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Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: That will be seven months, therefore, instead of 12 months.

Social Insurance (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister did not tell employers about it. It appears there is no sense of urgency about job creation.

Pension Provisions (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept that his recent comments, in which he failed to rule out the possibility of a cut in the State pension, have caused widespread anxiety and concern among pensioners across the country? Is he prepared to give an undertaking that he will not target pensioners for cuts again, given that several cuts impacted on pensioners last year? Is he prepared to give an undertaking...

Pension Provisions (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Deputy Ó Cuív is the Minister for Social Protection and for that reason it would be helpful if he provided assurances for those who are dependent on the State pension that he will not target them again this year. The Minister said earlier that he was looking at all options. I asked him if he was barking up the wrong tree when it came to making savings in the pension area. Is he prepared,...

Pension Provisions (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: But the Minister is responsible for pensions policy.

Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The average figures are fine. I have to acknowledge the progress that has been made in that regard. Difficulties continue to exist in certain areas, however. Can the Minister tell us what the longest waiting time for the payment of jobseeker's allowance is? The main problems seem to be in the branch offices, rather than the local offices. I do not know if the Minister agrees. Has he...

Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: What office has the longest waiting times?

Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: No, we are talking about offices.

Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: It is not acceptable that people in the Blanchardstown area have to wait three months to get jobseeker's allowance payments.

Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: What action is the Minister taking to deal with that?

Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: What does that mean?

Social Welfare Benefits (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: What will the Minister do about it?

Order of Business. (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: On the inquiry that has been announced into the involvement of the State in the short life of Daniel McAnaspie, I have a number of questions. Will the Taoiseach agree to lay the terms of reference of that inquiry before the House, for the information of Members? Can he assure us that there will not be any confidentiality issues that might delay the inquiry, similar to other issues that we...

Order of Business. (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: On the issue of the role of the Department of Education and Skills and the Children's Court, will the group's inquiry focus on those issues also?

Order of Business. (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: My point is that-----

Order of Business. (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: It is not just the HSE that was negligent; it was also the Department of Education and Science.

Order of Business. (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Can the Taoiseach provide an assurance that the terms of reference will not preclude an examination of the role played by those agencies?

Order of Business. (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: I did not ask the Taoiseach to do that.

Order of Business. (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: I asked whether he could assure me that the terms of reference would not preclude an examination of their role.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the datasets of other public sector bodies available to his Department for the purpose of anti-fraud data-matching exercises; and the datasets he is currently seeking access to but has not yet secured. [21604/10]