Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of reports awaiting publication in his Department; the name of each such report; the length of time which has elapsed since each report was commissioned; the cost or projected cost of each report; and the date on which each report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18559/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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There are eleven reports awaiting publication by my Department. The information requested by the Deputy regarding these reports is as follows:

Name: Profiling the Unemployed: An Analysis of the Galway and Waterford Live Register Surveys.

Commissioned: 24 September 2001.

Cost: €33,429.

Expected date of publication: This report is due for publication within the next six weeks.

Name: Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2004.

Commissioned: This report is published annually by the Department.

Cost: €6,753.

Expected date of publication: July 2005.

Name: Developing a Fully Inclusive Social Insurance Model: A Review by Social Partners of Pointers to Reform Social Insurance in a Changing Work and Social Context.

Commissioned: The FISIM report reflects the work of two working groups that were established to review the social insurance system and ensure it continues to meet the social protection needs of a changing society. The first group was established under the terms of the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness. It first met in May 2002 and adjourned during the Sustaining Progress partnership discussions. The group was reconstituted following a provision in Sustaining Progress and concluded its work in December 2004.

Cost: €1,754.

Expected date of publication: June 2005.

Name: Multidimensional Analysis of Trends and Living Standards for Specific Groups.

Commissioned: January 2003.

Cost: €76,897.

Expected date of publication: August or September 2005.

Name: Attitudes Towards Long Term Care of the Elderly.

Commissioned: July 2004.

Cost: €76,230.

Expected date of publication: Second half of 2005.

Name: EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2003.

Commissioned: 2004.

Cost: €77,324.

Expected date of publication: Autumn 2005.

Name: Report to the European Commission Evaluating the National Action Plan against Poverty and Social Exclusion 2003-2005.

Commissioned: February 2005.

Costs: Standard administrative overheads.

Expected date of publication: June 2005.

Name: Review of qualifying condition for Old-Age Contributory Pension and Retirement Pension — Phase 2.

Commissioned: February 2001.

Costs: €6,095.

Expected date of publication: Quarter four 2005.

Name: Review of the Back to Education Allowance Scheme.

Commissioned: June 2003.

Costs: €28,410.

Expected date of publication: Quarter three 2005.

Name: Review of application of the unemployment benefit and assistance schemes conditions to workers who are not employed on a full-time basis.

Commissioned: June 2003.

Costs: €38,292.

Expected date of publication: Quarter four 2005.

Name: Review of supplementary welfare allowance phase 2.

Commissioned: January 2005.

Costs: No external costs.

Expected date of publication: Quarter four 2005.