Written answers
Thursday, 1 December 2005
Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Pension Provisions
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps his Department is taking to address continuing concerns regarding reported large scale abuse of the construction industry... - Social Welfare Code
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he intends to take as a result of his decision to make carers a priority for the social reform agenda; and if he will... - Pension Provisions
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views of the recent report from the OECD that suggests that the current statutory retirement age should be scrapped and that... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent by his Department on the hiring or use of outside consultants in each year since 2000; if he has satisfied himself... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of recipients in receipt of family income supplement at the latest date for which figures are available; the way in which... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the national anti-poverty strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37247/05] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if under the proposed new family friendly payment, lone parents will be required to seek employment to benefit from the entitlement.... - Pension Provisions
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the European Commission's new proposed portability of pensions directive; and if he will make a statement on... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress which has been made on a European wide pensioners free travel pass. [37303/05] - Social Welfare Code
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has made changes to the habitual residency condition; if he will outline the changes; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Co-Operation
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cross-departmental co-operation between his Department and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; and if he will... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when revised regulations will be introduced in relation to the diet supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37243/05] - Migrant Workers
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the resident condition is a factor in Irish Ferries being able to recruit staff at such low wages and poor... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to reach a decision on an increase in the fuel allowance; his views on whether due to the recent considerable rise... - Pension Provisions
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who have taken out PRSAs at the latest date for which figures are available; the overall proportion of the... - Educational Disadvantage
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has a formal arrangement with the Department of Education and Science in relation to tackling educational... - Computerisation Programme
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the service delivery modernisation provision of €4.5 million which is included in his Department's Estimates under the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if consideration will be given to the financial needs of younger widows and widowers who do not qualify for free schemes with a view... - Employment Support Services
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs why, in view of the social policy reform agenda in which his Department is committed to assisting those dependent on social welfare... - Computerisation Programme
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide a description of the projects that are being funded under the €6.85 million increase in ICT infrastructure... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on paying persons their qualified adult allowance directly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37245/05] - Family Support Services
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which he intends to assist lone parents to return to education and employment with regard to the high unemployment rates... - Social Welfare Appeals
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an independent social welfare appeals office that is separate to the Department of Social and Family Affairs will be established.... - Anti-Poverty Strategy
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he intends to take as a result of his decision to make child poverty a priority for the social reform agenda; and if he... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of lone parents who are in receipt of the one parent family payment; the number and percentage of OPFP recipients for... - Community Development
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of his consultations with community and voluntary organisations in advance of budget... - Emigrant Support Services
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will expand on the warning he gave to Irish emigrants in London on 17 November 2005 of the potential costs of returning to... - Social Insurance
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of exemptions from payment of social insurance employment contributions, for a period not exceeding 52 weeks, granted in... - Departmental Estimates
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on his Department's Estimates for 2006. [37215/05] - Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he has taken to address the relatively new phenomenon of the working poor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Free Travel Scheme
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide an update on the introduction of an all-Ireland free travel scheme; the latest discussions he has had on this... - Emigrant Support Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the role of his Department in supporting Irish emigrant groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37276/05] - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 55, 88 and 96 of 27 October 2005, regarding the number of families who would be eligible... - Departmental Estimates
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his priorities for social welfare in the context of budget 2006 and the Social Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the... - Pension Provisions
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the basis for his Department's original estimate that the granting of pensions to persons who paid social welfare contributions... - Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the welfare-to-work initiatives that exist within the social welfare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37254/05] - Departmental Records
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of the investigation his Department held into the circumstances in which several civil servants are reported to have... - Pension Provisions
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received the review of pensions strategy that he has asked the Pensions Board to complete; when it is intended to publish... - Financial Services Access
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 27 October 2005, when he expects the report regarding financial exclusion from access... - Farm Incomes
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there has been a decrease in the numbers being awarded farm assist in the past year (details supplied); and if he will... - Social Welfare Code
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider amending the situation where persons in receipt of a widow's pension are restricted in accepting employment; and... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons from EU countries that joined the community in 2004 who have applied for and received unemployment benefit or... - Computerisation Programme
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the improvements to his Department's services that he envisages from the e-Government related projects allocated funding under the... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the introduction of tapered social welfare payments for persons who are close or barely exceed means test levels. [37128/05] - Migrant Workers
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position with regard to his discussions with the European Commission regarding the Government's implementation of the two year...
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