Parliamentary questions

Public Sector Allowances Review

Micheál Martin

1. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the progress made in relation to allowances in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42658/12]

Public Sector Allowances Review

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the steps he has taken to deal with the issue of allowances paid to staff in his Department. [49774/12]

IFSC Clearing House Group

Gerry Adams

3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of times since the Dáil recess that the International Financial Services Centre Clearing House Group has met; the issues that were discussed; the actions that have been taken as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44100/12]

IFSC Clearing House Group

Micheál Martin

4. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the number of times officials from his Department attended Clearing House Group meetings in relation to the International Financial Services Centre; the main issues being discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44239/12]

IFSC Clearing House Group

Micheál Martin

5. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the progress made to date in his Department in relation to the strategy to create 10,000 jobs in the International Financial Services Centre sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44240/12]

IFSC Clearing House Group

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Financial Services Clearing House Group has met and the issues they discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48419/12]

IFSC Clearing House Group

Micheál Martin

7. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has met representatives of the International Financial Services Centre recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49613/12]

IFSC Clearing House Group

Joe Higgins

8. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the number of times officials from his Department have attended Clearing House Group meetings; and the issues that were discussed. [49712/12]

Child Benefit Rates

Willie O'Dea

100. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish the report of the advisory group on tax and social welfare; the conclusions of the report on child benefit rates; her future plans for child benefit rates; if the child benefit rate will be protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49974/12]

Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

101. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the findings of the Focus Ireland report, Out of Reach: The impact of changes in Rent Supplement, that persons are homeless as a consequence of the cuts to the rent supplement scheme; her response to the findings; and the steps she will take on foot of the report. [49977/12]

Social Welfare Appeals Delays

Seamus Healy

102. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reform the social welfare appeals system in view of the recent FLAC report; her further plans to address delays in the issuing of decisions and the reductions in oral hearings; her views on the importance of consistency, transparency and proper access to legal advice and representation for applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50056/12]

Free Travel Scheme Administration

Willie O'Dea

103. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if the free travel pass scheme will be fully maintained in budget 2013; her future plans for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49975/12]

Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

104. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Social Protection the origins of the term "headline rates of social welfare" and the meaning of the term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50112/12]

Community Employment Schemes Funding

Charlie McConalogue

105. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for community employment schemes in budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49883/12]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

John Halligan

106. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the cases of persons (details supplied) in relation to community welfare offices having flexibility in making payments. [49921/12]

Child Benefit Payments

Mary Lou McDonald

107. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the options she is currently considering regarding child benefit including, the way and which vulnerable families would be compensated for any cut to the universal payment; if she is considering a top-up via qualified child increase, family income supplement and domicilliary care allowance or if a new means-test and income threshold will be introduced for the purposes of child benefit alone. [49837/12]

Rent Supplement Scheme Payments

Sean Fleming

108. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether reductions in rent supplement has led to an increase in homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49901/12]

Child Benefit Payments

Dara Calleary

109. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing flexibility to casual workers receiving social welfare benefit in budget 2013 with a hours based rather than days based system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49885/12]

Child Benefit Rates

Thomas P. Broughan

110. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that multiple birth families including twins and triplets will not be subject to further cuts in budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49772/12]

Carer's Allowance Eligibility

Peadar Tóibín

111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending to 19.5 hours the number of hours a recipient of carer's allowance can work outside the home. [49846/12]