Results 14,741-14,760 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (24 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain his decision to abolish the one parent family tax credit; the projected saving generated from this cut; if a regulatory impact analysis was carried out; if so, the conclusions of same; the consultation that was carried out with affected groups; if his attention has been drawn to the disproportionate impact on those affected by it; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Deficit (24 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a newspaper article (details supplied) if he will provide a detailed explanation on the level of budget adjustment for 2014 and the way this adjustment will be achieved in terms of carry forward, tax adjustments, expenditure adjustments, new savings and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45560/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (24 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of senior citizens affected by her decision to discontinue the telephone allowance; and the projected saving to the Exchequer. [45508/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (23 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the date in 2014 from which the new medical card income limits for the over 70s will apply. [45009/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 112. To ask the Taoiseach the name and current salary of each political staff member appointed by him. [44101/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Health Insurance Prices (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of health insurance customers who will pay additional health insurance as a result of the budget announcement on tax relief on medical insurance. [44890/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is targeting in 2014 to give effect to the commitment in the Programme for Government to cap taxpayers’ subsidies for pension schemes which deliver pension income of more than €60,000; the total saving that will be made in 2014 in implementing this policy with a breakdown of the saving for each measure; the way these measures...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the yield in 2014 and in a full year of the measures announced in Budget 2014 in respect of pension contributions, pension pot size and so on with a breakdown for each measure. [44788/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance how the new tax arrangements in respect of persons with medical insurance, as announced in budget 2014, will work in practice, with an example of the impact on a family paying a premium just below the new tax relief cap, an example of the impact on a family paying slightly above the new tax relief cap, and an example of a family paying a premium well in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Issues (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if PRSI will be payable on interest on savings in 2014; to whom it will apply; and the rate of same. [44738/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Issues (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how the imposition of PRSI on interest on savings in 2014 will be applied in respect of accounts held in the name of children. [44787/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the budget 2014 allocation to address long-term homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44667/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 586. To ask the Minister for Health his target month in 2014 for the introduction of free general practitioner care for the under five year olds. [44735/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a five year old who receives a GP visit card in 2014 but later turns six during that year; if in these circumstances the card will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44736/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (22 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the way it is proposed to spend the €30 million allocated for the extension of free general practitioner care in 2013. [44889/13]

Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is not answering the question I asked.

Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is ignoring circumstances where a decision is based on a flawed understanding of the case or a strange letter which appears in the file. Surely there is a need to refer a case of this nature to a different deciding officer. If it is referred back to the original officer, he or she will be required to admit that he or she made a mistake. I have serious concerns about this...

Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The original deciding officer who made the mistake in the first instance.

Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Which will be costly and lengthy. A mistake has been made and it should be addressed.

Other Questions: Child Benefit Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the decision to remove child benefit from a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has been upheld by the deciding officer despite the significant amount of evidence supporting this person's claim and the fact that an internal review of the case has found the social worker who wrote the letter on which the original decision was based...