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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Mar 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 2 February 2010, the reason a formal reply has not yet been issued by the Health Service Executive; and if she is now in a position to furnish a reply to the question. [10246/10]

Written Answers — Health Services : Health Services (2 Mar 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in considering an appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she will expedite this appeal. [10406/10]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (2 Mar 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 2 February 2010, when approval will be granted for a funding application sought by Dublin City Council for a concierge service in respect of a development (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in view of the fact that the Housing and Residential Services Department of...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (2 Mar 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in publishing the Breeding Establishment Legislation and the Animal Health and Welfare Bill; if heads of both Bills have been approved; the general areas of reform that they will address; when they will both be published and be brought before Dáil Eireann. [9932/10]

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (24 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the order of priority of various types of creditors in relation to the proceeds of a company liquidation. [9446/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for her decision to prevent FÁS from facilitating term time arrangements for its employees; if she will review and reverse this decision. [9645/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to resolve the work to rule by staff in the Department of Social and Family Affairs. [8910/10]

Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (24 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: With the permission of the House I wish to share time with Deputy Joanna Tuffy. At the outset, I thank the Fine Gael party for tabling this motion. It is very timely and concentrates the minds of people in the House on the single most important issue facing us, that is, the very significant problem of unemployment and all the difficulties it brings in its wake. The Labour Party supports...

Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (24 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Government is starving the authorities of funding.

Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (24 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Government is starving local authorities.

Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (24 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: That is not true.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that services to the public are not affected by the work to rule in her Department. [8911/10]

Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to use the impending Social Welfare Bill to change legislation to provide for the compulsory registration of fathers on birth certificates. [8921/10]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 26 January 2010 and No. 187 of 9 February 2010, when a person (details supplied) will be exempt from the public sector wage reduction; and when this person can expect to receive arrears in respect of the 5% already deducted from their income since the first January 2010. [9154/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the maximum length of time a person may claim illness benefit in the circumstances where they were in receipt of illness benefit for several years, then returned to employment but subsequently claimed illness benefit again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8797/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the means by which the value of farmland holdings are assessed in the means test for jobseeker's allowance when no rental income is derived from the holding; and the way in which such holdings are assessed when a small rental income is derived from the holding. [9058/10]

Social Welfare Code. (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister expects the review to be published at Easter. However, we were promised it for last Easter. This is another example of a scheme that is simply not meeting the current needs of those who look to it for support. It does not reflect the real-life situation with which people are faced. The ridiculous 30-hour rule means that, irrespective of a family's income, if one member of the...

Employment Support Services. (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: We cannot get answers to questions in any case.

Social Welfare Code. (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to reform family income supplement to ensure that employment is incentivised for all jobseekers with families. [9234/10]

Social Welfare Code. (23 Feb 2010)

Róisín Shortall: It is very disappointing that the Minister does not propose to reform FIS. It has never been as important as at present, when many families are suffering a reduction in their pay as a result of reduced hours or reduced pay rates. Does the Minister accept there is a real problem with the incentive to work, in particular for families with young children? There were no changes in the last two...