Results 1,781-1,800 of 4,782 for speaker:Olwyn Enright
- Written Answers — National Carers Strategy: National Carers Strategy (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 451: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the National Carer's Strategy, due for completion by the end of 2007, will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40026/08]
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the renal unit capacity at a hospital (details supplied) in County Offaly; if all stations in same unit have been opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39319/08]
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken by her Department to replace a speech and language therapist providing services at a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39605/08]
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a replacement speech and language therapist will be put in place for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39606/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 450: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding recently proposed reforms to assist lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40025/08]
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken following correspondence dated 5 September 2008 (details supplied); when he will send a detailed reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39587/08]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 619: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a special needs assistant position for a school (details supplied) in County Laois has not been re-sanctioned; his views on the re-sanctioning of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39674/08]
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: I do not welcome the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008. Fine Gael will vote against it and table many amendments on Committee Stage to address what it sees as an attack on some of the most vulnerable in our society. The Government has tried to make a virtue of taking tough decisions and sought the patriotic support of the public to do this. The reality is that it has made...
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Order for Second Stage (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Fine Gael also wishes to oppose the Bill, due to the cuts involved, but also due to the intention of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to introduce amendments on Committee Stage two days after the Bill's publication. She made a decision on the abolition of the Combat Poverty Agency, but that has not appeared in what has been brought before the House to date.
- Social Welfare Fraud. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made on her announcement in July 2008 to achieve targeted savings of â¬25 million by tackling fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40021/08]
- Social Welfare Fraud. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Looking at the figures cited by the Minister, I do not see how they will reach an extra â¬25 million in savings by the end of the year. If it is â¬13 million in total in the six months for child benefit, â¬5.7 million from July until now in respect of another payment, and â¬388,000 from a special lone parent project, even allowing for some more from the â¬5.7 million for this month and...
- Social Welfare Fraud. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Is this particular emphasis on child benefit a new initiative? How much money has been lost in the past few years? Of the cases referred to the Office of the Chief State Solicitor for 2005, 2006 and 2007, there does not seem to have been one case of child benefit fraud referred by the Minister's Department. If there was a potential for several millions of euro in savings from July to...
- Social Welfare Fraud. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Prosecution is the best deterrent.
- Child Support. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: This is pathetic.
- Social Welfare Code. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide details of the increased controls designed to achieve savings which were initially intended to be realised by stopping the payment of the disability allowance to disabled teenagers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40022/08]
- Social Welfare Code. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Given the Minister's answer, she clearly did not learn anything from the announcement made in the budget. She is still trying to claim that the families were looking for this measure when she refers to the six different voluntary bodies which did not seriously contest what she did. The families involved seriously contested the decision the Minister made. The decision was wrong and the fact...
- Social Welfare Code. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: The Minister should deal with the question. She has a requirement to do so.
- Social Welfare Code. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: The Minister is not giving the answer to the question asked.
- Social Welfare Code. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Do it, please.
- Social Welfare Code. (11 Nov 2008)
Olwyn Enright: Every time there is a problem, the Minister tells us she will make increased savings. She told us in July or August she would get â¬25 million in savings, which was the subject matter of the first question. However, she was unable to explain how that â¬25 million has been obtained. Now, she is telling us she will save another â¬4.2 million in respect of this through increased savings....