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Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: In the North Sinn Féin allowed it to be abolished.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: What about the North?

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: That is the Sinn Féin record.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: What did Sinn Féin do in the North?

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: What is Sinn Féin's record in the North?

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: Deputy Adams wanted us to follow Argentina. That was his recommendation.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: Recognising research and development, that is what the bulk of it is. Do not suggest it is from illegal activity in Ireland.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: Just acknowledge the truth.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: After I suggested it to him.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: It sounds like the Deputy is making up to the people.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: Fianna Fáil signed up to these charges.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: We did not just maintain the system throughout the crisis, however, we transformed it. It is a social welfare income-support system but it is now also a public employment service which helps to get people back to work. Developing the second part of that dual aspect gives us more resources, more savings for Government in general and allows us to target some of those extra resources at people...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: This budget marks a decisive shift. The economy is growing, unemployment is falling and confidence is returning. The first phase of the recovery is complete and we are now starting the second phase, restoring living standards for families, older people and low- and middle-income workers. This budget will cement the economic recovery by sharing the fruits of that recovery in a fair and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all the evidence, disallowed the appeal of the person concerned by way of summary decision on the 17thFebruary 2014. Under Social Welfare legislation, the decision of the Appeals Officer is final and conclusive and may only be reviewed by the Appeals Officer in the light of new evidence or...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 29th July 2014. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Following receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made by a Deciding Officer and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take up to 12 weeks to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: I confirm that the department has no record to date of an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question. If the person in question wishes to make an application for carer’s allowance, she may do so by completing an application form and submitting it to the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: In September 2013, I published the report of the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare on Extending Social Insurance Coverage for the self-employed. The Group was asked to examine and report on issues involved in extending social insurance coverage for self-employed people in order to establish whether or not such cover is technically feasible and financially sustainable, with the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Remuneration (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: No performance related pay was paid, to any of my staff, or, to any staff in my Department for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: Community Employment (CE) is a non-statutory scheme put in place to support persons who are long-term unemployed and other vulnerable groups to gain the confidence and skills to re-enter the labour market. Schemes are sponsored by local community and voluntary groups who provide valuable support services to local communities. These sponsoring organisations employ supervisory staff to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (15 Oct 2014)

Joan Burton: In July 2008 the Labour Court recommended that an agreed pension scheme should be introduced for Community Employment (CE) scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors and that such a scheme should be adequately funded by FÁS, the agency responsible for CE at that time (LCR19293). Notwithstanding the position of this Department (which now has responsibility for CE) in rejecting that...