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- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Its plants are still closed despite all its connections.
- Higher Education Grants. (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the support provisions in place for social welfare recipients, who are marginally over the income levels, due to the Christmas bonus payments, for support under third level grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39447/08]
- Higher Education Grants. (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if support provisions are available for children of social welfare recipients, who are marginally over the income levels for support under the third level student grant schemes, to have their grant applications reviewed in conjunction with his Department and the Department of Social and Family Affairs; and if he will make a statement...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of defined benefit and defined contribution company pension schemes in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44603/08]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons registered in defined benefit and defined contribution schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44604/08]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of pension schemes are expected to collapse within the next six to 12 months; if she will provide details of these schemes; if the Government will be in a position to respond in the event of a pension scheme collapse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44605/08]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated total private sector pension deficit as at year end 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44606/08]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has plans to alter the private sector pension regulatory environment to make the minimum funding standard more flexible for struggling pension funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44607/08]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she plans to require occupational defined benefit pension funds to get insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44608/08]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a school (details supplied) in County Offaly which has applied for the replacement of its old building and prefabricated buildings on site will be listed for construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44488/08]
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: When a person finds himself or herself in a position to be eligible for the living alone allowance, the reality is that the only expense in the house that lessens is that of clothes and perhaps, in a small way, of food. Every other household bill remains the same as if two people were in the house. This has been brought home to me time and again by people who find themselves in this...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: This issue has been debated back and forth, at Question Time and during earlier Stages of this Bill. The Minister acknowledges that the allowance is important, and yet there have been no changes in this year's budget that might make it easier for people to qualify. I am particularly concerned about two categories in this regard. First, in order to enter third level education, people have...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: It is reflective of the fact it is a six-month rather than a 12-month requirement.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: The Minister is ignoring the issue.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: It does not. The Minister is being disingenuous.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Many people will lose jobs and not get statutory redundancy.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: They must still go to the school to get the form signed.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: That is what Deputy Kathleen Lynch is asking for.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I do not know whether many of the people who have approached me concerning sending their children back to school have been on holidays. It is unfair to claim that people will spend the money on holidays or so on. They receive the allowance because their incomes are low and they could not otherwise afford sending their children back to school. Their incomes are so low that, for many,...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I move amendment No. 25: In page 19, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: "(3) The Minister shall, within 3 months of the commencement of this Act, lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the introduction of a second-tier, employment neutral, child income support payment to target child poverty levels.". I tabled this amendment on Committee Stage and I am...