was official error?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: Changes in means obviously accounted for the largest-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Shane Cassells: I will move on to chapter 13 - timeliness of income support claim processing. When the Department appeared before us last year, it had examined this area. Following on from that, there was a finding and recommendation in our March periodic report, which read:The processing of applications by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection requiring medical assessments is unduly...