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Social Welfare Benefits. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: It is up to the Minister to address the difficulties caused by the 12-month requirement. She is passing the buck.

Social Welfare Benefits. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: The Minister has it in her power to amend the 12-month rule.

Social Welfare Benefits. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: The Minister could change the rule.

Social Welfare Benefits. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: It is up to the Minister to amend the timeframe.

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: The Green Paper was published in a very different environment. Will the changed environment be taken into account? I echo what Deputy Shortall has said. When will we see action? The Minister's initial reply to Deputy Shortall outlined valid reasons for a State annuity scheme, yet we are no clearer on whether this is under consideration by Government. It is very blasé of the Minister to...

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: That is why we need action now.

Social Welfare Code. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: I am glad the Minister is open to potential changes. The logic behind this is that when people come out of work they have experience and fresh ideas that, in a shorter period, could be transferred to a job where they could work for themselves. Will we have a response on this by the time the budget comes forward early next month?

Employment Support Services. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: I doubt that the 60 people in the facilitator service can deal with the level of unemployment we currently have. People must sign off social welfare when they go on FÁS courses and the 44% of people who do not manage to get employment from the courses must then sign back on. I have heard from many people working within both FÁS and the Department of Social and Family Affairs that this must...

Employment Support Services. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: There are 60 facilitators, one for every 7,500 people unemployed. What do they do that is different from what the FÁS employment service does?

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: It is not possible to have any weaker supervision arrangements than we have had in place up to now. There has been a lack of effective regulation in this area. Another aspect that is of equal importance was the lack of awareness among employees of the risks to which they were being exposed in that they are only now discovering, in the light of what has happened in Waterford Crystal, the...

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: They were short-term measures which were important and needed. I do not know whether the Minister grasps the fact that people are terrified about what will happen when they retire. They do not know what will have happened to the schemes that they have paid into for their entire lives. When will the Government reach a decision? We are forced to ask questions on different things. The...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (4 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will meet a group (details supplied) to discuss their concerns regarding changes to the Vietnamese inter-country adoption agreement; and if her attention has been drawn to the urgency of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9085/09]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (3 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department ensures that manhole covers and frames used on all major capital projects are certified and meet European standards; the action he will take to ensure these standards are being met; if his attention has been drawn to the threat non-compliance causes both in terms of accidents, retro-fittings and in terms of indigenous...

Written Answers — Local Authority Regulations: Local Authority Regulations (3 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has checked the compliance or non-compliance by local authorities and contractors to Circular Letter BC 9/2008 in relation to the correct specification for manhole covers and frames; if his attention has been drawn to the risks that procurement of non-compliant product causes to jobs in...

Tourism Industry. (3 Mar 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the culture and tourism initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8623/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1363 of 27 January 2009, when a payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8097/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will implement a similar arrangement with Bord Gáis as her Department has with the ESB to allow social welfare recipients to avail of free units in the same manner as they do with the ESB; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7870/09]

Citizenship Applications. (25 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to address the delay in processing a citizenship application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7674/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 619 of 9 November 2008, if details supplied were forwarded to the National Council for Special Education; if a direct reply was issued; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7077/09]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (24 Feb 2009)

Olwyn Enright: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a reply was issued to a group (details supplied) in County Laois; the details of the reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7093/09]