Vol. 520 No. 4
172 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if he will give details of each of the review or study groups which he has established to review the various aspects of his Department; the date of the establishment of each group; the matters under review for each group; and the expected dates when each group will present their final report to him. [15970/00]
As part of the ongoing work in my Department, a wide range of reviews and studies are carried out by staff of the Department as part of their normal work. These generally do not involve additional costs or the publication of formal reports. External consultants may be commissioned to carry out specific assignments, including sometimes the preparation of reports or other documentation, in relation to policy issues or to aspects of the administration of the Department's schemes and services. Generally speaking it is not considered necessary for such reports to be published.
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Assignment |
CompletionDate |
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1. |
Review of approach and testing of Department's computer software for Year 2000. |
Jan 1998 and June 1998 |
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2. |
Establishing actuarial costs of pensions proposals. |
March 1998 |
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3. |
Review of school meals scheme. |
April 1998. |
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4. |
Research in connection with the working group on access by women to labour market opportunities. |
April 1998 and June 1998 |
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5. |
Research connected with the national pensions policy initiative. |
May 1998 |
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6. |
Training programme for Departmental National Anti-Poverty Strategy officers. |
July 1998 |
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7. |
Review of the incentive effects of Secondary Benefits on people considering whether to remain in, or take up, employment. |
March 1999 |
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8. |
Review of the scheme of community support for older people. |
end-1998 |
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9. |
Research on impact of community development programme. |
end-1998 |
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10. |
Review and study of the back to work and BTW enterprise schemes. |
Early-2000 |
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11. |
Preparation of guide to EU Social Security Law, EU agreements and bilateral social security agreements between Ireland and other countries. |
July 2000 |
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12. |
Prototype for new service delivery model |
May 2000 |
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This project will lead to the selection of a technical platform to be used in the design of and implementation of a new service delivery model for social welfare services. |
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13. |
Information systems division review of services |
Sept. 2000 |
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14. |
Priority management process |
March 2000 |
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To assist in the development of a Priority Management Process as part of the Department's overall Change Management Process. |
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15. |
‘Employability' and relevance for the management of the live register. |
August 2000 |
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16. |
Social impact evaluation of the community development programme |
September 2000 |
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17. |
Research into equality and anti-racism in the community development programme |
June 2000 |
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18. |
Research into CDP projects operating in a rural context |
June 2000 |
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19. |
Evaluation of the money advice and budgeting service |
July 2000 |
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20. |
Consultancy assistance with analysis of submissions and of feedback from seminars, preparation of discussion documents in connection with proposed White Paper on Voluntary Activity |
April 2000 |
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21. |
Evaluation of aspects of the back to work allowance |
Mid 2000 |
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22. |
Evaluation of family services project (pilot)– Finglas, Waterford and Cork |
September 2000 |
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23. |
Technical pensions and advice on the introduction of personal retirement savings accounts (PRSAs) |
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24. |
Technical pensions and advice on amendments to the Pensions Act, 1990 on foot of the Pensions Board national pensions policy initiative (NPPI) report. |
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25. |
Review of the funding framework for the Support Agencies under the community development programme |
January 2000 |
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Name of Project |
Expected CompletionDate |
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26. |
Marginalised men |
May 2001 |
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27. |
Effective parenting: An exploration of need |
October 2000 |
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28. |
Assessing the impact of counselling on marriage and relationships |
May 2001 |
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29. |
Processes of family formation |
August 2000 |
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30. |
The Impact of social policies on the family: Ireland in Comparative European Perspective |
March 2001 |
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31. |
A nine-year psycho-social follow-up study of children and their families |
July 2001 |
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32. |
Children's experience of parental separation in Ireland |
July 2001 |
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33. |
A critical assessment of the impact of flexible draft working arrangements to inform future policy development regarding family-friendly initiatives in the workplace. |
Draft final report end May 2000 |
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34. |
Marriage counselling client study |
Interim Report due end August 2000 |
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35. |
Strengthening families through fathers |
December 2001 |
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36. |
Marital breakdown research project |
June 2000 |
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37. |
The first years of marriage |
May 2001 |
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38. |
Grandparenthood in modern Ireland |
June 2000 |
