Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of reports which have been published in his Department since June 1997; the name of each report; the estimated cost of each report; the date of publication of each; the length of time it took to prepare each one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23518/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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My Department publishes a range of reports in line with its responsibilities for the development and delivery of social welfare services. These include annual reports about the Department's activities, reports under the ongoing programme of expenditure reviews, research undertaken with regard to policy development and reports of working groups and inter-departmental policy groups established to complete specific tasks, such as those established under the social partners' agreements.

In the period in question, some 83 reports were published by my Department. The names of the reports and the dates of publication are set out in the appendix. Details of the costs and the preparation time involved are included where this information is readily available.

APPENDIX

Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 1996.

Estimated cost: €15,500

Date of publication: 24 July 1997

Length of time taken to prepare: 6 months approximately

Annual Report of the Department of Social Welfare, 1996

Estimated cost: Not readily available

Date of publication: late 1997

Length of time taken to prepare: 8 months approx

The final Report of the Commission on the Family 'Strengthening Families for Life'

Estimated cost: Not readily available

Date of publication: June 1998

Length of time taken to prepare: 3 years

Social Inclusion Strategy of the Department of Social, Community & Family Affairs.

Estimated cost: €13,189

Date of publication: August 1998

Length of time taken to prepare: Information not readily available

Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 1997.

Estimated cost: €15,768

Date of publication: 2 August 1998

Length of time taken to prepare: 6 months approximately

Annual Report of the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, 1997

Estimated cost: €7,630 (design cost)

Date of publication: late 1998

Length of time taken to prepare: 8 months approximately

Annual Report of the NAPS Inter Departmental Policy Committee.

Estimated cost: €17,874

Date of publication: 1998/99

Length of time taken to prepare: Information not readily available

Annual Report of the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, 1998

Estimated cost: €7,700 (design cost)

Date of publication: late 1999

Length of time taken to prepare: 8 months approximately

Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 1998.

Estimated cost: €15,313

Date of publication: 1 August 1999

Length of time taken to prepare: 6 months approximately

Ireland's National Report on the Implementation of the Outcome of the UN World Summit for Social Development.

Estimated cost: €5,786

Date of publication: September 1999

Length of time taken to prepare: Information not readily available

Annual Report of the NAPS Inter Departmental Policy Committee.

Estimated cost: €7,522

Date of publication: 1999/2000

Length of time taken to prepare: Information not readily available

Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 1999.

Estimated cost: €15,959

Date of publication: 27 June 2000

Length of time taken to prepare: 6 months approximately

Evaluation of the Family Services Project by Nexus Research Co-operative

Estimated cost: €37,000

Date of publication: October 2000

Length of time taken to prepare: 1 year approximately

Annual Report of the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, 1999

Estimated cost: €9,800 (design cost)

Date of publication: late 2000

Length of time taken to prepare: 8 months approximately

MABS Evaluation by Eustace Patterson

Estimated costs: €103,098

Date of publication: 2000

Length of time to prepare: 2 years, 10 months

Balancing Work and Family Life: the Role of Flexible Working Arrangements — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €22,897

Date of publication: December 2000

Length of time taken to prepare: 12 months approximately

Annual Report of the NAPS Inter Departmental Policy Committee.

Estimated cost: €10,558

Date of publication: 2000/2001

Length of time taken to prepare: Information not readily available

Annual Report of the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, 2000

Estimated cost: €8,350 (design cost)

Date of publication: late 2001

Length of time taken to prepare: 8 months approximately

Report of the Task Force on Foot and Mouth Disease in County Louth.

Estimated cost: Standard administrative overheads

Date of publication: 12th April 2001 Length of time taken to prepare: 1 month approximately

Marital Breakdown Research Project — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €19,046

Date of publication: April 2001

Length of time taken to prepare: 1 year 6 months approximately

"Employability and its relevance for the management of the Live Register" ESRI

Estimated cost: €43,000

Date of publication: May 2001

Length of time taken to prepare: 8 months approximately

National Action Plan against Poverty and Social Exclusion (NAPincl).

