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Social Welfare Payments (13 Mar 2012)

John Perry: I am happy to take this important matter on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection and I thank Deputy Keating for raising it. The quality of customer service that people receive at post offices is important to the Department and to An Post, which has responsibility for that service. The Deputy referred to the high numbers of customers collecting welfare payments at Lucan post office on...

Social Welfare Payments (13 Mar 2012)

John Perry: An Post currently has a network of 1,153 post offices and a further 173 postal agencies through which 50% of the Department's customer payments are issued. The Department of Social Protection accounts for a large volume of retail customers in individual post offices, the post offices provide agency services for a number of other entities, including a front line banking service, payment of...

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (6 Mar 2012)

John Perry: I apologise on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, who is on Government business and I am taking this Adjournment matter on his behalf. I thank the Senator for raising the issue. There is no specific national scheme in place to assist elderly people who wish to downsize their living accommodation by selling their house to their...

Seanad: Local Authority Housing (6 Mar 2012)

John Perry: Under section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, housing authorities are required to make an allocations scheme in accordance with the Act. Obviously some local authorities do a superb job. The Minister, Deputy Hogan, has advised there is huge merit in the scheme. I have no doubt it is about the resources available in each local authority. In his overview of the...

Seanad: Election Management System (6 Mar 2012)

John Perry: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. The Minister, Deputy Hogan, would have been here only for he is on Government business this evening. The primary role of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, in electoral matters, is to provide an appropriate policy and legislative framework for a modern and efficient electoral system. Within that framework...

Seanad: Election Management System (6 Mar 2012)

John Perry: The tone of the reply which I have given on behalf of the Minister is in keeping with what the Senator said because the presiding officer has huge autonomy to recruit new people. For the presidential election there was quite a turnover of staff and new people were employed by presiding officers. The Minister will take on board the Senator's comments, which are important. There will be a...

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (29 Feb 2012)

John Perry: As announced in the Action Plan for Jobs, I propose to establish a new "one-stop-shop" small and micro-enterprise support structure. These "One Stop Shops" will be called "Local Enterprise Offices" and will build on the significant work done by the CEBs to date. The new structure will be achieved through the dissolution of the existing CEBs and the creation of a new Micro Enterprise and...

County Enterprise Boards (29 Feb 2012)

John Perry: On the last point, where there has been a lacuna affecting enterprises with between ten and 50 employees, Enterprise Ireland will have overall responsibility and a mandate regarding the staff employed in local government and the enterprise staff in their new role. They will very much fall under the remit of the Minister, Deputy Bruton. It is very important that we develop expertise. There...

County Enterprise Boards (29 Feb 2012)

John Perry: Much work has been done in advance of the decision to restructure and reposition the enterprise support model. The new structure of local enterprise office will build on the significant work done by county enterprise boards, as the Minister, Deputy Bruton, stated, to date. Therefore, the dissolution of county enterprise boards in their current legal format is not an end in itself and will...

County Enterprise Boards (29 Feb 2012)

John Perry: A one stop shop will be delivered. It is not rocket science to envisage that there will be supports such as mentoring. We know how effective the county enterprise boards have been to date. They will be working with local development units. The mandate of job creation will be under the Minister, Deputy Bruton, led by Enterprise Ireland. This will be managed by Enterprise Ireland, working...

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

John Perry: We are not into propaganda.

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

John Perry: It is not propaganda.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Perry: The Deputy can forward the relevant information to me.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Perry: He is getting there.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Perry: Who established it?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Perry: He is doing it.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Perry: He is getting there.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Perry: Deputy McGuinness is Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Perry: That has been resolved now.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Perry: It is Fianna Fáil's system which is in place.