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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has considered a tapered employment-neutral child benefit supplement as suggested by the 1996 expert working group on tax and social welfare. [21296/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (21 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 643 of 14 June 2005, if he will allow the spouse of a person (details supplied) to join them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21304/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (22 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 76 of 12 May 2005, if any staff of Bus Éireann have indicated that they are willing to move to Mitchelstown as part of the decentralisation programme; if there has been any suitable accommodation located in Mitchelstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21186/05]

Written Answers — National Children's Advisory Council: National Children's Advisory Council (22 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the membership of the National Children's Advisory Council, NCAC, for the period from 2004 to 2007; when the first NCAC membership was dissolved; when the NCAC was reconstituted; the functions and remit of the NCAC; the directions her Department provides to the NCAC with regard to standards and the performance of its...

Written Answers — Services for Persons with Disabilities: Services for Persons with Disabilities (22 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the ERSI report, Disability and Social Inclusion in Ireland; his views on the findings of the report that between 1994 and 2001 the proportion of disabled adults at risk of poverty rose sharply from 21% to 38%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21634/05]

Written Answers — Services for Persons with Disabilities: Services for Persons with Disabilities (22 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the fact that according to an ERSI study, Disability and Social Inclusion in Ireland, persons with disabilities are twice as likely to be at risk of poverty than the general population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21635/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to extend the free travel scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21636/05]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (22 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the fact that 52.7% of lone parents are not economically active in comparison to just 28.2% of persons in a couple relationship with children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21637/05]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (23 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has considered or will consider improving the coverage of the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme to include low income working families as well as work-poor households as recommended in the Combat Poverty Agency policy on child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21528/05]

Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (23 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has reviewed or intends to review best international practice with regard to delivery systems of the social welfare and benefits system to increase take-up rates of benefits and to improve withdrawal rates as recommended by the Combat Poverty Agency policy statement on child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (23 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the reform of the lone parent payment system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21839/05]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (23 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the report (details supplied) published by the ESRI; if the findings of the report that in education people with disabilities aged 25 to 34 are four times less likely to have a qualification beyond primary level and are half as likely to reach third level as their peers; her plans to address this...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (28 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the LINK system; the length of time this system has been in operation; if this system has been extended to any local authorities outside the Dublin area; if not, the reason therefor; the success of this system in improving data collection, service delivery and services for homeless persons; and...

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (28 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the progress to date of the rental accommodation scheme; if the first eligible recipients have been housed under this scheme; if not, the reason therefor; when they will be housed; if his Department will meet the target of 5,000 rent supplement recipients to be housed under this scheme by the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (28 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 332: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the capital allowances for expenditure on the construction, refurbishment or extension of child care premises which meet the required standards of the Child Care Act 1999 each year since its introduction in the Finance Act 1999; the number of extra child care places created as a result of this initiative; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (28 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the benefit in kind exemption for employers providing free or subsidised child care for their employees each year since its introduction in the Finance Act 1999; the number of extra child care places available in the workplace as a result of this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22855/05]

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (28 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 440: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to subhead A7 of his Department's Estimates for 2005, the names of the consultancy companies his Department contracted in 2004 and 2005; the services these companies were contracted to provide; the breakdown of expenditure by his Department to these companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22063/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (28 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of his planned expansion of the school meals scheme to utilise the underspend in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22064/05]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (28 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 530: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, further to Question No. 13 of 14 April 2005, if the capital funding applications have been assessed and allocations made under the YPFSF in LDTF areas in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22827/05]

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (28 Jun 2005)

David Stanton: Question 531: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding he will disburse from the dormant accounts fund in 2005 to community and voluntary groups in County Cork; the groups which submitted applications; the groups which were successful in their application; the amount allocated to each group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22828/05]