Estimated cost: €7,300

Date of publication: June 2001

Length of time taken to prepare: Information not readily available

Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2000.

Estimated cost: €13,728

Date of publication: 7 August 2001

Length of time taken to prepare: 6 months approximately

Grandparenthood in Modern Ireland — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €36,335

Date of publication: September 2001

Length of time taken to prepare: 2 years approximately

Final Report of the Social Welfare Benchmarking and Indexation Group.

Estimated cost: €5,046

Date of publication: September 2001

Length of time taken to prepare: Information not readily available

Supporting Parenting — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €38,092

Date of publication: November 2001

Length of time taken to prepare: 2 years approximately

Review of the National Anti-Poverty Strategy Framework Document.

Estimated cost: €62,768

Date of publication: November 2001

Length of time taken to prepare: Information not readily available

Processes of Family Formation in Ireland — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €40,720

Date of publication: February 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 2 years approximately

Building an Inclusive Society: Review of the National Anti Poverty Strategy under the PPF.

Estimated cost: €7,579

Date of publication: February 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 3 months

How was it for You? — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €38,066

Date of publication: May 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 2 years 6 months

Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2001.

Estimated cost: €20,039

Date of publication: 24 July 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 6 months approximately

Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2002.

Estimated cost: €14,862

Date of publication: 25 August 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 6 months approximately

Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund.

Estimated cost: £90,000 (Sterling), excluding VAT.

Date of publication: September 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 1 year 5 months approximately

Annual Report of the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, 2001

Estimated cost: €11,360 (design cost)

Date of publication: late 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 8 months approximately

Evaluation of MABS Regional Development Officers by Eustace Patterson

Estimated costs: EUR 19,118

Date of publication: 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 2 years, 2 months

Contemporary Family Policy — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €38,092

Date of publication: November 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 3 years

Childrens' Experience of Parental Separation in Ireland — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €38,092

Date of publication: December 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 3 years

Unhappy Marriages: Does Counselling Help? — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €57,138

Date of publication: December 2002

Length of time taken to prepare: 3 years

Study to Examine the Future Financing of Long term Care in Ireland.

Estimated cost: €130,229

Date of publication: June 2003

Length of time taken to prepare: 2 years 7 months approximately

Report on Consultation for National Action Plan against Poverty and Social Exclusion 2003 — 2005 — Ireland.

Estimated cost: €9,650

Date of publication: July 2003

Length of time taken to prepare: 5 months

National Action Plan against Poverty and Social Exclusion 2003 — 2005 — Ireland.

Estimated cost: €12,480

Date of publication: July 2003

Length of time taken to prepare: 6 months

Annual Report of the Department of Social and Family Affairs, 2002

Estimated cost: €23,330 (design and print costs)

Date of publication: late 2003

Length of time taken to prepare: 8 months approximately

Family Well-being: What Makes a Difference — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €38,913

Date of publication: February 2004

Length of time taken to prepare: 2 years

Distressed Relationships: Does Counselling Help? — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €53,785

Date of publication: February 2004

Length of time taken to prepare: 4 years 6 months

Marginalised Men — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €12,697

Date of publication: February 2004

Length of time taken to prepare: 4 years 6 months

Families and Family Life: Challenges for the Future.

Estimated cost: €15,300

Date of publication: February 2004

Length of time taken to prepare: 3 months

Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2003.

