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Marriages of Convenience (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: It is all very well for the Minister to say he is reviewing the matter. Most other EU states have laws to prevent such sham marriages and the fact that we do not means that Ireland has become a soft-touch location for such marriages. We are told by reports in the media that there has been intense lobbying of the Government by several EU countries about the growing problem of sham marriages....

Marriages of Convenience (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: There is no requirement for people to approach their embassies. That is the problem.

Marriages of Convenience (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: There is no requirement for such people to approach their embassies.

Marriages of Convenience (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Is that being done now?

Marriages of Convenience (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Since when?

Marriages of Convenience (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: This was first brought to the attention of the Department in 2006.

Marriages of Convenience (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: When can we expect legislation?

Marriages of Convenience (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: When can we expect legislation?

Marriages of Convenience (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: I have not seen it on any list.

Pension Provisions (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister has deferred it. He has not expedited anything.

Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister agree the appeals system is a shambles? Every Member is only too well aware of the difficulties. For example, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle recently drew attention to this problem. The typical waiting time for an appeal is in excess of nine months. Oral hearings that were first requested in August 2009 have not yet been heard. That is how bad it is. The Minister referred...

Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is not meeting current demand.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (28 Oct 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to the Exchequer if the reckonable salary upon which maximum pension contributions are based were reduced to €10,000, €20,000, €30,000 and so on at intervals of €10,000 up to €100,000 and based on both employee and employer pension contributions in the case of a defined contribution plan and the value of the increase in the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Oct 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of all staff in her Department with a breakdown by function and grade. [39569/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (28 Oct 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the accumulative number of employees in each of the past five years availing of the part-time job incentive scheme and the number who joined the scheme in each of these years; the cost to the Exchequer in each of the years; the rationale for setting the qualifying criteria for a long-term unemployed person as 15 months unemployed instead...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (28 Oct 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the technical assistance and training scheme in each of the past five years with a breakdown by categories of expenditure; the number of beneficiaries covered in each of these years and will he provide any information he has on any reviews of the effectiveness of the scheme [39601/10]

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Róisín Shortall: When?

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The two-day Dáil sitting this week has been devoted exclusively to these statements on the macro-economic and fiscal outlook. I must ask why this is happening. We have been provided with none of the critical budgetary data and the Government has not provided any indication of the approach it intends to take to the budget, so why is it happening? The only explanation that makes any sense...

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Róisín Shortall: How can they have confidence in the Government? That is the problem.

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Róisín Shortall: We would not control health spending by cutting front-line services.