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