Estimated cost: €18,785

Date of publication: 29 August 2004

Length of time taken to prepare: 6 months approximately

A Nine-Year Psychosocial Follow-up Study of Children and their Families — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €45,712

Date of publication: September 2004

Length of time taken to prepare: 5 years approximately

Annual Report of the Department of Social and Family Affairs, 2003

Estimated cost: €29,092 (design and print costs)

Date of publication: late 2004

Length of time taken to prepare: 8 months approx

Strengthening Families Through Fathers — Families Research Programme

Estimated cost: €23,395

Date of publication: Nov 2004

Length of time taken to prepare: 4 years

Preventing Chronic Disability from Low Back Pain

RENAISSANCE PROJECT

Cost: EUR 6,463.80

Date of publication: September 2004

Time to prepare: 15 months

First Annual Report of the Office for Social Inclusion.

Estimated cost: €9,309

Date of publication: December 2004

Length of time taken to prepare: 4 months

An Oifig um Chuimsiu Soisialta. An Chead Tuarascail Bhliantuil.

Estimated cost: €4,983 (excluding translation costs).

Date of publication: December 2004

Length of time taken to prepare: 4 months

Co-ordination of Social Security in an Enlarged Europe — now and tomorrow.

Estimated cost: €45,674

Date of publication: 30th May 2005

Length of time taken to prepare: 1 year approximately

Details of the expenditure review reports.

Evaluations of the Back to Work Allowance Scheme i.e. the employment and self employment strands, by WRC Social & Economic Consultants Ltd.

Date of publication: October 1997

Estimated cost: €55,794

National and Smokeless Fuel Schemes

Date of publication: July 1998

Carer's Allowance

Date of publication: October 1998.

Actuarial Review & National Pensions Policy Initiative

Estimated costs: EUR 57,150

Date of publication: February 1999.

Credited PRSI Contributions

Date of publication: February 1999.

Disincentive effects of Secondary Benefits

Estimated costs: EUR 32,850

Date of publication: April 1999.

Back to Work Allowance Scheme

Date of publication: August 1999.

Interdepartmental Working Group examining the treatment of Married, Cohabiting and One Parent Families under the Tax and Social Welfare Codes

Date of publication: January 2000.

Free Schemes

Date of publication: May 2000.

Qualifying Conditions for Old Age (Contributory) and Retirement Pensions (Phase 1)

Date of publication: August 2000

One-Parent Family Payment

Date of publication: July 2000.

An evaluation of the Back to Work Allowance and Area Allowance Enterprise Schemes (Indecon)

Estimated costs: EUR 104,437

Date of publication: December 2000.

Evaluation of the First Step Back to Work Allowance Fund, by Ernst & Young

Estimated costs: EUR 38,641

Date of publication: February 2001

Urban and Gaeltacht School Meals

Estimated costs: EUR 8,126

Date of publication: December 2002

Orphans Pensions/Allowances

Date of publication: March 2003

Illness and Disability Payment Schemes

Date of publication: September 2003

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance

Date of publication: August 2004

Supplementary Welfare Allowance — Phase 1

Date of Publication: December 2004

The following reports were published under the Community Development Programme during the period 1997 — 2002. Responsibility for the programme transferred to the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs from that date. Information about the costs involved and the preparation time is not readily available.

Family Resource Centres Review by Carmel Kelleher and Patricia Kelleher

Date of publication: June 1997

Review of the Schemes of Grants to Locally-based Women's Groups by Sourcelines Consultancy

Date of publication: October 1997

Review of the Scheme of Grants to Locally-based Men's Groups

Date of publication: October 1997

Review of Scheme of Grants for locally-based Women's Groups and for locally-based Men's Groups

Date of publication: June 1998

Review of Family and Community Services Resource Centre Programme

Date of publication: June 1998

Review of the Scheme of Community Support for Older People

Date of publication: April 1999

The National Community Development Handbook

Date of publication: September 1999

Equality in Community Development — Anti-Racist Code of Practice

Date of publication: November 1999

Developing a funding framework for Support Agencies in the Community Development Programme

Date of publication: April 2000

The White Paper on a Framework for Supporting Voluntary Activity and for Developing the Relationship between the State and the Community and Voluntary Sector

Date of publication: September 2000